WHO WE ARE

Background
Purpose
Core Values
Vision
Mission Statement
Goals
Principles
Membership
Officers
Committees
Task Forces
Work Groups

Background

Area agencies on aging, established by the federal Older Americans Act in 1965, receive federal, state, and local funds to contract with local organizations for service to older persons. There are 33 area agencies on aging designated by the California Department of Aging as the local Planning Services Agencies

The Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act (AB2800), signed into law in 1996, moved the primary focus for the delivery of services from the State to the local level. It identified area agencies on aging as the local units in California to administer programs in compliance with the Older Americans Act, the Older Californians Act, and other applicable regulations.

California’s area agencies on aging incorporated in 1979 as the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging—a statewide, nonprofit organization.

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statement of Purpose

Advocate on behalf of older persons, persons with disabilities, their caregivers, and families, to provide leadership within the aging and disability communities, and promote a service delivery system that provides individual choice.

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Core Values

The California Association of Area Agencies on Aging is dedicated to a set of core values that underlie its basic organization and operation. These values are:

• To be consumer and family centered
• To hold others with respect
• To act with fairness and integrity
• To accept varying perspectives and opinions
• To be accountable and responsible
• To be compassionate and responsive
• To honor our cultural diversity

In all these values C4A strives for excellence, professionalism, and integrity.

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Vision statement

The vision for the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging is that all persons will live with dignity and choice.

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Mission Statement

Lead in developing a statewide, comprehensive, and integrated home and community-based service system that supports dignity, diversity, and choice for older persons and persons with disabilities, their caregivers, and families.

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Goals

The key goals of the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging are:

• Public policy will reflect the priorities of C4A and its advocacy partners;

• All members of C4A will have access to the information, resources, and peer support
  necessary to fulfill their leadership role;

• The Association will have the financial resources to attain its Mission;

• The Association will have successful working relationships with all partners in the home
  and community-based services network; and

• Educate and enlist the support of the public in furthering the priorities of C4A and its
  advocacy partners.

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Statement of Principles

The California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A) joins with its many partners in the consumer network to provide leadership in the development and restructuring of California's long-term care system.

C4A’s primary goal for a long-term care system is maintaining individuals in their own homes in the least restrictive, most home-like environment. It is the goal that older persons and adults with disabilities will have access to a wide range of options for community-based long-term services, enabling them to live in their local community with independence and dignity. As such, C4A endorses the development of a long-term care system for the State of California, which is built upon the following principles:

• A service delivery system built on the concept of self-determination.
• A service delivery system that responds to the total needs of the person, including the individual’s mental, physical, social, and health needs.
• A service delivery system that responds to the needs of individuals, their families, and caregivers.
• A service delivery system that is responsive, effective, and efficient.
• A service delivery system that recognizes that every person has the right to live with dignity, and choice.
• A consumer directed service delivery system in which policy decisions and service design reflects the voice of the consumer.
• A service delivery system that is based upon an expansive local planning process, and that promotes local decision-making and flexibility in program implementation.
• A State financing structure that accommodates a funding methodology for implementing the concept of “money follows the person,” in support of a comprehensive and coordinated system of care.

Individuals and advocacy groups are encouraged to join C4A as partners.

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California area agencies on aging member Directory

Click here to download PSA Map for California
Click here to download C4A Member Directory
 

PSA# 1
Area 1 Agency on Aging
3300 Glenwood Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 442-3763
Fax:     (707) 442-3714
Cindy Denbo, Executive Director
Serving: Del Norte & Humbolt Counties

PSA# 2
PSA 2 Area Agency on Aging
P.O. Box 1400
Yreka, CA 96097
Phone: (530) 842-1687
Fax:     (530) 842-4804
Barbara Swanson, Executive Director
Serving: Lassen, Siskiyou, Shasta, Modoc & Trinity Counties

PSA# 3
Area Agency on Aging
Passages
2491 Carmichael Drive, Suite 400
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 898-5923
Fax:     (530) 898-4870
Joe Cobery, Director
Serving: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Plumas & Tehama Counties

PSA# 4
Area 4 Agency on Aging
2260 Park Towne Circle, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone: (916) 486-1876
Fax:     (916) 486-9454
Deanna Lea, Executive Director
Serving: Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba & Yolo Counties

PSA# 5
Marin County Division of Aging
10 North San Pedro Road, Suite 1012
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: (415) 499-7396
Fax:     (415) 499-5055
Nick Trunzo, Director
Serving: Marin County

PSA# 6
City and County of San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services
875 Stevenson Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 355-3555
Fax:     (415) 355-6785
Anne Hinton, Executive Director
Serving: San Francisco City and County

PSA# 7
Contra Costa County
Aging and Adult Services Bureau
40 Douglas Drive
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: (925) 335-8700
Fax:     (925) 313-1575
John Cottrell, Director
Serving: Contra Costa County

PSA# 8
San Mateo County Area Agency on Aging
225 West Thirty-Seventh Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
Phone: (650) 573-2700
Fax:     (650) 573-2193
Lisa Mancini, Director
Serving: San Mateo County

PSA# 9
Alameda County
Department of Adult and Aging Services
6955 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94605
Phone: (510) 577-1900
Fax:     (510) 577-1965
Victoria Tolbert, Director
Serving: Alameda County

PSA# 10
Council on Aging Silicon Valley
2115 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: (408) 296-8290
Fax:     (408) 249-8918
Stephen Schmoll, Executive Director
Serving: Santa Clara County

PSA# 11
San Joaquin County
Aging and Community Services
P.O. Box 201056
Stockton, CA 95201
Phone: (209) 468-2202
Wendy Moore, Deputy Director
Serving: San Joaquin County

PSA# 12
Area 12 Agency on Aging
13975 Mono Way, Suite E
Sonora, CA 95370
Phone: (209) 532-6272
Linda Zach, Executive Director
Serving: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa & Tuolumne Counties

PSA# 13
Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito, Inc.
234 Santa Cruz Avenue
Aptos, CA 95003
Phone: (831) 688-0400
Clay Kempf, Executive Director
Serving: Santa Cruz & San Benito Counties

PSA# 15
Kings-Tulare Area Agency on Aging
5957 South Mooney Boulevard
Visalia, CA 93277
Phone: (559) 737-4682
John Davis, Director
Serving: Kings and Tulare Counties

PSA# 16
Inyo-Mono Area Agency on Aging
P.O. Box 1799
Bishop, CA 93515
Phone: (760) 873-6364
Mary Ellen Miller, Director
Serving: Mono & Inyo Counties

PSA# 18
Ventura County Area Agency on Aging
646 County Square Drive, Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: (805) 477-7300
Victoria Jump, Executive Director
Serving: Ventura County

PSA# 19
Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging
3175 West 6th Street, Room 302
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 637-2600
Cynthia Banks, Director
Serving: Los Angeles County

PSA# 20
San Bernardino County Department of Aging & Adult Services
686 East Mill Street
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Phone: (909) 891-3917
Colleen Krygier, Director
Serving: San Bernardino County

PSA# 21
Riverside County Office on Aging
Ed Walsh, Director
6296 Rivercrest Drive, #K
Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: (951) 867-3800
Serving: Riverside County

PSA#: 22
Orange County Area Agency on Aging
1300 South Grand Avenue, Building B
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: (714) 567-7500
Karen Roper, Executive Director
Serving: Orange County

PSA# 23
San Diego County Aging and Independence Services
9335 Hazard Way, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: (858) 495-5885
Pam Smith, Director
Serving: San Diego County

PSA# 24
Imperial County Area Agency on Aging
1331 South Clark Road, Building 11
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone: (760) 353-3000
Rebecca Sanchez, Director
Serving: Imperial County

PSA# 25
City of Los Angeles Department of Aging
3580 Wilshire Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 252-4000
Laura Trejo, General Manager
Serving: Los Angeles City

PSA# 26
Lake and Mendocino Counties Area Agency on Aging
P.O. Box 839
747 S. State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: (707) 463-7924
Susan Era, Deputy Director
Serving: Lake & Mendocino Counties

PSA# 27
Sonoma County Area Agency on Aging
P.O. Box 4059
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Phone: (707) 565-5950
Diane Kaljian, Director
Serving: Sonoma County

PSA# 28
Area Agency on Aging Serving Napa and Solano
601 Sacramento Street, Suite 1400
P.O. Box 3069
Vallejo, CA 94590
Phone: (707) 644-6612
Leanne Martinsen, Executive Director
Serving: Napa & Solano Counties

PSA# 29
El Dorado County Area Agency on Aging
937 Spring Street
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (530) 621-6150
Doug Nowka, Director
Serving: El Dorado County

PSA# 30
Stanislaus County Department of Aging and Veteran Services
121 Downey Avenue, Suite 102
Modesto, CA 95354
Phone: (209) 558-7825
Margie Palomino, Director
Serving: Stanislaus County

PSA# 31
Merced County Area Agency on Aging
851 West 23rd Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: (209) 385-7500
Kathy Hassett, Deputy Director
Serving: Merced County

PSA# 32
Monterey County Area Agency on Aging
713 La Guardia Street, Suite A
Salinas, CA 93905
Phone: (831) 755-4728
Mary Goblirsch, Director
Serving: Monterey County

PSA# 33
Kern County Aging and Adult Services Department
5357 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: (661) 868-1000
Kris Grasty, Director
Serving: Kern County

C4A Officers

Clay Kempf, President
Barbara Swanson, Vice President
Cynthia Banks, Vice President
Wendy Moore, Secretary
Victoria Jump, Treasurer
Joe Cobery, Co-chair Legislative Committee
Nick Trunzo, Co-chair Legislative Committee
 

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Committees

Executive Committee
The Executive Committee acts on matters of concern to the Association that requires attention and action between meetings of the membership and identifies issues to be brought to the membership for discussion and action.

Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee presents a slate of officers for election at the annual meeting of the membership in November, and selects recipients for recognition by the Association.

Conference Committee
The Conference Committee plans and coordinates the Coordinated Leadership Conference scheduled annually in the spring.

Legislative & Budget SubCommittee
The purpose of the Legislative and Budget Subcommittee is to review pertinent legislation and budgetary issues affecting older adults, their caregivers and the Association.

Workgroups

Established As Needed

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