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Illinois AAA Association
Meeting Minutes
Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland

Attending: Julie Hubbard (07), Joanne Thomas (04), Lynn Niewohner (06), Grant Nyhammer (01), Jon Smith (11), Mike O'Donnell (05), Lucia West Jones (02), Jan Stille (03), Barbara Eskildsen (03), Yvonne De Knikker (10), Jonathan Lavin (13), Alexandra Cooney (12) attended by phone.

Meeting called to order by President Julie Hubbard at 12:20 P.M.

Minutes of October 2009 Meeting: not available and will be sent out by email to all members.

Treasurer's Report: Presented by Lynn Niewohner. A motion was made by Jan Stille to accept the report as presented and was seconded by Lucia West Jones. Motion passed.

ESP Report: Presented by John Smith. A motion was made by Lucia West Jones to accept the report as presented. Motion was seconded by Lynn Niewohner. Motion passed. Joy Paeth would like to purchase more logons for her agency, these must be purchased in sets of 5 so if anyone would like to partner with Joy on this they should contact her. There are currently 180 logons.

Census Update: Lucia West Jones discussed the fact that IDOA is not using the most current information from the census in the formula for funding AAA's. She would like to find out what data will be used for funding in the future since the 2010 Census will not use long forms. What data will IDOA use for future funding decisions? This question will be asked at the meeting with IDOA tomorrow. Discussion on Annual Community Surveys that will capture this information.

Count Me In update: Jon Lavin reported on the efforts of this group. AgeOption's web page has some information that may be used by all the Area Agencies for outreach efforts not just those participating in the Count Me In project. Every person that is counted in the 2010 Census will bring $12,000 to the state of Illinois. Census posters were made available to everyone in attendance.

Discussion:

Fiscal Crisis - Julie Hubbard followed up with OMB. $50 million has been paid for aging services through October 2009. No NSIP money has been received by any area agency to date.

Discussion on the FY 2011 Federal Budget. There will be $50 million for IIIB Supportive Services. $52.5 million for IIIE services (NFCSP and Lifespan Respite) but it is unknown at this time how this will be split between the two programs. The goals of Lifespan Respite were reviewed by Julie Hubbard.

NapisPak- Training needs were discussed by Julie Hubbard. The end of year report had some problems with missing data especially with poverty level being marked as unknown when the consumer refuses to give this information. Work is in progress in Indatsys to provide an option for refused. Training was provided by Indatsys for data entry of consumer information and service registration but not for administrative retrieval of reports etc. IDOA will be asked when administrative training will be offered by Indatsys.

Area Plan Format - The following agencies will represent the association on this:
Staff from PSA 02, PSA 03, PSA 05, PSA 06 and PSA 11

Legislative Committee Report: Presented by Mike O'Donnell. Motion made by Lynn Niewohner and seconded by Yvonne DeKnikker to accept the legislative report.

The Governor's Task Force on Nursing Home Safety. A report on recommendations will be coming out soon.
The Banker's Bill from the last legislative session. Regarding training and reporting by banks of suspected elder abuse. Making bank personnel mandatory reporters. Will try to get this reintroduced.
Interdependence of Generations Task Force Act: A task force to act as an advisory group will be formed and will require a time commitment by members of the association. Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services for Older Adults in Illinois. This report will be used as the platform for advocacy this legislative session.
Year of the Engaged Older Adult: Mike O'Donnell asked for the association's support of this. A motion was made by Jon Lavin and seconded by Jan Stille to support this. Motion passed.
The legislative committee will meet next week to discuss what work needs to be done going forward.

Maureen Mulhall and Terry Steczo, government service consultants were introduced. Mike O'Donnell thanked them for the information that is being provided on tracking legislation. Mr. Steczo and Ms. Mulhall discussed their opinion of the financial crisis impact on legislation in Illinois and the impact of the elections. The need for advocacy and the best way to advocate by going in person to speak with legislators. March 29th - April 12 is the spring break for legislators and would be the optimum time to contact legislators at their home offices.

Update on n4a: Presented by Jon Lavin. Forums are being held for input on the amendments to the Older American Act. Director Charles Johnson and one other representative will be gong to Washington, D.C. to provide input from Illinois.
Comments and recommendations may also be given via the web site by anyone interested.

2010 n4a Conference support: The association will purchase an ad at the same level as the last time the conference was held in Chicago. Consensus was reached to support this.

General discussion on how all members are coping with no timely disbursement of state funds.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pm.


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