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1 <br /> • • <br /> w4 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. F-2. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 3, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of State Contracts for elderly services <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging/Social Services PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> • ATTACHMENT(S) : Two contracts: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> (1) DOA-$B,820- Home Repair & outreach Jerry Passmore, DOA <br /> (2) DSS-$21,039- Chore & Respite Care Marti Pryor-Cook, DSS <br /> Outreach Neighborhood Advisor Summary TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> • Durham - 688-7331 • <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To consider approval of state funded contracts available under <br /> Senate Bill 1559 from the Triangle J Council of Governments, <br /> October 1, 198B through June 30, 1989. State funds allocated <br /> to Orange County are (1) Chore under In-Home Support- $7,896, <br /> (2) Respite Care under Caregiver Support- $ 13043, (3) Minor <br /> Home Repairs under Title III-D State Supplemental,- .$2, 193 (require <br /> a $244 local match) and (4) Outreach under regional Neighborhood <br /> Advisor Project- $ 6,627. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> These long term care funds are targeted for the frail or fragile <br /> elderly to remain in their homes or to assist isolated elderly. <br /> Both County Directors on Aging and Social Services have conferred <br /> on the use of these limited funds. The Aging Director would <br /> coordinate the application process and. would administer the minor <br /> home repairs funds and the Neighborhood Outreach Advisor Project. <br /> The Department of Social Services would administer the Chore <br /> and Respite Care Funds. Funds for Respite Care, Chore, and home <br /> Repair (health related) will be coordinated through the inter- <br /> Departmental Care Management Team. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : . Recommend Approval . <br />