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DAS executive director outlines COVID‑19 response, Long Term Care at Home proposal and staffing challenges
Summary
Executive Director Sherry McSpadden briefed the commission on federal and state funding activity, state reopening guidance, a proposed Medi‑Cal 'Long Term Care at Home' benefit, the city’s COVID Command Center and staffing redeployments, and highlighted Great Plates Delivered and digital‑divide initiatives.
Executive Director Sherry McSpadden opened the July 15 DAS Commission meeting with a wide‑ranging update on how federal, state and city actions are shaping services for older adults and people with disabilities during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
McSpadden said congressional appropriators have resumed work on the fiscal‑year 2021 funding bills while emergency federal funding earlier in the pandemic included “more than $1,000,000,000 to core Older Americans Act programs” in March. She said the state’s Department of Aging has issued guidance urging that many services not reopen until Stage 4 of the…
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