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Attachment A: Statement of Charge to the M.A.P. Task Force (Revision 2) <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners has authorized the formation of a team of <br />individuals, from the public and private community, to develop a Master Aging Plan <br />(M.A.P.) that will provide a comprehensive and coordinated delivery of community <br />services to senior citizens who have different levels of functional capacity. To complete <br />this task, a Task Force comprised of a Steering Committee and three Functional <br />Subcommittees (the term of membership is from November 1999 thru June 2000) is <br />being submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for review. Ms. Florence Soltys <br />is to be the Chair of the M.A.P. Task Force and staff assistance will be provided by Jerry <br />Passmore (Director, Orange County Department on Aging) and Mari Pitcher (MSW <br />intern) <br />The Advisory Board on Aging will be responsible for monitoring the approved plan after <br />June, 2000 and will submit annual updates to the BOCC. <br />The charge to be given to each of the committee /subcommittees is: <br />I. Steering Committee Charge: <br />■ To establish the overall goals and objectives for each subcommittee. <br />■ To present the goals and objectives to the BOCC for review and <br />approval. <br />■ To develop and implement the process by which the M.A.P. will be <br />developed. <br />■ To establish the guiding principles to which the M.A.P. team will adhere. <br />■ To monitor the work of the functional subcommittees and provide feedback <br />and direction as necessary. <br />• To hold public forums to garner feedback from the community and <br />policymakers <br />• To approve the work of the functional subcommittees and submit it to the <br />BOCC for review and approval: <br />■ List of prioritized issues <br />■ Strategies and accompanying objectives <br />■ Draft strategic plan (complete with a set of prioritized plan <br />elements and approximate costs) <br />■ Final M.A.P. <br />• To update the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on the status <br />of the M.A.P. project. <br />• To review and recommend approval of the final M.A.P. proposal prior to its <br />submission to the BOCC. <br />II. Functional Subcommittee Charge: (this charge applies to all three <br />subcommittees, as it relates to their particular functional population) <br />■ To identify the issues relevant to their assigned functional population. <br />- based on their own expertise and experience <br />- based upon objective data provided through an environmental scan <br />- based on feedback from community members <br />