1111 Jac
kson Street, 1 st Floor
Oakland, California 94607
510-271-9121 / Fax: 510-271-9108
Robert Woolley [email protected]
F inancial Services Director https://alamedacountysocialservices.org Andrea Ford
Agency Director
To: Jestin Johnson, City of Oakland
150 Fr
ank H. Ogawa Plaza, 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Fro
m: Robert Woolley, SSA Financial Services Director
Dat
e: December 20, 2024
Re:
Fiscal Year (FY) 25-26 Side Letters and Proposed Budget In m
eeting our goal to bring about greater efficiency, timeliness, and transparency into the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) budgeting process, the Alameda County Social Services Agency (ACSSA) is requesting your cooperation in completing the attached document no later than the deadline outlined in the table below .
Th
e ACSSA’s FY 2 5-26 budget is being developed based on the California Department of Aging’s (CDA) baseline funding from FY 24-25 and estimated One-Time-Only (OTO) funds . This proposed budget does not include other one-time funding from the past, such as the Older Adults Recovery and Resilience (OARR) and American Rescue Plan Act funding. As such, your input is critical in ensuring that services funded under the Older Americans Act (OAA) and the Older Californians Act (OCA) continue to meet the needs of our community’s older adults and caregivers effectively.
Subm
ission Instructions:
Bel
ow is the proposed award amount based on your organization’s FY 2022-23 allocation, which did not include the one-time fund s listed above. The proposed amount also i nclud es an approximate 15% increase from FY 2022- 23 baseline funding. The award amount(s), by category, for your organization are as follows :
Service Category: Award Amount for FY 25 -26
Information & Assistance $110,000
Based on the propose d award amount, i f you already know your minimum projected units of service by categories, please complete the attached form and return it to Muang Saechao by the deadlines outlined below .
O
nce you’ve submitted the minimum projected service uni t data, ACSSA will provide an updated budget template for your submission of the FY25- 26 budget in January .
If
you require assistance with this task, please contact Muang Saechao to ensure you meet the deadlines.
P
lease submit your document (s) to [email protected].
ITEM DEADLINE
Organizations submission of FY25-26 minimum
projected service units for inclusion in Side
Letters
By January 17, 2025
Organizations submission of FY 25-26 budgets to
AAA and Contracts for review
By February 14, 2025
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
c
c: Andrea Ford, Agency Director
Howard Chen, Deputy Financial Services Director
Faith Battles, Assistant Agency Director, Adult & Aging Services Jennifer Stephens Pierre, Director, Area Agency on Aging (AAA) A
ttached: FY 2025-2026 Units of Service