Community Living Fund reports shorter waitlist and continued housing supports for people leaving institutions
May 04, 2022 | San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
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Fannie Lapitan, program manager for the Office of Community Partnerships, presented the Community Living Fund (CLF) six-month report covering July through December 2021 and the CLF annual plan for fiscal year 2022-23 at the commission's May 4 meeting.
Lapitan said CLF received 80 new referrals in the reporting period; about 59% of referred individuals were eligible and those approved received services. The program served 282 participants in that six-month window, with roughly 70% receiving intensive case management and purchase of goods and services through the Institute on Aging (IOA). She said 101 participants received rental subsidy administered by Brilliant Corners.
On costs, Lapitan said average monthly spending for CLF participants who received any purchase of goods or services (excluding home care and rental subsidies) was $82; including home care and rental subsidy, the average monthly cost was $2,295. As of April 2022 the CLF waitlist had 24 referrals with an average wait time of 14 days, and Lapitan said both the list and wait times are shorter than in prior reporting periods.
For FY22-23, CLF will continue its integrated housing model and partnerships to support transitions from Laguna Honda Hospital and other skilled nursing facilities into scattered-site housing and rental subsidy administered in collaboration with Brilliant Corners. The plan also reestablishes use of California Community Transitions (CCT) funding to expand CLF capacity via Medi-Cal supplemental funds and continues pet-support services (PAWS) for isolated low-income older adults.
Commissioners thanked staff for outreach improvements to API and LGBTQ communities and asked about the reported cost decreases; Lapitan attributed lower costs primarily to fewer enrollments during the pandemic. Because this presentation was informational, no formal commission action was taken on the report itself, though related Dignity Fund actions followed later on the agenda.
Next steps: DAS will continue CLF implementation as described in the annual plan and monitor enrollment and waitlist dynamics.
Lapitan said CLF received 80 new referrals in the reporting period; about 59% of referred individuals were eligible and those approved received services. The program served 282 participants in that six-month window, with roughly 70% receiving intensive case management and purchase of goods and services through the Institute on Aging (IOA). She said 101 participants received rental subsidy administered by Brilliant Corners.
On costs, Lapitan said average monthly spending for CLF participants who received any purchase of goods or services (excluding home care and rental subsidies) was $82; including home care and rental subsidy, the average monthly cost was $2,295. As of April 2022 the CLF waitlist had 24 referrals with an average wait time of 14 days, and Lapitan said both the list and wait times are shorter than in prior reporting periods.
For FY22-23, CLF will continue its integrated housing model and partnerships to support transitions from Laguna Honda Hospital and other skilled nursing facilities into scattered-site housing and rental subsidy administered in collaboration with Brilliant Corners. The plan also reestablishes use of California Community Transitions (CCT) funding to expand CLF capacity via Medi-Cal supplemental funds and continues pet-support services (PAWS) for isolated low-income older adults.
Commissioners thanked staff for outreach improvements to API and LGBTQ communities and asked about the reported cost decreases; Lapitan attributed lower costs primarily to fewer enrollments during the pandemic. Because this presentation was informational, no formal commission action was taken on the report itself, though related Dignity Fund actions followed later on the agenda.
Next steps: DAS will continue CLF implementation as described in the annual plan and monitor enrollment and waitlist dynamics.
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