HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007 (24) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO OPERATE AN AGING AND
DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER AND APPOINTMENT OF AD HOC PLANNING
COMMITTEE
Resolution No. ( --i (s=1c:c> > )
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 8(2007)
regarding long -term care redesign in St. Croix County on April 17, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 8(2007) states that St. Croix County will establish an aging
and disability resource center (ADRC) that: (1) is a trusted source of information about
prevention strategies, community resources, and long -term options for the elderly or persons who
have a disability; (2) serves persons whether or not they have resources to purchase their own
services or need help doing so; (3) serves as a single entry point to publicly- funded long term
care (LTC) programs; and (4) would have a.role in ensuring that consumers' needs are met by
managed care organizations. The mission of an ADRC is to empower and support seniors,
persons who have a disability and their families by providing useful information and finding help
that persons seek through in person visits to the resource center, telephone inquiries or visits to
the consumer's home; and
WHEREAS, it is intended that an application to operate an ADRC will be submitted to
the state in October, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Wis. Stats. §46.283(1) requires a county board of supervisors to authorize
an application to operate an ADRC; and
WHEREAS, it is intended that operation of an ADRC would commence by February,
2008, two months prior to the implementation of any managed care organization; and
WHEREAS, the state expects ADRC applicants to coordinate with managed care
expansion planning, work collaboratively with local public agencies serving the elderly and
persons who have a disability, and to involve consumers and other stakeholders from the
community at large, linking mental health and substance use representatives, in the development
of the ADRC; and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services has proposed
funding in the next biennial state budget for ADRCs in many counties, with an allocation for St.
Croix County of approximately $632,000.
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors authorizes
the Department on Aging to submit an application for an ADRC which will serve the elderly and
persons who have a disability.
FURTHER, be it resolved that the County Board Chair will appoint an ad hoc ADRC
planning committee that will develop and recommend to the Board of Supervisors a plan for
organizing and governing the ADRC.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO OPERATE AN AGING AND DISABILITY
RESOURCE CENTER AND APPOINTMENT OF AD HOC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Offered by the Health and Human Services Board.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
xi ❑ n ❑ Esther Wentz w......4
❑ n ❑ l � Tom Caflisch
lig C n n Lois Burri ' A/ ,. L.'i ‘-
VI ❑ ❑ n Ron Troyer 1?_„6,./31
❑ ❑ ❑ 54 Linda Luckey _
n ❑ 111 Gordon Awsumb ,' _ ��' i t - '
Urli n ❑ Dr. Glen Hoberg ,7,/,
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n ❑ ❑ EK Deb Rasmussen
IX n ❑ ❑ Leon Berenschot girk _„ % __�� - - r
Offered by the Council on Aging.
YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE
EL n ❑ ❑ Sue Nelson c - - -- ir-_ In.
n n ❑ ❑ Bette Norman
❑ n n Gerald Peterson e l ,-P...)._o_" 0 ..-- —er-.
❑ IX1 n n John Mortens5n s � ..e...
K 111 111 Charlie Grant / 0 / ' a 3b
IJ n n ❑ Jeanette O'Connell r// 1 _ 4 , _, _1, 0 ' _,,,1 ,/ /, !
1 1 ❑ ❑ Olive Terpstra , 4;,_._ vG
❑ 118 LI I Vince Tubman / & i2 a
11 1 1 ❑ n Pat Shilts (30± ,a,
21 ❑ n n Inge Bleier A.
n n Alfred Shrank 9 1 ' d
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Judy Harriso _, vL�:�:c%,'Z1
/ ' This Resolution was a by the St. Croix County Board
Reviewed by Corporation Counsel on q / �( 7 of Supervisors on 5c; s =r- a 1 6C:7
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Greg C I merman, Corporation Counsel Cindy Campbelf'County Clerk