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• Expand both the type and amount of person-centered support services (in-home consultation/training, group--oriented support activities, and respite services) to caregivers caring for persons with moderate to severe dementia. • Provide training to increase the knowledge and skills of direct care workers serving persons with ADRD. • Provide training to Orange County government workers and persons employed in commercial businesses to increase their knowledge, skills and attitudes about dementia, thereby improving the caregivers' experience of community interactions. Mary Fraser, Aging Transitions Administrator, reviewed the specifics of how the grant funds would be used, saying the outcomes will hopefully increase the quality of life for both the patient and the caregiver. She said there is a multi-pronged approach to achieve these goals: individual level, program level, and community level. She said this approach would involve a variety of stakeholders working together. She said at the community level, a group of 10 businesses have signed to go through a pilot training that will better equip them to serve those suffering with dementia, as well as their caregivers. She said County offices that work with the public will also go through this training. Commissioner Price asked if it is known when the pilot program may be able to spread from Chapel Hill into other towns and throughout the County. Mary Fraser said probably early 2016. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price for the Board to accept the grant, authorized the Manager to sign the documents associated with the grant award, and approved Budget Amendment#2-C which includes the receipt of the $897,298 in grant funds and the addition of 2.625 full-time equivalent (FTE) time limited grant positions, and congratulationed the Department on Aging for their work. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8. Reports a. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Assessment of Orange Public Transit (OPT) The Board considered receiving a report on the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Orange County Public Transportation Assessment Study and providing direction to staff as appropriate. Bonnie Hammersley said this study was funded with State funds. She said the purpose of the OPT assessment was to insure that services were safe and accessible; that cost and ridership are documented; and that they are in compliance with State and Federal to obtain funding to provide options for appropriate organizational structure, and to improve service to residents. Bonnie Hammersley said it is the intention of staff to review this report and to implement changes as needed. Fred Fravel, KFH Group, Inc., was the lead consultant on this study, and he made the following PowerPoint presentation: Orange County Public Transportation Assessment Study Draft Final Report Orange County Board of County Commissioners October 20, 2015