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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />October 20, 2014 <br />4 <br />of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Center for Medicaid Services provided a waiver to the state of <br />North Carolina to allow all reviews in certain Family and Children’s Medicaid programs not <br />completed by deadline to automatically roll eligibility forward each month. Staff made an active <br />decision to focus on applications since those clients were not receiving any benefits until <br />applications were processed. This means the county now has thousands of applications that have <br />rolled forward and need to be worked. By the end of December there will be approximately 8,000 <br />Medicaid reviews due. Normally there would be 800-1000 per month. Staff are requesting 6 <br />temporary staff to help with these reviews as well as energy programs which fall during the same <br />time frame. Open enrollment for ACA will also begin on November 15th and the agency is <br />anticipating additional applications during the enrollment period. <br /> <br />5. Director’s Report <br /> <br />The Social Services Institute is Wednesday-Friday of this week. <br /> <br />Nancy Coston will be on vacation the week of October 27, 2014. <br /> <br />VII. Announcements <br /> <br />The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2014 at the Hillsborough <br />Commons, 113 Mayo Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina at 4:00 pm. <br /> <br />Claire Millar moved to adjourn the meeting at 5:47 pm. Tamara Dempsey Tanner seconded the motion. <br />The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />Submitted by <br /> <br /> Nancy Coston <br /> Director <br /> <br /> Pat Garavaglia <br /> Chair