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DOA-733 (Rev.1/00) Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults County Funding Plan Methodology to Address Service Nccds of Low-income Minority Elderly Older Americans Act, Section 306 (a) (5) (A) (ii) ~ommunity Service Prcvlcer Cabarrus County Department of Aging County Cabarrus July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002 The Older Americans Act requires that the service p. rovider attempt to provide services to low-inC°me minority individuals In accordance to their need for aging services. The community service provider shall specify how the service needs of Iow-income minority elderly will be met through the services Identified on the Provider Services Summary (DOA-732). This narrative Shall address outreach and service deliuery methodologies that will ensure that this target population is adequately served and conform with specific objectives established by the Area Agency on Aging, for providing services to Iow income minodty Individuals. Additional pages may be used as necessary. GOAL: To ensure the participation in services provided through the Cabarrus County Department of Aging of the Iow income minority elderly in the community. The Cabarrus County Department of Aging provides services to all older adult residents regardless of race or economic status. Brochures are distributed throughout the community that promote the services provided by our agency. Services are also promoted through local churches and through speaking presentations to senior citizen and local civic groups, as well as the local Parish Nurse Programs. Our current client base includes a substantial number of minority clients and some of our Lunch Plus Club sites are located In minority and rural areas. Transportation is provided to all Lunch Plus Club programs. We will continue to distribute Information in predominately minority and/or Iow income neighborhoods, promote our services through local churches, make personal presentations to groups, and place informational brochures in local medical offices/facilities. Our local newspaper, The Independent Tdbune, prints and distributes our Sunset Outlook newsletter bi-monthly to 27,000 subscribers. A second newsletter (Senior Savvy) is distributed monthly. This publication is distributed on counter tops throughout the rural areas of Cabarrus county. We also have started producing a twice weekly Television Show (Forever Young) that addresses Aging issues and is available on local Cable TV. This allows publicity of our programs and services to reach the entire county. We also coordinate service referrals with other human service agencies and receive referrals for services from various local service ~rovlders.