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DAS commission approves $1.1 million in MCO adjustments and multiple senior-services grant modifications
Summary
The Department of Disability and Aging Services commission voted Dec. 4 to amend grants to cover a $1,055,840 Minimum Compensation Ordinance (MCO) adjustment affecting 23 grantees and approved a slate of grant modifications and new awards to senior service providers, including Shanti Project and Bayview senior centers.
The Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) commission on Dec. 4 approved changes to multiple grant agreements to cover wage increases required by the city’s Minimum Compensation Ordinance and authorized additional funding for several senior-service providers.
John Sutakawa, director of contracts for the Human Services Agency, told commissioners the department requested $1,055,840 to modify specific grants to address the ordinance and related compaction costs, noting the changes impacted 23 grantees and 54 programs. “The minimum compensation ordinance raised the non profit minimum wage for contractors to $16.5 per hour,” Sutakawa said, and the comptroller’s review produced allocation amounts that DAS will now implement.
Commissioners voted by voice to approve the MCO grant adjustments and moved on to a series of related funding requests. The commission authorized a new grant to the Shanti Project for care navigation and peer support services from Jan. 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023: $700,000 plus a 10% contingency (total not to exceed $770,000). Tiffany Kearney, a DAS program analyst, described the Shanti and Curry Senior Center partnership and said the two sites will collectively reach at least 58 clients and provide 5,600 service hours annually.
Rick Appleby of the Office of Community Partnership presented three modifications to Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services for site-based community services. The commission approved additional funding for the Rosa Parks site ($131,975 additional; new grant $561,003; total with contingency $617,103) and for the Western Addition site ($132,119 additional; new grant $562,253; total with contingency $618,478) to support front-desk staffing, janitorial services and program director staffing increases.
The commission also approved Board of Supervisors add-back funding to Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center sites: $70,000 to restore Cortland services and launch a cultural wellness program, and $50,000 for the Excelsior site to hire outreach staff after participation declines. Paolo Salta, analyst with the Office of Community Partnerships, said the funds will restore prior service levels and support targeted outreach.
DAS staff emphasized these votes are intended to stabilize services while the department communicates award details to grantees and coordinates budget changes. All items passed on voice votes during the meeting; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
The commission’s next scheduled actions will include sending formal award letters to grantees and implementing budget adjustments to reflect the approved changes.
