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Maintain funding for Home and Community Care Block Grant services: These funds provide services for Cabarrus County residents age 60 and older through the Cabarrus County Division of Aging, Cabarrus County Department of Social Services, Cabarrus County Transportation Department, Cabarrus County Planning and Development Department and Cabarrus County Meals on Wheels. These services include Information and Assistance, Consumer-Directed Services, Nutrition (LunchPlus Club and Meals on Wheels), Senior Center Operations, Adult Day Services, Transportation, In-Home Aide and Housing and Home Improvement. These services support older adults and allows them to remain at home and provides the level of independence necessary to keep them out of Nursing Homes or other levels of institutional care. By providing home and community-based services such as these, we are able to reduce the demand for subsidized institutional care which is approximately four times more cost effective. Most of the Home and Community Care Block Grant funded services have long waiting lists. Maintain funding for Senior Centers: The funding provided by the NC General Assembly provides resources that allow both Cabarrus County Senior Centers (Concord and Mt. Pleasant) to provide the current level of services without additional local support/funding. These funds are used to provide services /support to Cabarrus County residents that my not otherwise be able to afford to participate in some of the programs offered through the Cabarrus County Senior Centers. Maintain funding for the Title V — Seniors Community Services Employment Program: The funding for this program was cut significantly last year and Cabarrus County reduced this program from 35 participants to 17. This program not only trains older adults to prepare for re-employment, but also has had a significant impact on improving the local unemployment situation. The Cabarrus County Title V program is a model program and these services have a positive economic impact on the community. hh,,FMTF"i th M-071IR40 Maing at current levels: Some Medicaid programs have already experienced funding cuts. Additional cuts will have a huge impact on local older adults that are at extremely high risk. This will force most of these clients to search for other resources for support and will increase the demand on local home and community-based programs which already are overwhelmed and have waiting lists or, enroll in institutional care services such as Nursing Homes at a much higher cost to taxpayers. Page 145