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'Orange County 23 Neighborhood Outreach Advisor Project to Older Adults • • October, 1988 Funding: State Center Outreach/Development funding from Triangle J COG in the amount of $6,627 thru June 30, 1989. This is part of a regional Neighborhood Advisor Program, but locally tailored to . Orange County. • Applicant: Orange County Department on Aging Purpose: Orange County has three Senior Centers (Carrboro. Chapel Hill , Hillsborough) which handle 2,500 information calls annually. A . 1.111time Information/Referral Specialist collects and disseminates information and also works with Center personnel and volunteers to respond to all inquiries. Rather than additional telephone locations to respond to inquiries, there is a need to reach out to more rural and less sophisticated older people with multiple needs and unfamiliar w.ith the system to access services. Project Goal : To expand and integrate three access services- Information/ Referral , Care Management, and Senior Centers- to uninformed and underserved older adults. Strategy; Orange County Department on Aging, a central information resource and access agency, will administer the project. Two temporary parttime Advisors would be hired, one being stationed at the Hillsborough Center and one at the Carrboro Center. While the Outreach Advisors would work with the I/R Specialist, Senior Center Supervisors, Nutrition Managers, and Care Managers, they- would be under the direct supervision of a part time Program Developer/supervisor. The Neighborhood Advisor Program would emphasize: 1. Outreach to Formal/Informal Community Resources in Assigned Areas. The Advisors would be outreach persons rather than telephone resources as in other counties. They would make appointments with rural clergy, civic or club groups, both formal and informal leaders. They would give them an overview of available services, distribute materials and listen to feedback on needs and problems. They would also build a resource file of community leaders to rely for help and who should receive regular informational mailings. 2. Outreach to identified Needy Older Persons by Agency staff and Community Leaders. The Advisors would be an extension of County/agency staff- I/R, Care Manager, Senior Center who have identified a person in need of a personal home contact. Advisors would do cost effective pre-screening for a variety of services. The Advisors would also respond to requests for assistance from community leaders. The Advisors would focus on their role as an "Outreach Advocate" linking the need with the • • available services. Budget; State funds would be allocated as follows: Four Advisor Trainees (35hrs of training X $3.35 Plus FICA )= $504 , Two Advisors (40 hrs per mo.X 6 mos X $4.65 plus .FICA)= $2,400, Advisor Travel ($50 per. mo. X 6 mos)= $600 , Printing = $235 , Prog.Developer/Supervisor (48hrs Per ma. X 7 mos X $7.00 plus FICA) = $2,527, Travel ($60 per mo. )= $360 FN:ADVISORS.DOC