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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No.��
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 6, 1994
SUBJECT: Home and Community Care Block Grant
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DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: X NO:
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ATTACBMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell
Funding Plan Ext. 2300
TELEP8ONS NUMBER-
Hillsborough -732-8181
Chapel Hill -968-4501
Mebane -227-2031
Durham -688-7331
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PURPOSE: To receive comments on the Home and Community Care Block
Grant Funding Plan.
BACKGROUND: The State Department of Human Resources established the
Home and Community Care Block Grant which became
effective July 1, 1992. The grant did not create new
funding streams, but combined funds appropriated to the
Department on Aging, Department of Social Services and
Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency to
administer programs for senior citizens.
On May 10, 1994 the Home and Community Care Block Grant
Advisory Committee met and endorsed a recommended
funding plan for fiscal year 1994-95. The block grant
requires the Board of Commissioners to conduct a public
hearing to receive comments on the recommended funding
plan. The recommended funding plan for the 1994-95
fiscal year is $456 more than the 1993-94 fiscal year.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board
conduct the public hearing; and approve of the
1994-95 Home and Community Care Block Grant
Funding Plan as endorsed by the Home and
Community Care Block Grant Advisory Committee.
Home and Community Care Block Grant Funding
Comparison for FY 1993-94 and FY 1994-95
Block Grant Funding Proposed Block Grant Funding
FY 1993-94 FY 1994-95
JOCCA
Congregate Nutrition $ 92 ,101 $ 92 , 101
DSS
In-Home Aide Services 25 , 123 25 , 123
Aging
Care Management 17 , 697 -0- (a )
Senior Center Operations 56 , 321 56 , 777 (b)
Transportation 34, 514 34, 515
In-Home Aide Services 23, 680 -0- (c )
Institutional Respite 2 , 363 -0- (c )
Information and
Case Assistance -0- 43 , 740
TOTAL $251 , 799 $252 , 256
(a ) The shift of funds from Care Management to Information & Case
Assistance is a response to loc.-,l demand for the less restrictive
service as well as a new provision in the 1992 Reauthorization of the
Older Americans Act prohibiting public or private agencies from
providing Care Management if they are delivering community based
services under the Older Americans Act.
( b) The increase in Senior Center ( $456 ) is the result of the Block Grant
Committee' s recommendation that the additional Orange County funds be
used to purchase health screening services from the Health Department
to be provided at clinics at the four ( 4) Orange County Senior Center.-i .
(c ) There will be a shift in the Block Grant funds from In-Home and
Institutional Respite services to Information and Care Assistance .
Using county funds for Respite will give staff the flexibility to
authorize service at whatever level is needed, while assuring that all
of the Grant funds will be earned and streamlining administrative
paperwork. The total levels of service commitment to In-Home and
Institutional Respite will not change in Orange County. Switching
county dollars for Block Grant funds will not result in a net increase
to Orange County dollars, with a minimum required 10% local match
requirement remaining the same.