Explore FY2009 Budget
Program: Home Care
A Program of: Aging
Funding for '09
$ 27,657,000
Employees
0 (Employees are from Contractors )
Who funds this program?
- City
- 16,366,000 (59%)
- State
- 11,290,000 (41%)
How is the money spent?
- Contracted Services
- 26,847,000 (97%)
- Other
- 810,000 (3%)
What your money funds:
This funding goes toward contracted home care programs, which help low-income seniors continue to live in their own homes by assisting them in performing daily functions and maintaining personal care.
- Contracted services include: meal preparation, companionship, supervision of medications and doctor's visits, and housekeeping.
- The City pays the private and non-profit agencies $15.50 per hour of home care. According to DFTA, it provides about 1.6 million hours of home care per year to approximately 4,500 seniors.
Comments For This Program
None so far.
