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r.,.. ,~ Fi ,.,.. u ~~~ families who are not eligible for existing services. These families are middle income families. They do not have access to government assistance because of their income, hut:, they are not wealthy enough to pay private sources to take care of their family. This is the group this services is directed at. These services are coordinated with the Departments on Aging and Human Services. They have formed a Community Respite Gare - Committee. This committee is comprised of representatives of Social Services, Dept. an Aging, ARC, Hospice and UNG Alheizmer Support Program. They have approached the Chapel Hill, United Way and the County in September for discretionary funds to start this program up. United Way gave the program $2,500 and Chapel Hill donated $1,000. The County decided that we were going to be passed on to the Long Term Care Committee because they had done some research on this issue and they were familiar with what the County needs are. A meeting was held with them and they supported what was being done. They one area they wanted to wait on was the training of volunteers because it is very expensive. State guidelines are being followed in training so that when the program is operative it will be in line for State funds. They Committee suggested finding a better way to train volunteers so that the cost of start up could be reduced. They were advised to look into Durham Tech and have followed that suggestions. Quite a few thousands of dollars have been saved. They hope to get funding from the County ..for the next year so that they can get on their feet and become eligible for-Federal funds and private Foundation funds. Commissioner Willhoit mentioned that the Ghoregivers program is eligible for all citizens. I£ they do not meet certain income guidelines they have to pay for it. Ms. Acker indicated that this program is different from Choregiver in that the target person for their program is the caregiver. The Ghoregivers clean homes, cook and basically do the chores around the home. The background of the Women's Health Resources is that they are a referral agency. Our clients call in for any kind of health care _' referral. In response to a questions by Commissioner Hartwell Ms. Acker indicated that the training costs are primarily as a result of the professional staff that is needed to maintain this program. A medical person needs to screen the families, a part-time social worker is needed, a volunteer coordinator, and the administration are the cost factors. Tt is necessary that the training be done by professional staff so that we can get reimbursement from the state. The federal funds come from the Triangle J Council of Governments and they have a certain amount of money to be allocated to each County. In order to not be in competition with the Department on Aging for the Triangle J Council of Government funds an agreement has been reached with Jerry Passmore to share the trained volunteers. The Department on Aging would supplement the caregivers that they cannot get enough of so that we would avoid that problem. MR. LARRY PAUL, Eastern Area Director for Luthern Family Services presented the budget for Sheaffer House. He stated that they were asking the Commissioners for an additional $4,102. This is a shortfall based on money received thru CBA funds vs. what the Commissioners have decided to give them for this year. Their current budget is 5~ increase from last year. They have more qualified staff who are staying longer. This is the reason for the increase. The other item they would like to discuss is that this is the third year in a row that the CBA Task Force has given them $62,029. When they go they are not getting the 5~ increase they need. They want to propose a point giving by CBA and the County Commissioners because this is the third year in a row-they have had to come to the Commissioners for the difference. Mr. Link agreed that this is an issue that needs to be examined. CBA funding is