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iii. The suggestion was made to go through our employment services program to see if <br /> there are persons who would be willing to apply/train/drive. Living wage going up to <br /> $15.85 from $15.40, yet it is still difficult to find employees <br /> iv. Janice will send talking points to James Harris to share with the Friends board <br /> v. 13-15 people requesting rides right now. Approximately $60,000 is needed annually to <br /> transport that number of participants 5 days a week. <br /> vi. This is an important issue that needs resolved. Good transportation benefits the social <br /> participation and wellbeing of our seniors <br /> 8. Aging Board appointments <br /> a. One vacancy— Need representation from central and northern Orange County <br /> b. Upcoming vacancy with Jenny Womack's resignation and move to western NC. This position <br /> requires the person to live in Carrboro Town Limits <br /> c. Grateful for our new board members <br /> 9. Age My Way NC survey- https://survey.cmix.com/69C2ABE3/G10DF6LT/en-US <br /> a. Janice encouraged everyone to take the Age My Way NC survey. It is important as NC is signing <br /> on to become designated an Age Friendly State. It's important, interesting and has a lot of <br /> caregiver questions. AARP advocates well, very detailed. Share it others, the more the better <br /> 2017-22 Master Aging Plan <br /> 10. Completion of the Year-5 matrix of accomplishments along with fourth quarter workgroup meetings <br /> a. We are finishing up our Year-5, Quarter 4 actions and accomplishments so that the final matrix <br /> can be completed <br /> 11. Updating the MAP Evaluation from last summer with the Year-5 data — Board to receive a report in <br /> Aug/Sept. <br /> a. Cass Dictus, our MAP intern, will be putting in the data and evaluating to see how successful we <br /> were. <br /> b. Ripple Effect MAP on the wall in the Conference Room <br /> c. Dialogue of how to get the BOCC to see that our MAP is a way to bring county government <br /> together. Our Aging Board minutes, MAP, attachments go to every Commissioner <br /> d. Cass will finalize the last year into the final report and talk about how effective we were over <br /> the past 5 years <br /> 2022-27 Master Aging Plan <br /> 12. MAP presentation to the BOCC was moved to Sept. 13, 2022 <br /> a. A memo along with a copy of the plan was included on the June 7 BOCC agenda <br /> b. During our presentation in September we will include part of the past 5 year evaluation. We <br /> hold ourselves accountable to do what we said we would do and our evaluation will show this <br /> c. Commissioners retreat coming up and they asked each department to send anything that we <br /> had done to reach their goals. OCDOA was able to share a lot of things that we had done to <br /> help reach the County goals <br /> d. Hoping that our presentation and evaluation highlights that we need to prepare for the number <br /> of older adults that we will have in the next few years and beyond, and what we are doing to <br /> support them. Everyone needs to be involved <br /> 13. MAP workgroups to prioritize work for Year 1 of 2022-27 MAP <br /> a. What can we accomplish in year 1? Workgroups have started prioritizing Year 1 strategy <br /> indicators and prioritization will continue as groups meet quarterly. Board and workgroups <br /> should be thinking about what AARP funds we might need to put toward any of our priorities <br />