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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. �T •8 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Senior Health Promotion Coordinator for Senior Citizens <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC SEARING YES: NO: X <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore <br /> Albert Kittrell <br /> Proposed Agreement PHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the options for establishing a Senior Health <br /> Promotion Coordinator on behalf of the Friends of the <br /> Chapel Hill Senior Center, Inc. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1993 the Friends of the Chapel Hill Senior Center, <br /> UNC Health Affairs Schools and the Department on Aging <br /> formed a partnership to establish "Wellness Teaching <br /> Centers" . The Friends submitted an application to the <br /> to the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation for the project. The <br /> Friends were awarded a $87, 114 three year grant in <br /> December 1993. The goal of the project is to develop <br /> the first comprehensive and coordinated county health <br /> promotion program for seniors at senior centers <br /> throughout the County. Seniors will receive health <br /> education and health screening. Approximately 1,200 <br /> seniors are expected to be served by the program. A <br /> review team will evaluate the project to determine 1) <br /> activities selected, 2) number and types of <br /> participants, 3) participants assessment of the quality <br /> and appropriateness of the activity, and 4) <br /> effectiveness of reaching and meeting the needs of <br /> disadvantaged seniors. <br /> The Friends have proposed the option of the County <br /> entering into a mutual cooperation agreement. Under the <br /> agreement the County would be reimbursed by the Friends <br /> for recruitment and selection process, salary, fringe <br /> benefits and related personnel and indirect costs for <br /> hiring and supervising a Senior Health Promotion <br /> Coordinator. The position would be time limited <br /> terminating at the end of the three year grant period. <br /> The Friends would be responsible for managing the grant, <br />