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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 1, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Home and Community Care Block Grant <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Funding Plan <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Yl1~ <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Albert Kittrell <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -eat. 2300 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the Home and Community Care Block Grant Funding Plan <br />BACKGROUND: The State Department of Human Resources established the Home and <br />Community Care Block Grant in July 1, 1992. The grant did not create new funding streams, but <br />combined funds appropriated to the Department on Aging, Department of Social Services, and Joint <br />Orange Chatham Community Action Agency to administer programs for senior citizens. <br />The block grant requires the Board of Commissioners to approve the recommended funding plan. <br />The recommended funding for the 1999-2000 yeaz is $386,366. This amount is $2,660 more than <br />the 1998-99 grant amount of $383,706. The Home and Community Care Advisory Boazd reviewed <br />the plan on Apri122, 1999. The Funding Plan is attached. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Home and Community Care Block Grant to the County will increase <br />$2,660 for fical year 1999-2000. <br />RECONIlVIENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the 1999-2000 <br />Home and Community Care Block Grant Funding Plan and authorize the Chair to sign grant <br />documents. <br />