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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 15, 1996 SUBJECT: Request for Increase in Hours for Permanent Part-time Care Management Position -------------------------------- ------------------------------- DEPARTMENT Aging PUBLIC HEARING YES NO _x_ BUDGET AMENDMENT YES—x NO -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT Jerry M. Passmore TE LE PHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To request an increase in the hours of the permanent part-time Care Manaaer position from 20 to 24 hours per week. The additional hours are needed to administer the expanded in-home aide service agreement with Monarch Health Care Providers . BACKGROUND: During its second extra session this summer, the General Assembly added $5, 000, 000 in state in-home funding to the continuation budget for the Home and Community Care Block Grant for Aging Services. Orange County' s share of these additional funds is $52, 381 . At its September 17 meeting the Orange County Block Grant Committee recommended that the majority of these funds be used to expand the current in-home aide service agreement with Monarch Health Care, the provider selected through competitive bid. This means that the 52 people currently on the Department' s in-home services waiting list will benefit from the provision of more than 5, 300 additional hours of service. The additional Care Manager hours will be spent conducting client assessments and monitoring service quality. This position was reduced by four hours in 1994 in response to a revenue decrease. The cost of the salary and fringe increase for the nine month period ending June 30 is $2, 246, to be funded from the $52, 381.