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ADDENDUM TO PUBLIC HEARING CABARRUS FY'93 AGING ~ING PLAN The Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Advisory Committee met several times during February and March, 1992 to assist in the development of the FY'93 Aging Funding Plan for Cabarrus County. As a result of those meetings, the HCCBG Advisory Committee proposed that five (5) of the services to be provided in the FY'93 Aging Funding Plan are the same as the services currently being funded with comparable grant funds. They are In-Home Aide services (Levels I and II), Transportation, Adult Day Care and Congregate Meals. Although there is a slight decrease in these grant funds for aging services to the County for FY'93, these five (5) services would be funded at the current levels for FY'93 since they have been determined to be high priority services in the county. The Advisory Committee proposed that funding for Health Screening and Institutional Respite services would be discontinued with HCCBG funds. The portion of funding for Institutional Respite services for FY'92 would be transferred into Adult Day Care services for FY'93 which is typically the service being provided with the funds. The Advisory Committee proposed that the remaining grant funds be designated to provide Housing/Home Improvement services to supplement/compliment the limited weatherization services already being provided by the Department of Aging with other funding sources. Following the Public Hearing on the FY'93 Aging Funding Plan for Cabarrus County on April 6, 1992, the HCCBG Advisory Committee met on April 8, 1992 to review comments made at the Public Hearing. Of most concern were those comments relating to the Health Screening service. The Advisory Committee proposes that no changes be made to the Aging Funding Plan as a result of the Public Hearing for the following reasons: While the Health Screening service is acknowledged as a good service and one that is needed by older adults, it has not received high priority rankings during various needs assessments in recent years, nor by this HCCBG Advisory Committee. The Committee felt that limited funds should be used for those services that continue to receive high priority rankings. The Committee also acknowledged that some health screenings targeted to older adults are being done already in the community and will continue to be done at the Cabarrus Senior Center, though the screenings may not be as thorough as those previously provided. Housing needs have appeared near the top of any priority listing of needs of older adults for many years in Cabarrus County. During the months of work to prioritize services for the 1991 State Aging Plan, Housing was ranked number two (2) with the need for In-Home services was ranked number one (1) and Transportation was ranked number three (3).