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b. Orange County MOW uses Spicy Green. Rachel reported that MOW finds out if they have the <br /> ability to reheat, as part of their intake process. Frozen meals are served in the north/south of <br /> the County until more volunteers are available to prepare and deliver. Some choose shelf stable <br /> food instead of frozen in those areas.The days that frozen meals are offered will go down as <br /> more volunteers are recruited. <br /> 6. Items submitted to be reviewed for BOCC legislative agenda <br /> a. Submitted Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Legislation to the Orange County Legislative Issues <br /> Work Group for consideration and possible inclusion in the County's 2022 Legislative Package <br /> for the 2022 North Carolina general Assembly Session. <br /> b. It was also mentioned that if there is legislation supporting direct care workers that it should <br /> also be supported. We are not able to provide some clients service right now because the <br /> agencies that we contract with do not have enough help. We are looking to contract with <br /> additional agencies <br /> New Business <br /> 7. Annual Board Report to the BOCC will be reviewed at the April 14 BOCC Work session <br /> a. Heather Altman will represent the Aging Board and present the report <br /> 8. 2022-23 Budget <br /> a. Budget to be submitted on February 17 <br /> i. Janice, OCDOA division administrators and business officer working on the budget. The <br /> BOCC has requested that the performance measures be three pages instead of the <br /> previous 6-8 pages. It is difficult to tell the story of what we do in three pages but this <br /> will make it easier for the BOCC and public to read the entire document. We must have <br /> data to support any instance where we are asking for additional money. <br /> b. Outside Agency Application Review—Scorecards are due to Manager's office by March 4. Board <br /> members are needed to review and score applications. <br /> i. Four agencies have applied <br /> 1. Helping Hand, OCMOW, Charles House and Senior Care (Soltys Place) <br /> ii. Vibeke, Dick, Colin and Jeff volunteered to review and score applications <br /> 1. Janice will send applications and score cards to volunteers <br /> 2. Janice will schedule a date to meet with volunteers to finalize and submit before <br /> the March 4 deadline <br /> 9. Aging Board vacancies/recruitment <br /> a. Janice will check with Lucinda Poole to see if she will be joining us as a guest to see if she is <br /> interested in applying <br /> b. Application from Martha Bell; Janice has met with her twice. She isn't able to join at this time <br /> but is still interested when she is available <br /> c. We hope to get applicants from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority recruitment for a more diverse <br /> board. We will hold off on any appointments until hearing results of this effort <br /> 2022-27 Master Aging Plan <br /> 10. MAP Workgroup Leaders and OCDOA staff completed GARE (Government Alliance on Race and Equity) <br /> Training. Racial Equity presentation will be given at the second meeting of all the workgroups. OCDOA <br /> Racial Equity Team: Meghan Rushing, Latonya Brown, and Cydnee Sims <br /> a. Janice reported that the first Racial Equity presentation was at the Community Support and <br /> Health Services Workgroup. It was hard to get people engaged in a hybrid platform. <br /> i. Suggestions: <br /> 1. Discuss ideas with the MAP Leadership Team on how to get people to engage <br /> virtually <br />