Aging Advisory Board Minutes 041117

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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Minutes April 11, 2017 PRESENT: Heather Altman, Mary Altpeter, Colin Austin, Peggy Cohn,Winston Liao, Dick White EXCUSED: Keith Cook, Lorenzo Mejia,Yvonne Mendenhall, Donna Prather STAFF: Mary Fraser, Kathie Kearns,Yvette Missri,Janice Tyler The meeting was called to order by Chair Peggy Cohn. The minutes of the March 14 meeting were approved as corrected following the motion made by Winston Liao and the second by Heather Altman. Director's Report Janice Tyler began by announcing that recently-retired employee Judy Mathias had passed away. The new Seymour Center Evening Facility Manager will begin work on April 17. Corina Riley will retire April 28 after 30 years with the Department on Aging. And Bilingual Social Worker Zhenzhen Yu has resigned effective May 5 to accept a position in Beijing. During the recent annual monitoring visit the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging staff addressed the new State Division of Aging policy that senior centers must offer at least 60% of its classes at no cost. Discussion followed on the intent of this change and its impact on the activities at the Passmore and Seymour Centers. Contract Occupational Therapist Jenny Womack has received a UNC Public Service Award for her work with the Department on Aging. Advisory Board members are invited to attend the Volunteer Appreciation event to be held on April 28 at the Seymour Center for all Department on Aging volunteers. The Department will join other community organizations and the NC Food Bank to offer the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)for low income seniors. Outreach is being done to enroll qualified seniors in the program and the 301b. box of food will be distributed monthly at the senior centers. Yvette Missri announced that, together, she (representing the Department on Aging) and UNC's Tiffany Young, PhD, Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), North Carolina Translational Research &Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TRACS), have been awarded Community Based Participatory Research Partnership fellowships by the Detroit Urban Research Center, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor.This summer,the pair will attend a week-long intensive course in Michigan,followed by participating in year- long monthly learning activities,writing a non-competitive grant proposal, and becoming part of the National CBPR Partnership Academy Network. Mary Fraser announced that the Department on Aging is co-hosting a two day training for professionals working with adults with disabilities. The conference will be held at the Seymour Center. Old Business Ms.Tyler informed the Advisory Board that the Department of Social Services has agreed to take on all In-Home services Level II clients. This will reduce the deficit for the current fiscal year's Aging Transitions Division and clarify client referrals in future years. With this change the projected deficit is reduced to $20,000 for FY 17.