How to Use the California Department of Aging Web Site:

1. How to Use the California Department of AgingWeb Site: www.aging.ca.gov Presented By: Wayne Lindley November 2004

2. Welcome to the CDA Web Site Whether you are a new Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Director, new AAA staff, or an experienced AAA staff member, the CDA Web Site will be an invaluable asset and a useful tool for your daily routine. In this presentation you will get an “orientation” to our Web Site content.

3. Always Go to the Web Site First! • To find out what you need to know, always go the Web Sitefirst and check it out. If at all possible, get your information from the Web. • Then, if you still can’t find what you need, call your AAA-Based Team for further assistance. • PS: We are still building our Web Site, so some items may not yet be available. Check at least monthly for new helpful tools, guidance, etc.

4. Objectives for this Orientation • To introduce you to our “Home Page.” • Your First Stop! – the “AAA Partners Index.” • How you can contact us. • Find Program Memos (PMs). • Find Important Dates for AAA Requirements. • Find Resources and Guidance. • Operational Instructions and Best Practices.

5. Planning Index and Reference Guide. Find Laws and Regulations. Find needed Statistics and Demographics. Find Customized Census Tables. Give us your feedback and suggestions for improving the Web Site for AAA staff. Objectives Continued…

6. Now Let’s Begin Your Tour…

7. CDA Home Page: Use AAA Partners Link

8. The Home Page Benefits • The Home Page offers many selections in the left-hand menu, the featured links in the right-hand menu, and other options in the middle menu. • From the Home Page, select “AAA Partners” in the left hand menu. That will bring you to “AAA Partners Index.”

9. AAA Partners Index

10. The Importance of the AAA Partners Index • Want Area Planning Guidance? • Want to know who to contact? • Want important requirement dates? • Want technical assistance? • Want resources, guidelines, and best practices? • Want program manuals? • Then, where would you go first? Yes, Web Site!

11. How to Contact Us • Long-Term Care/Aging Services Roster • AAA-Based Teams • Coaches/Management • Program Teams • Technical assistance by area of expertise • General CDA Unit Phone List

12. Contact Information for the AAA Based Teams

13. CDA Phone List

14. Program Memos • Program Memos (or “PMs”) are CDA’s primary issuance of State Policy. They are produced sequentially during the calendar year. • Find the current year and two additional years of PMs by number and title. These are downloadable documents. • Find past PMs by number and title only.

15. California Department of Aging Program Memos

16. Active Program Memos

17. List for Researching Active PMs

18. Important Dates for AAAs • Reminders for dates when things are due. • Find out what you need to schedule your entire year. • Help new AAA staff orient themselves to the most important time requirements. • Dates are subject to change without prior notice, but will be updated on this site.

19. Important Dates for Area Agencies on Aging

20. Resources and Guidance • Very valuable information on what any AAA needs to know to function well, to respond to CDA requirements, and to succeed! • As new items come on-line, the old paper documents will be phased out. In the future, all changes will be electronic.

21. AAA Partners Resource Materials and Guidance Index

22. CDA Operational Instructions and Best Practices • All AAA and program operational manuals will be located on this site. One-stop shopping for all you need to function routinely. • “Best practices” will be where you find other AAAs’ models for meeting requirements efficiently and effectively. Why reinvent the wheel? Share your success too.

23. CDA Operations and Best Practices Read This First

24. Planning Index

25. Reference Guide • Table of ContentsFlow Chart Downloadable as PDF

26. Laws and Regulations • In addition to contract provisions, State policies through PMs, and best practices, you have State and federal laws and regulations. • This site plugs you into the latest federal and State statutes and codes. • Includes Older Americans Act and Older Californians Act law and regulations.

27. Laws & Regulations

28. Statistics and Demographics • This site should be helpful to Planners. • CDA offers some statistics that others don’t (some special tables not found in Census Fact Finder, etc.). • Future plans call for specialized links to specialized data (i.e., CHIS) and for program performance and client profile data to be posted.

29. Statistics & Demographics

30. 2000 Census Data (List of Tables)

31. “Table 80” is an Example

32. Where Are You Going to Go First?Or, What Have We Learned in this Orientation? • CDA’s Web Site is a useful tool for AAAs. • You can find important information for keeping on top of your business. • You can link to the subject expertise you need. • Access is 24 / 7 / 365.

33. Do You Have Questions About the CDA Web Site?Help us help you, by asking questions and providing feedback for future improvements. Call: Web-Master, Public Affairs and Community Relations Office: (916) 322-3887or go to: www.aging.ca.gov