Authorization we are looking to develop an online resource web site, start support groups for Family Members of people dealing with hoarding and cluttering, targeting limited add nonenglish speaking consumers. With the development of the online web site what we are looking to do is develop a web site thats more dynamic than the current web site we currently have. Consumers and people interested in the services will be able to enter the services they are looking for and their location in the sit and this web site will help them locate those services. In addition they are looking to have the web site up and running by april or may of this year and have consumer input and input from cbos along the way developing the web site to make sure it is relevant and user friendly. Additionally with the Family Support groups mha will be developing a very specific stipend volunteer position for the program and disseminate the information through various support groups as well as their there will also
And director hinton. They are, as you can see, the total amount modified is, the current is 25 million, a little over that, then the modification is 5,096, 484 and the total new contract is 30 million and change as you can see from the memo. And the funding sources, majority is local county funds, 95. 3 percent, then a small percentage, 1. 8 percent is from state funding and almost 3 percent is federal funds. That gives us the total of 5,096,000. In terms of the funding and where it came from and how it came about, last year the board of supervisors had a Food Security hearing in april. And there were a lot of needs identified including Food Security needs. And with that, you know, what they found is that there were a lot of low income seniors and adults with disability that needed food supplements, food assistance, because they dont have the means to be able to provide themselves with nutritous meals with their income level and we know Healthy Nutrition is a part of being able to stay
To funding that will come forward for the recommendations that that committee has looked at. Advocacy work is also underway to adjust the ssi levels to maintain qualifying seniors, qualifying participants, above the poverty level. This is an area thats been cut back in california over the last couple of years so this will be a budget ask moving forward. We also discussed assembly man david chus legislation regarding sro upgrades and that funding, according to his web site, is for 40 million in tax credits. This is statewide money, its to fill a gap that doesnt exist in rehab so again well be tracking that legislation and seeing where it moves forward. The California Senior Legislature reported, anne was in sacramento because the same day was the death with dignity act bill was, there was a press conference to announce that. That has both participants that has senators supporting it, william moming and lois walk who also was a participant in longterm care report and that was senate bill
Details on senator ted cruz and his decision to run for president in 2016. And hans nichols is in berlin as the greek Prime Minister meets with the german chancellor. First lets hit you to the top stories we are following at this hour. Shares of previously owned homes came up short for the second month in a row. They were again below and annual sales rate of 5 million homes will stop the Real Estate Industry is struggling because of higher prices and a lack of inventory. We heard from the Federal Reserve ice chairman, stanley fischer, speaking in new york. He said raising Interest Rates from near zero will likely be warranted before the end of the year and subsequent increases probably wont be uniform or predictable. The Interest Rate is expected to lift off before the end of this year as the normalization of Monetary Policy gets underway. The extra gary Monetary Policy accommodation the fed has undertaken in response to the crisis has contributed importantly to the economic recovery.
Now well get to business at hand this morning. If youre just waking up lets get you up to speed on the markets and whats going on in the futures. Looks like a little bit of a mixed morning. The dow might open slightly higher. Nasdaq would open marginally off and the s p well call it across the board. Well see how things play out this morning. Joe. It used to be mostly new york social sociallights wasnt it . Five years ago it became very strange that it became sort of a moment. Its almost like the white house correspondence dinner. Its for not nerds. For real celebrities. For actual celebrities. Very few cross overs for the two i would think. Probably a hand full. Maybe a hand full. Other big stories were watching today a packed earnings count are among the names set to post results today before the bell. Disney archer daniels, discovery, kellogg and bloomg brands and disney moving its release up to 8 00 eastern. So executives can attend a Memorial Service for survey monkey ceo who died