An Overview of the Program/Service What is the history of the program? Why was it created? • When was it created? Who gave the impetus (motivation) to its creation? According to the website, the Peg Taylor Center was the vision of Innovative Health Care Services (IHCS) run by a volunteer named Peg Taylor who wanted people with cognitive or physical needs to stay in their homes rather than be placed in an institution. To date, he serves 60 people daily and has provided over 1.5 million hours of care (Peg Taylor, 2014). The center is a nonprofit adult day health program that was opened in 1986 (Peg Taylor, 2014). It is open Monday through Friday, program hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and it is closed on public holidays (Peg Taylor, 2014). The centers focus on a population that has distinct health needs. The target populations are adults living in Butte, Tehama, and Glenn counties (Peg Taylor, 2014). The center has a board of directors made up of different people, including an executive director, president, vice president, secretary, financial director, elderly lawyer, social worker, hospice volunteer, as well as several members of the board of directors and the professional staff who work in the establishment on a daily basis. (Peg Taylor, 2014).• What is the profile of the program's target clientele? What is the nature of the program? The Peg Taylor Center (2014) provides services to a population of adult men and women with special needs ages 18 and the eldest is 108 years old. The Peg Taylor Center offers an alternative to institutional or skilled nursing care. facilities by allowing clients to stay in their homes longer while providing relief to caregivers and family members (Peg Taylor, 2014). Over the past 24 years...... middle of paper ...... uh. In addition, financing is a major problem. The Peg Taylor Center still relies on grants, state and federal funds, and fundraising, like most community programs across the United States (Gorn, 2014). The main funders come from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The 2015 funding request was submitted to Congress on March 10, 2014. According to the CMS web citation (2014), all funding is regulated by Social Security Administration securities. . According to CMS (2014), their total discretionary and mandatory operating budget for all welfare programs for 2014 is $6,378,915,000 (CMS, 2014; HHS, 2014). CMS (2014) outlines how these funds are spent on program management, admission fees, and traditional programs for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), also under the Health Insurance Act. affordable care (CMS, 2014; HHS)., 2014).