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2 A minor change in the Funding Plan for next year is to reassign the Afro-American Dementia Outreach Project from separate status to program element under Information, Outreach and Case Assistance in the Department on Aging. The principal change in the Funding Plan involves the Department on Aging using an HCCBG allotment to assume operational responsibility for providing congregate meals at the two senior center sites. In prior years Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency (JOCCA) was the recipient who provided these services through a contract caterer. The transition from JOCCA to Aging has been planned and coordinated between the two agencies over the past year with advice and assistance from a Food Services Innovation Committee consisting of representatives from the Friends of Senior Centers, the Advisory Board on Aging, Budget and the County Manager's Office. The transition -which continues a contract caterer under Aging -ultimately responds to requests to modernize and localize the congregate meal experience such as enhanced meal options, better use of existing kitchen facilities, inclusion of local foodstuffs, and the potential to train Work First clients in the culinary arts. The overall funding arrangement to allow Aging to assume responsibility for the congregate meal program is contained within its departmental budget request for FY2009-10. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Home and Community Care Block Grant for FY2009-10 provides for a total of $469,299 in State funding to support a network of aging services throughout Orange County. The required match is provided through in-kind contributions within Departmental operating budgets. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the Home and Community Care Block Grant Funding Plan for FY2009-10 in the amount of $469,299 and authorize the Chair to sign the grant documents.