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DOA-133 Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults County Pundlng Plan Methodology to Address Service Needs of Low~ncome Minority Elderly and Rural Eldarly (Oldat' American Act, Section 306 (a) (5) (A) (II) Community Service Provldar: Cabarrus County Department of Seelal Servloas County: Cabarrus July 1, 2008 through June 3D, 2007 The Older Americans Act requir.. t\1at the service provider attempt to provide servicee to low-Income minority IndMduale In acoordanee t9their need for aging servlcae. The community service provIdat' ahall specify how tho service needs,of low-Income mlncrity elderly and rural olderly will ba met through the servlcae Ident1f1ed on tho Pro~r Servlcae Summary (DOA-732). This narrative ahell address outreach and service delivery me\h9dOlOglee that will enaure thalthill target population ill adequately ..rved and conform to apeclfic objtlcttves 8Ilabllahed by tho Area Agency on Aging for providing servIcee to Iow-lncome minority Indjviduale. Addlllonsl pages may ba used ao _ry. GOAL: To Inc_ participation In servlcae and programa by low-Income minority eldeny peraon. at a minimum rate of the pan:entage allow-Income minority sldarty In the community. I Cabarruo County Department of Sejelal Servlcae provldae _Istanee to all Individual. requeotlng servlcoa regerdlee$ of race Ind with most of our programs serving low Income IndMduall. The type or extent of servlcoa cilento receive Ira baeed solely on cllanto' n$ed and evallablllty of funding. Through the HCCBG Program, 31 % of the clients served ere In the minority populltlon. Thlo exceeds the 15.7% minority popUI~1on in Clbarrus County, which Is refl8cted In the 2000 cen.us otaIlellos. We will continue to stnv. to _ the tow Income minority population. In our Community AIIemal1vae Program (PAP), 36% of the cilento served are In this group. In Idd1llon, 84% of the cllonto served through theln'Home AIde Program hid Income under 100% of the Fede"" Poverty Level. Outreach by the agency has been *'>COmplillhed by newspaper articles, brochures, home vl.1Io by eoolal work staff, snd contacts wltholher agencies. Since funding 10 IIm1lod forth'" programs, sny new outreach program. will not ba ,Implemented; hOWlvet', current olllrellch effort., which hive proven effective In the past, will cominue. Boeed on current n$ed for servloas, there .re not aufflclent funda for an Increese In the numbar of clients served. Requaets from cllems who msel the need for In-Homo Aide oervJcae will continue to be occopled. New cilento will be Idded as exI.t1ng clients leave the program or experi..ce a dee_seln the number of un1lo naedad or _al funds are aecured, As an 1gency with funding from ..,!,eral 1OUn:.., ......mento will be msde with each case to be Illra thet funding ill used to best ~ the _ of the clients and thet Older American Act fundo Ire targeted towerdo low Income njlnority Individuaill. GOAL: To Incr.... participation It'I oervic.. and programs by rural elderly In the community. Caborruo County Department of So<:lsl Service pn:vides assistance to IlIlndMdullsllving within the county's boundan.. requoetlng'servlcae regardl... of locltion wlthln the county. The type and extent of sorvJcoa cilento recoJve a~ boeed on cilento' needs and evallablllty of funding. Through the HCCIlQ progrem, e~,of cllerds _ Ire In more rursllocellons, Cabarrus County, due to Il8 IoOI\lon Is dMcrlbsd II Ijort of "centrel countlee of melropol1lon ereaa of 1 million _1II1on or more." It would ba e$PeCled to find fewer rural r.._ln thls county thin in lree. thet Ire not sa populous. Olllreech by the agency he been eCoompllshed by nawspeper IrtlClea, brochur... homo - by SlICiII work staff, Ind contacts wIt~ other agenclee. SInos ftmdlng Isllm1lod for th_ programs, Iny new outreech programl will not beilmpllmented; _er, current outreach efforts , which have proven effective In the past, will ,tlnue. Booed on current need for eervlcas, there are not suflIcIenI funds for Inor_lng the umber of cllerds served. Requeots from c1I_ who meet the need for In-Home AIde servJcae will co nue to ba Iccepted. New clients will ba added IS exIlling _ Ieeve the pn:gremor e I decrease In the number of un1lo needed or eddlllonsl funding Ie oecured. As In agency with funding from ......"" IOUroes, I-'"Onto will ba made wllh 8llCh CMe to be sura thai funding II best used to ~ the n$ed. of the clients and thai Older American Act funda are targeted towards rurallndMd"la. F-5