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community, social justice work, how proud he was of OCDOA for the inclusion and work we <br /> do <br /> c. Janice will let the board know when the next dates are for showing the documentary <br /> 6. NC Age My Way Kick-off: October 5 <br /> a. Age Friendly Community and Age My Way summit will be held Oct 5 at NCSU McKimmon <br /> Center. BOCC Chair, Renee Price will be attending.Janice will be speaking about Orange <br /> County's Age Friendly work <br /> b. Janice will send the invitation to the Board <br /> 7. NC Division of Aging and Adult Services - State Aging Plan development <br /> a. Janice shared the packet- History of Planning for Age Friendly in NC with the Board. Janice <br /> will serve on the State Aging Plan committee. OCDOA's plan is listed first in the this <br /> historical document, highlighting OCDOA's leadership in local aging planning for the past <br /> 20+years. It is required that the state complete a state aging plan every four years. <br /> b. An Age Friendly plan for NC will be completed at a later date. <br /> 8. Falls Prevention Awareness Week- Sept. 18-23 <br /> a. Janice shared the flyer for the falls prevention series which includes the following clinics: <br /> How to Get Up After a Fall; Dizzy Clinic; Myth Busting: Arthritis; and The Importance of <br /> Nutrition and Hydration. The series was promoted in numerous venues <br /> i. Jeff shared the idea of promoting or coming up with a program to promote <br /> lightweight helmets for those with increased falls risk <br /> 9. OCPT resumed daily service to the Centers <br /> a. Orange County Public Transportation has resumed daily service. Nish Trivedi, formerly <br /> with the OC Planning Department and Interim OC Transportation Director, is now the <br /> permanent OCPT Transportation Services Director. Nish and staff will be working to <br /> update the fleet and recruit drivers. Funding has been a concern of the Aging Board. OCDOA <br /> and OCPT are piecing together funding for transportation, including ARPA funds from <br /> TJCOG. OCDOA and OCPT are working to let people know that there is now transportation <br /> to the Centers and throughout the County <br /> 10. COVID Update <br /> a. OCDOA had a recent COVID outbreak, we are now 18 days out from that. First time in two <br /> years that we had an outbreak that affected staff, participants and volunteers, but everyone <br /> is now better. Those not affected covered the staff and volunteer positions that were out <br /> b. It will be nice to get back in the great hall once it reopens. It will enable us to spread out <br /> more and socially distance <br /> c. Curbside meal service was serving1000+ meals per week during COVID. The curbside <br /> program's funding is ending at the end of September. The funding requires in-person <br /> congregate dining in order to be funded. We are trying to determine participant interest in <br /> continuing curbside. We had a waiver to serve curbside. We do have ARPA money that we <br /> could still potentially offer curbside for a time. We are trying to figure out if we have <br /> enough staff to continue curbside. <br /> i. Food insecurity was a concern during the pandemic and our lunch program doubled <br /> during that time through the curbside service. Now we are serving close to 700-800 <br /> curbside. During the height of pandemic we had a great partnership with law <br /> enforcement agencies to deliver meals to those that were transit dependent (ride <br /> our public transit).We also delivered to our senior housing communities. This <br /> services has ended and those that qualified for Meals on Wheels have transitioned to <br /> that service and others have resumed riding public transit and are coming to the <br />