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iii. There will be permanent budget cuts. It will take a long time to recover from this and <br /> potentially next budget year will be even tighter. <br /> b. Our request for the Endless Possibilities 4th quarter printing and newspaper insertion ($16k ask) <br /> was not funded, leaving us with only enough money to publish 3 issues. <br /> C. Our request for$24k for kitchen staffing, needed to fix an error in last year's budget, was not <br /> funded. <br /> d. We will not be getting computer lab furniture. <br /> e. We did receive funding to replace our broken outdoor furniture. <br /> f. The County will reallocate $75,000 from our MAP fund and move it to cover general <br /> department operations, thus reducing the county general fund allocation. Not all money in our <br /> MAP fund is from Carol Woods, we have other funds in that account from health fairs, Handy <br /> Helpers, R Place Respite, and other grants. <br /> g. Working with budget office to create line items for R Place and Handy Helpers. <br /> i. MAP account is the funding source for Handy Helpers and we also ask for a cost share <br /> from the client. <br /> h. The County budget document lists the MAP fund as the "Carol Woods fund," when it should be <br /> named the MAP fund. It is in the process of being renamed. <br /> i. This will be a tough year. The staff did get a salary 6% adjustment last year and this year <br /> another proposed salary adjustment 4% increase. This was a goal of the County <br /> Manager and appreciated. Temporary positions will not be moved to permanent status. <br /> They will remain as temps. <br /> i. What can we do?The board discussed and suggested <br /> i. Looking for grants <br /> ii. Alerting the Friends of the Seymour Center and the Friends of the Passmore Center. <br /> iii. Make donations. Donors may give to the Community Giving Fund or directly to OCDoA. <br /> iv. Hoping when the Home and Community Care grant allocations are made that it will <br /> make up for some of this loss. <br /> 2022-27 Master Aging Plan <br /> 14. Third Quarter Year 2 updates <br /> a. Community Supports and Health Services—Shenae McPherson and Kim Lamon-Loperfido <br /> Workgroup General Accomplishments: <br /> i. During the January 8 MAP Meeting Leiha Edmonds hosted a training for the workgroup <br /> on using the online reporting form—the form is intended to increase reporting by <br /> organizations in a timely manner and to increase overall data collection to show <br /> progress towards indicators—of note Y2Q2 had 11 partners reporting on 30 different <br /> indicators. <br /> ii. Retired public health professional, community member and MAP workgroup participant <br /> Edith Alfanso-Sobsey has been a liaison with active MAP workgroup members for <br /> follow-up training and support on reporting for quarters 2 and 3—this has helped to <br /> identify gaps, inactive members and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward <br /> toward year 3. <br /> Objective 7.4: Expand services to help older adults age in community. <br /> Strategy 7.4.1: Expand available support for older adults from communities of color. <br /> 7.4.1a. Accessibility to and participation in aging services for Asian older adults is increased <br /> through a partnership project between UNC-Apples Service-Learning Students. <br /> iii. We hosted 8 bi-lingual Mandarin speaking UNC students for the semester. The students <br /> contributed to translating over 10 vital documents detailing services and supports for <br /> our Mandarin speaking residents. Provided over 240 hours of social engagement and <br /> support at the center. <br />