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6.0. - Page 94 of 179 <br />MA -35 Special Needs Facilities and Services — 91.210(d) <br />Introduction <br />This section describes special needs facilities and services in San Mateo County, broadly spoken. The <br />services may be linked to housing or have as their primary objective maintaining or creating housing <br />stability. <br />Including the elderly, frail elderly, persons with disabilities (mental, physical, developmental), <br />persons with alcohol or other drug addictions, persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, <br />public housing residents and any other categories the jurisdiction may specify, and describe <br />their supportive housing needs <br />Seniors and Persons with Disabilities. County Aging and Adult Services provides a range of services <br />designed to keep seniors and people with disabilities living safely and as independently as possible in the <br />community. The Area Agency on Aging contracts for services with other County agencies, cities and <br />community-based organizations to provide needed services to approximately 14,000 people, who are at <br />least 60 years of age. These services comprise: Adult Day/Adult Day Health Care; Congregate Nutrition; <br />Home Delivered Meals; Transportation; Caregiver support and respite; Alzheimer's Day Care Resource <br />Centers; Legal assistance; HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Project); Case <br />management programs (underserved populations e.g., monolingual and geographically isolated); <br />Ombudsman; Health promotion/disease prevention; Senior employment. <br />Persons with HIV/AIDS. The County's STD/HIV Program through the County's Health Department <br />provides an array of services for residents with HIV. Three clinics, located in north, central, and south <br />County, provide the following services: primary medical care, psychiatric care, medical case <br />management, partner services, benefits counseling, medication adherence/nutritional counseling, drug <br />and alcohol treatment, syringe exchange, dental services, good services, harm reduction counseling, and <br />emergency financial assistance and housing assistance through the Mental Health Association. An AIDS <br />hospice facility had been developed and since the facility has been transferred to another use, as it <br />became evident persons with HIV/AIDS are surviving and often need services in their homes or <br />associated with other forms of permanent housing. <br />Unaccompanied Youth. Homeless youth are often in need of more emergency and transitional shelters, <br />independent living programs, and affordable permanent housing programs for homeless youth, and <br />ensure access to existing programs. These needs require policies to ensure that shelter and housing <br />providers support the educational success of youth in their care. The County Human Services Agency <br />and Health Department has identified another unaccompanied "youth" group — the transition -age <br />youth (18 - 24 years old). They are often caught between two systems — their age category marks them <br />as legal adults, yet their personal history of unstable living situations inadequately prepares them for <br />Consolidated Plan REDWOOD CITY 88 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />450 <br />