Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

All But One Aging Resource Center Is Fully Implemented

Report 08-51, September 2008




Report Summary

  • As of August 2008, the department completed Aging Resource Center implementation at 10 of the 11 area agencies on aging, and is in the final stages of approving the last center. The Department of Elder Affairs continues to provide technical assistance to the centers, primarily through conference calls, quarterly meetings, and its contract management staff.
  • The department and centers are working on three enhancements to the elder services system. These are making their information and referral data system more publically accessible and compatible with the department's data systems; taking a more active role with the Nursing Home Diversion Program; and working with the Department of Children and Families to develop a method for obtaining signatures from clients who provide Medicaid application information to the centers over the phone.
  • The centers spent $2.2 million of the $3.3 million available during Fiscal Year 2007-08. The department continues to pursue federal approval for a method to maximize available funding.
  • The department and the Aging Resource Centers need to give priority to developing a standard measure for evaluating the centers' performance in streamlining Medicaid eligibility determination for seniors.


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    Report 07-38 September 2007
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    Report 07-20 March 2007
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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