Issue - meetings

(i)         to approve the Eligibility Criteria for Carers; and

(ii)        to approve the Managing Carer Implementation Funding process.

The Board had before it a report by Alison MacLeod which sought approval of the Carer’s Eligibility Criteria which was attached as Appendix A and sought approval of the process for managing and allocating the 2018/19 funding received for the implementation of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.

The report recommended:-

That the Board –

(a)          Approve the Eligibility Criteria for Carers; and

(b)          Approve the Managing Carer Implementation Funding process.

Alison MacLeod advised that the eligibility criteria and funding process had been based on statutory guidance and was a requirement of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. She also summarised the governance arrangements to oversee implementation of the eligibility and funding allocation process.

Thereafter there were questions and comments on (1) the eligibility thresholds for young and adult carers; (2) the use of eligibility funding to deliver preventative care within communities; and (3) the projected impact on the carers budget for its first three years.

The Board resolved:-

(i)         to approve the Eligibility Criteria for Carers; and

(ii)        to approve the Managing Carer Implementation Funding process.