so that brings us to our hicap contract. a majority of the funding for this program comes through the california department of ageing. within that chunk of money, two thirds is from the state, one-third is from the federal government. the administration of community living is a federal agency who provides that funding to the state, which is then passed on. they have announced that they are reducing funding available over the next three years. this is something that has been in the works for a little while. the new news that executive director mc135den had about questioning the entire federal existence of this program is still kind of up in the air, so we're not sure of what we have, just the facts in fron of us. we're looking at a cut right now of about $13,000 for this fiscal year. daas was able to find funding to cover that, so there will be no impact on services this year. the services next year, it's interesting. the budget kind of actually increases, but then has a cut in it, so the impact, we're still looking at. the b

informational amendment of amendment 12 cbd hicap contract, and corresponding funding levels for the health insurance counseling advocacy program, icap, this is informational only, no action is required. >> good morning, commissioners -- or good afternoon, commissioners, rather. yes, this is an informational item. as this hicap contract predates -- i'm here to update the commission as to the amendment to this contract we received from the california department of ageing. as this contract predates many of the commissioners, i thought this would be an opportunity to talk briefly about what the

. >> yeah, there's some hipaa, hicap adjacent programs, so they'll kind of work together. i'll talk about that during that presentation, but hence the reason i wanted to give a more robust review of this item. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? commissioner wallenberg? >> you essentially answered all of my questions in the sense of looking to potentially backfill what the projects might cost us the next few years. i guess i'd then put emphasis on 18-19. i'm sure the diligent staff and you are looking at it -- >> we're working on it. >> -- what the best priorities would be. >> california department of ageing immediately reduced their operations budget, which pays for training and other things for that hicap program in order to move those dollars into what goes into the local aaa's to try to reduce the impact of the federal cut, so they're a partner in this, as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? thank you. hearing none, thank you so much, michael. excuse me, but i negle