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1/01) Home and Community Care .Block Grant for Older Adults Funding Plan l~ethodology to Address Service Needs of Low-Income l~mc~i~y Elderly (Older ^merieam Ac~, Section 306(a)(5')(A)(i[)) Commnnlty service Provider Cabarrus County Department of Social Services County Cabarms July 1, 2001 through Jnne 30, 2002 The' Older gmea'ican.q Act required tha~ the service provider aRea. apt to provide services to low- income m~ority individuals ia accordhnce to their need for aging services. The community service provider shall specify how the service needs of low-income minority elderly and rural elderly will be met through the services identified on the Provider-Services Snmm~ry CDOA-732). The narrative sh~ll address outreach and service delivery methodologies tha~ wr2l ensure that thio · target pop~]lation is adequately served and confo.m with specific objectives established by the Area Agency on Ag/ng, for providing services to low-income minority individuals. Additional pa~es may be used as necessary. GOAL: To increase participation in sea, rices and programq.by low-income minority elderly · persons at a minlmnm rate of~e percentage of Iow-income minority elderly in the commullity. Cabarrus County Department of Social Services provides assistance'to ali individuals requesting services regard/ess of race with most of our programs serving logy income indSviduaks. The type or exteut of services clients receive are based solely on clients' need and ava~qslx~ty of Through the HCa3G Program, 26% of the clients served are in the minority populatio~ ' Th~s exceeds the 13.8% minority population of Cabarrus County which is reflected in the 1990 census statistics, We will continue to stt~ve to serve the low-income mlnorlty population In our Community Alternatives Program (CAP), 35% of the clients served are in ~hls group; In additiorg 32% of the clients served through the In-Home Aide Program had income under 100% of the Federal Poverty Level_ Outreach by the agency b~.q been accomplished by newspaper articles, brochurea~' home v/sits by social work st~ff, and contacts with other agencies. Since funding ~s l~mited for these programs, any new outreach programs vn2l not implement; however, current 'outreach efforts, which have proven effect/ye in the pa2st, will continue. Based orr current need for serv/ces, there are hot suffi~ funds for a significant increase,in the n~rmber of clients served. Requests ~om clients who meet the need for In-Home. Aide Ser~ces w~l continue to be accepted. Blew clients will be added as ex/sting clients leave the prograka or experience a decrease in the number ofrm~ts needed or additional funding ks ~ec~red. A~ an agency with funding from several sources, assessments wflI be made with each case ~o be sure thst f~cting is used to best meet the needs of the clients and that Older Americans Act fuuds are targeted towards low-income minority indi~duals.