year 2025 2026 area plan update for the california department of aging and this is presented by kelly dearmanlaytor . >> good morning commissioners. my name is izzi claytor and i am an analyst in the human services agency's policy and planning unit. i am presenting today with director dearman on the area plan update for fiscal year 2025 2026. >> today will start with an overview of the area plan before highlighting key sections of the update. we are keeping this pretty high level since you have a full agenda today but we'll be happy to take any questions or comments that you have at the end of the presentation. >> next we'll provide a short overview of the area plan process. the area plan is an older americans act requirement. as you know, the older americans act provides funding for services that help older adults live and engage in community. as the local area agency on aging does submits an area plan every four years that outlines population trends and a plan to address needs. the plan itself does a few things. first it assesses demographic trends and population needs. it outlines area age

commissioners item five is the executive directors report presented by da executive director kelly dearman. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. first i'd like to wish everyone a happy black history month and happy lunar new year. i have a few things i want to report on. first, we continue our efforts to serve the disability community. first we added the a for accessibility to our office of diversity equity inclusion and belonging transforming it into dba. since then daas has been collaborating with dba to incorporate accessibility and disability programing for our employees. to that end we will be rolling out a two part disability awareness training this spring. part one will be a virtual disability awareness and etiquette training offered by the california department of rehabilitation and following that training part two will be structured conversations at the program level to discuss how we can integrate the lessons learned into our daily work. this two part training will be mandatory for the whole department. we are starting with the leadership team as they will be instrumental i

year 2025 2026 area plan update for the california department of aging and this is presented by kelly dearmand morning commissioners. my name is izzi claytor and i am an analyst in the human services agency's policy and planning unit. i am presenting today with director dearman on the area plan update for fiscal year 2025 2026. >> today will start with an overview of the area plan before highlighting key sections of the update. we are keeping this pretty high level since you have a full agenda today but we'll be happy to take any questions or comments that you have at the end of the presentation. >> next we'll provide a short overview of the area plan process. the area plan is an older americans act requirement. as you know, the older americans act provides funding for services that help older adults live and engage in community. as the local area agency on aging does submits an area plan every four years that outlines population trends and a plan to address needs. the plan itself does a few things. first it assesses demographic trends and population needs. it outlines area agency on aging pl