A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So
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Testing. We believe weve made progress. As we see cases rising, that we still have work to do. Vice president pence plans to travel to and meet with the governors of arizona and texas next week to talk about the cases if the states and whats next. Back to you. Thank you. The Trump Administration is taking aim at the Affordable Care act. An 82page brief was filed arguing the law is unconstitutional after congress ended the tax penalty for not buying health insurance. Joe biden took aim at the president for the suit. Donald trumps twin legacies, his failure to protect the American People from the coronavirus and to take healthcare protections away from american families. A study from the center for American Progress estimates 23 million americans would lose healthcare plans if the act is repealed. A Supreme Court decision probably wont come until 2021. An Oakland Mcdonald is to stay closed. The restaurant on telegraph avenue has been closed since may 26th when workers went on strike. Las
Is muni represented in your community . Yes m. T. A. Has an Accessible Services. They are going to be the Accessible Services doing a presentation at the longterm care coordinating council in december. Between the shop around and the van go and there is a lot of great resources. Iny a lot of folks dont always know about. How about park and recpeople . We are working with park and rec. Our department has been working with them on a number of projects. That is one of the departments we will work with more in the coming year. A step back. I want to congratulate all of the people involved. It is a beautiful report. Congratulations i know what goes into this. It does help with a framework. It did reflect my world as it is and as we live in a very urban center, a number of our commissioners do, that transportation component is important to see that is reflected in housing and everything else. I see it as a hook. It is a way to articulate how that is an issue to people who are aging and disab
Second. Any changes . All in favor. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carried. Item 4. Sure reason miwelcome. Good morning, commissioners, i am going to start with the federal update, and last week the dignity and aging act was passed by na unanimous act. The federal Older Americans ability expired september 30th which i have been talking about provides vital communitybased services to 11 million adults and care givers each year. What the house passed was to extend five years, two years longer than the prior authorization. They provided a 7 increase the first year and 6 each year, totaling 35 increase over five year. They included language to make clear that aaa could engage to expand services outside of the act. They provided additional funding to provide the native american aging programs for the provision of Supportive Services and Capacity Building training. They removed title three e cap on families and older relative caregivers, increasedded research and demonstration at the u.