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Dignity Fund cycle‑end evaluation: DAS reports nearly 40% growth in funded services, but nutrition waitlists and sustainability remain concerns
Summary
The Human Services Agency presented the Dignity Fund Cycle and Evaluation (FY19‑20 through FY22‑23). The report finds the budget for dignity‑fund‑eligible services grew from about $68.9M to $95.2M, DAS launched or expanded many programs, and staff warn that expanded food services may be hard to sustain as one‑time pandemic funding phases out.
A Department of Disability and Aging Services presentation on Jan. 8 summarized the cycle‑end evaluation for the Dignity Fund covering the FY2019–20 through FY2022–23 funding cycle and concluded the fund substantially expanded services but faces sustainability challenges in some areas.
Aditi Villar, an HSA planning analyst, told the commission that Dignity Fund‑eligible budgets grew from about $68,900,000 in the baseline year to roughly $95,200,000 by the end of the cycle — a near‑40% increase — and that the department was able to add services and clients during a period that included the COVID emergency. "Over the 19‑20 to 22‑23 funding cycle, DAS substantially strengthened and expanded dignity fund eligible services in alignment with the plans that we laid out," Villar…
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