HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2013-028 Ordinance approving Budget Amendment #1-B for FY 2013-14 – Acceptance of Grant Funds for a Caregiver Support Program and Creation of a Time-Limited, Part-Time (0.80 FTE) Social Worker I Position within the General Fund 1
ORD-2013-028
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 5, 2013
Action Agenda
Item No. 5-o
SUBJECT: FY 2013-14 Budget Amendment#1-B —Acceptance of Grant Funds for a
Caregiver Support Program and Creation of a Time-Limited, Part-Time (0.80
FTE) Social Worker I Position within the General Fund
DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
None Janice Tyler, (919) 245-4255
PURPOSE: To accept NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (NCD-AAS) grant funds; to
utilize those funds and Master Aging Plan funds to establish a time-limited, part-time bi-lingual
Social Worker I position to work with Mandarin-speaking older adults;- and approve 'Budget
Amendment#1-B.
BAC-KGROUND: Asian-Americans and-immigrants have become the largest minority-group in
the Chapel Hill/Carrboro metropolitan area. As such, the Department on Aging has experienced
a significant growth in the number of Mandarin Chinese-speaking persons seeking services and
attending senior center activities. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, more than 20%
of the Senior Lunch Program participants identified themselves as Asian. Most speak little or no
English.
In September 2012 to address this communication gap, the Department on Aging designated
Master Aging Plan funds, donated by the Carol Woods Retirement Community, to hire a
temporary, part-time bi-lingual employee to interact with the Chinese-speaking Senior Center
participants.
In March 2013, the Department on Aging was awarded a two-year, $25,000 per year, grant by
the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — NC Division of Aging and Adult
Services (NCDAAS) to develop a Chinese-language Family Caregiver-to-Caregiver Peer
Support program in Orange County. Over the two-year period, the grant will provide funding for
a .part-time social worker ($20,302 per year) to recruit and train at least 15 Asian-American
volunteers to work with older Mandarin-speaking adults and their families to help them access
needed public and community resources. The Social Worker will provide clinical supervision to
volunteers and provide direct services as needed.
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To coordinate these two efforts, the Department on Aging is requesting the creation of a 0.80
FTE Time-Limited Social Worker I position through the end of the NCDAAS contract on March
24, 2015 utilizing the combined Family Caregiver-to-Caregiver Peer Support and Master Aging
Plan funding.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Annual position costs will total $41,265. Salary- and benefit costs for the
period October 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 total $30,949. The NCDAAS' Peer-To-Peer grant will
reimburse up to $20,302 of _position costs. Master Aging_ Plan funding, provided by Carol
Woods Retirement Community, will provide the balance of the position costs through the end of
the NCDAAS contract on March 24, 2015. FY2014-15 personnel and operating expenses will
be included in the Department's budget request.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the $25,000 in
grant funds for FY 2013-14 from the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services; approve the time-
limited, bi-lingual 0.80 FTE Social Worker I position to work with Asian-American and immigrant
older adults and their families seeking services from the Department on Aging; and approve
Budget Amendment#1-B.