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home case needing 30+ hours. If you know of agencies that are newer that we should reach out to in order to contract with them, please let Janice know. Staff must be a CNA. $35 is average private pay rate. If we want direct care workers to make a living wage, then we need to pay going rate. Big difference between what agency makes and what is given to the worker. UNC college student aging care program, CareYaya, is in high demand, but there are not enough students. Our In-home Helper List is getting smaller. vi. Affordable Family Care Services—coming to Azalea Estates vii. Asking for$15k to keep it the same number of hours at the higher rate. viii. The above represent "big asks" for a flat budget time, but isn't anything we can control, except for adding hours at Passmore. ix. Require anyone we contract with to pay a living wage which is going to $16.60, the rate is currently$15.85. x. SNAP COVID benefits are going away. This means a $1.4 mil deduction per month in Orange County. xi. Do we know for sure that the agencies are passing on the living wage for OCDoA contracted in-home helpers? It is in the contract and we could check what the agencies are actually paying them. Sitters uncertified are making $25 private; the rate varies with agencies. xii. Even if you have money, no guarantee that you will be able to find someone to assist. c. CIP Request for Seymour Center—which are bullets above i. Human services departments don't usually put in for CIP, which are typically over $100k. We want to have an outdoor fitness area at the Seymour Center. We still have folks that don't want to come inside to exercise. ii. We also make requests of the local townships for funding for volunteer programs. There is also a history of the towns providing funding for the lunch programs. This goes back to when they were funding JOCCA for meals and once the program moved to us they agree to continue funding the program. Over time that funding has decreased significantly. We also receive contract services funding for the Seymour Center through Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation although it hasn't increased overtime. Participants contribute $15-18k per year toward the lunch program. We serve about 130 meals per day. iii. Lunch program "takeaway" meals will continue until the ARPA funds run out. About 30 individuals are still picking up meals at Seymour and 10 at the Passmore Center, mostly for convenience, not due to COVID. 7. Board vacancies— Recommendations were submitted to BOCC a. Ann's recommendation to the board was discussed at the Feb. 16 BOCC meeting and should be voted on tonight. b. The board discussed moving forward with the approval of Jackie's application, Colin's extension and Rachel's reappointment. This will be discussed at the Mar 14 BOCC meeting and voting on Mar 21. Michael Joseph's application and recommendation is submitted but term would not start until Heather's term ends. 8. Outreach Efforts - New radio show,Aging Well Together, with WCOM. a. Reminder to let us know if you hear of community events where we might have an informational table. i. WCOM/Host Agreement on hold as OC staff attorney reviews and edits. The agreement would be signed by not only the show host, Heather Altman, but also OCDOA director,