Investor Presentaiton
AGING PROGRAMS AND PLAN FOCUS AREAS
VIRGINIA AREA 1 - OTHER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
Senior Cool Care is a public-private partnership sponsored by Dominion Energy and
administered by DARS that helps low-income older citizens in Virginia keep cool during
summer months. The program provides single room air conditioners or fans to older
Virginians who live within Dominion Energy's service area and who meet eligibility re-
quirements. Older adults must be aged 60 or older, be at or below 150 percent of the
poverty level, and need additional cooling at home. AAAS administer Senior Cool Care
by screening applicants and distributing air conditioners or fans. With $85,000 in
Senior Cool Care funding for SFY 2018, AAAS were able to purchase 671 fans and 426 air conditioners
for older adults.
SFY 2018
85,000
Senior Cool Care funding for AAA
671
426
The VPGCP provides guardian and conservator services for adults who are incapacitat-
ed and indigent and for whom no other proper or suitable person can be identified
who is willing and able to serve as the individual's guardian, or conservator, or both,
as applicable. Supported with state general funds, the VPGCP has the capacity to
serve 1,049 individuals through contracts with 13 local providers (of which four are
AAAS) across the Commonwealth that maintain 24-hour, 365-days-a-year coverage for
their clients. A public guardian visits with each client, personally, at least once a
month, and depending on the client's needs, supervises medical care, oversees resi-
dential care, monitors social service benefits, and advocates on behalf of the client.
For those individuals who are indigent and in need of public guardianship, but who
have financial assets that need to be disposed of or managed, a public guardian can
and Conservator also serve as conservator. Under the VPGCP, DARS, working collaboratively with the
DBHDS, has assisted in the transition of many vulnerable adults residing in state-
operated training centers and state hospitals to the community. VPGCP staff also par-
ticipates in the Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders
(WINGS) initiative, which is housed under the Virginia Supreme Court.
Public Guardian
Program
(VPGCP)
1,049
VPGCP's capacity to serve through contracts with
13 local providers
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