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Wyoming Senior Services Board | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11
c/o Aging Division, Wyoming Department of Health
Original Wage Supplement Grant 1
GRANT GUIDANCE
FY2012 Period:  July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
Background:   The legislation creating the Original Wage Supplement Grant 1, an appropriation of $2,800,000 each biennium, was voted into law by the 2007 Legislature and was presented as Footnote Five to the FY2008 General Budget.  The funding for this grant is based on the formula WSSB employs annually to determine the funding amounts to be provided to each eligible senior center for this grant and for the Formula Grant.  Beginning in 2011 the Original Wage Supplement Grant funds have become part of the State’s General Budget and will no longer be referred to as Footnote 5.  On March 18, 2010, the Wyoming Senior Services Board established the following policy regarding Direct Care Personnel: The Wyoming Senior Services Board Policy for Direct Care dictates that each individual senior center’s Board of Directors determines its own policy defining which employee positions are considered “Direct Care Personnel”.  The Center Director, however, will remain ineligible for all Wage Supplement Grant wage increases.  Use of this policy began in WSSB fiscal year 2011.
Eligibility for Funding:   “Eligible Senior Center” means an organization that receives funds under the federal Administration on Aging’s Title III-B supportive services program or Title III-C nutrition programs, excluding organizations that only receive Title III-B supportive services funds used exclusively for transportation.  The term “eligible senior center” may include a community facility or statewide service, which is the focal point for providing a broad spectrum of services, including health, mental health, social, nutritional, recreational, and educational services for senior citizens.
Purposes of Funding:   The Wyoming Senior Services Board has approved criteria for grant categories and applications to meet the following purposes:
* |  |  | To meet the demands of Wyoming’s growing elderly population;
* |  |  | To enhance services to Wyoming’s senior citizens;
* |  |  | To strengthen the opportunity for senior citizens to age in the least restrictive environment possible;
* |  |  | To be cost effective in the provision of services to senior citizens;
* |  |  | To promote compliance with federal and state mandates requiring placement of people in the least restrictive environment;
* |  |  | To supplement and enhance existing programs providing services to senior citizens in the state.
* |  |  | To promote staff retention in Wyoming's "Eligible Senior Centers" by providing additional granted dollars for salary increases, and maintaining such increases, if possible, for Direct Care Personnel.
Grant Applications:   To apply for a WSSB Original Wage Supplement Grant 1, access and complete the correct forms from the WSSB website:  [NAME], Wage Supplement Grant Form, and Check list.  No Narrative is required for a Wage Supplement Grant.  The grant application shall include, at a minimum:
* |  |  | A check list.  Applicant should keep a copy for center's use in follow-up reporting if an Original Wage Supplement Grant is received.
* |  |  | A cover page, from WSSB's Website, with the original signature of the applicant senior center's board chairperson, or other authorized official, and the center's director.
* |  |  | A Wage Supplement Grant Form from the WSSB Website.  This form is an Excel spreadsheet.
* |  |  | One copy of the applicant senior center's Direct Care Policy must accompany each individual senior center's annual Wage Supplement grant applications.
Directions for Completing the Original Wage Supplement Grant 1 Excel Spreadsheet:
On each line complete the cells about each direct care employee who will receive wage and/or benefits from the Original Wage Supplement Grant 1.  Do not name the employee but rather specify the position being funded in the first cell.  As you complete cells, the spreadsheet's formula will complete most of the required math for you.
Round up all numbers entered to the nearest dollar.
Awards Process for Funding Applications:   Funding applications must be received by the WSSB and Aging Division by April 8, 2011.   Late applications will not be accepted.
 |  |  | MAIL THE ORIGINAL & ONE (1) COPY to:  Wyoming Senior Services Board; c/o Aging Division, WY Dept. of Health; 6101 Yellowstone Rd., [NAME] 259B; Cheyenne, WY 82002
 |  |  | NOTE:  For those who UPS or FedX, send to the above address but change the zip to 82009
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Special Note:  Be sure that the original is signed by both your center director and the board president or designated board member.
 |  |  | AND
 |  |  | EMAIL OR MAIL ONE (1) COPY to your WSSB representative.
If WSSB approves a Wage Supplement Grant, a contract for the disbursement of funds will follow from the Aging Division.  The center’s director and board chair or assigned board representative must sign this contract and return it to the Aging Division as soon as possible. The contract will then be signed by WSSB’s chairperson and the following state officials: Aging Division Administrator and the Director of the Department of Health. When all signatures are secured, the procedure to fund the granted dollars will begin. As soon as payment is ready, it will be mailed to the center or the funds will be electronically transferred to its bank account. Note that this process can take up to 45 days.
After the grant has been approved by WSSB, any proposed changes to the application must be submitted in writing to WSSB representative and to the Aging Division. A request for change may be considered by WSSB. If approved, the applicant center director will receive a notice that the changes have been approved. The center may then proceed with them. The approved changes will become part of the approved grant.  Grant revisions can only be made up to May 15 of the grant year.
A senior center that has received a Wage Supplement Grant should try to spend all of these granted dollars by June 30th, the close of WSSB’s fiscal year.  No extensions for Wage Supplement funds are permissible.  Any Wage Supplement Grant funds not spent prior to the fiscal year’s end, must be returned by check to the Aging Division’s Fiscal Manager with a notation on the check’s memo line indicating the source of the funds, i.e., Original Wage Supplement Grant 1, WSG 2, and/or WSG 3, being returned.  Unspent Wage Supplement Grant dollars must be returned by July 15th.  At the end of each biennium, unspent Wage Supplement dollars will revert to the State of Wyoming’s general fund.