and then currently rda is working on an equity analysis. which will be evidence-based and take a data driven approach, including identifying equity factors, utilization rates for each factor, identifying resource allocations by district and since sizing those to find needs and gaps. the report, what they're going do do is put together a report for us, needs assessment report and that with will help us start with our formal allocation, service allocation plan that will be completed every four years. we're going to -- this is a four-year process. we'll be doing the $3 million allocation with the current needs assessment we have, but the needs assessment will help inform the dignity fund allocation process starting the following year. so that will be 19-20. next slide. thanks, bridgett. so i just also wanted to mention -- got lost a little -- know, i want to go back, i skipped one of my pages here. back one more. so i talked about dignity fund, but didn't talk about office on the aging and one of the things we're doing is enhancing performance

to mention the dignity fund needs assessment process, you know, we've been involved -- working with rda, our consultant, to develop a community needs assessment, and the report is going to be done and released in draft form on march 1st. so it includes the community engagement work that they've been doing, the equity analysis that they are finalizing now, and a gaps analysis that'll look at need for services versus how many -- you know, who services are really available. and i'm really looking forward to it. it's been a lot of work on their part, a lot of work on many of our staff's part, as well as community partners, and i think it'll be a really good product. i think we've learned a lot in this process that we'll be able to take and keep for four years from now when we'll have to do this again. i think given this is our first time embarking on this process, that it's looking pretty good. and then in april, we will have a hearing, and i think bridget, did we decide it's going to be the same day as the commission meeting? yes? no [ inaudible ] >> okay. well, in april, there's a joint h

susasuzanna rda and lewis mizen, thank you both. >> thank you. >> woodruff: in the day's other news,nt trump chargedag n that president obama should have done more to stop russia's election meddling in 2016. it was his latest tweet since federaindictments on friday that named 13 russians. we'll look at the fallout from those charges made by the special counsel, robert mueller, and mr. trump's response, after the news summary. islamic state attackers in iraq have ambushed and killed 27 shiite-led militiamen. it happened in a town southwest of kirkuk, while the militiamen were conducting nighttime raids. families mourned the victims as their bodies arrived at a military airfield in baghdad. iraqi officials had deared victory over isis just two months ago. turkey and syria may be headed toward a confrontation. syrian state tv reported today that pro-government forces will go to the aid of kurdish fighters near the turkish border. turkey says the kurdare terrorists, and it's attacking them around afrin. in jordan's capital, amman, the vising turkish foreign minister warned that syria is

i discovered the other day that they have totally different standards for flame reta rda nt differente are trading products that have not been conceived five years ago, serving markets that were poverty stricken 20 years ago, it seems extraordinary that the uk should remain lashed to another framework where we can't change rules on our own. insofar as turning to the rest of the world, we will be able to do our thing. we will be able to do our thing. we will be able to do our thing. we will be able to fish our own fish, and payments to some of the richest landowners in britain while supporting the rural economy. we will be able to cut vat on domestic fuel and other products. we can simplify planning and maybe we will be faster in building the homes that young people need. we will be freed from eu regimes and we will be ever to spend some of the brexit bonus on the nhs and as we develop new stem cell technology, and this country has long been in the lead, it may be that we need a new regulatory framework. scrupulous are not afraid to be different. the same could be made of the financial

tom: this is incredibly port rda says here.er capita and this is the failure of the italian experience going back 12 years or so. carl weinberg, that is the malaise everybody wants to avoid, including the united states. as we get a -- if we get a darda -- 5% animal growth process plus inflation, that doesn't get it done for the president or america, does it? carl: we have italy up on the screen and i think italy is an important subject, but italy is expending a lot of things we are not experiencing in the united states. i think maybe you are drawing a connection to a point that is not the right point for comparison on the u.s. i agree with mike, the productivity is the core to everything. for me, the core productivity is not so much on the growth side, but the inflation side. you listen to secretary mnuchin and he says we are going to see wages accelerate and that can happen without inflation. the only way that can happen is if labor costs don't go up and that means productivity is going to grow and if you get wage increases an