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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: National Association of Counties NACo) Achievement Awards <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of County PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Commissioners <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />NONE <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Moses Carey, Jr., ext 2130 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize the Department on Aging and the Emergency Management <br />Department for receiving National Association of Counties Achievement Awards. <br />BACKGROUND: Two Orange County programs received the NACo Achievement Award for <br />the year 2000. This award recognizes responsible, responsive and effective county <br />government. The Department on Aging's Friend-to-Friend Volunteer Program won in the <br />Volunteer category, and Emergency Management's Paramedic Initial Response Program won <br />in the Emergency Management and Response category. <br />The Friend-to-Friend Volunteer Program began in August 1998. It consists of a corps of <br />volunteers who assist individuals age 60 and over with non-medical care needs. It seeks to <br />maximize seniors' independence, prolong the time older adults may remain living at home, <br />decrease their sense o~ isolation and improve the quality of life for the County's older adults. <br />The Paramedic Initial Response Program seeks to focus limited resources to provide thorough <br />patient assessment and medical treatment while reducing unnecessary patient transportation by <br />separating the treatmentand transportation functions of EMS. EMS telecommunicators <br />prioritize calls for service. They dispatch an EMT to every call, and if warranted, an ambulance <br />and/or First Responders. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There are no financial impacts associated with the awards. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board recognize and present <br />the engraved plaques to each department. <br />