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DOA-733 (Rev. 1/98) Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults County Funding Plan Methodology to Address Service Needs of Low-Income Minority Elderly (Older Americans Act, Section 306(a)(5)(A)(ii) Community service Provider Cabarrus'County Department of Social Services County Cabarrus July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999 The Older Americans Act required that the service provider attempt to provide services to low- income minority individuals in accordance to their need for aging services. The community service provider shall specify how the service needs of low-income minority elderly will be met through the services identified on the Provider Services Summary (DOA-732). The narrative shall address outreach and service delivery 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 minority individuals. Additional pages may be used as necessary. GOAL: To ensure participation in services and programs by low income minority elderly persons at a minimum rate of the percentage of low income minority elderly in the community. Cabarrus County Department of Social Services provides assistance to all individuals requesting services regardless of race with most of our programs serving low income individuals. The type or extent of services clients receive are based solely on clients' need and availability of funding. Through the In-Home Aide Program, 48% of the clients served are in the minority population. This exceeds the 13.8% minority population of Cabarrus County which is reflected in the 1990 census statistics. We will continue to strive to serve the low income minority population. In our Community Alternatives Program (CAP), 33% of the clients served are in this group. Outreach by the agency has been accomplished by newspaper articles, brochures, home visits by social work staff, and contacts with other agencies. Information was distributed at a Health Fair held in the Logan area in March, 1997. Since funding is limited for these programs, we will not implement any new outreach programs; however, we will continue with our current outreach efforts which have proven effective in the past. Based on current need for services, we only have sufficient funds to maintain current clients. We continue to receive requests from clients that meet the need for In-Home Aide Services. We will assess these requests if funding becomes available, so they can be added to our program. As an agency that receives funding from several sources, we will assess each case to be sure that funding is used to best meet the needs of the clients and that Older Americans Act funds are targeted towards low income minority individuals.