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DOA-734 Home and Community C~re Block Gr'~nt for OlderAdults County Funding Plan MethodotoD, co Address Service Needs of Low-Income Minori~ EldeHy ' ' (Older Americans Acc, Set,Jori 306(a)($)(A)(ii)) Communlt'ySer'v~caProvider Cabarrus County Dept. of Social Services Cour~'~ Cabarrus July ], ~992 through June 30, 1993 The Older Americans Ac~ requires that the service provider attempt to provide services to Iow income minority individuals in ac les~ the s~ne proportion u the population of Iow4ncome minor~y individuals beam ~o the popula~Jon of older persons of the county se~ed by the provider. The community se~4¢ e provider shall specify how the service needs of Iow-income minority eldeHy will be met through the se~icet identified on the Provider Semites Summar7 (DOA-732). This naJ-r~ve shall add ress out'each and service delivery methodolc~ie~ that will ensurt that popula~on is adequately served. AdditionzJ pa&es may be used is Cabarrus County Department of Social Services provides assistance to all individuals requesting services regardless of race and most of our programs serve low-income individuals. The type and extent of services clients receive is based solely on client need and availability of funding. Through :he in-home aide program we are presently serving 29% minority population. This exceeds the 13.8% minority population of Cabarrus County which is reflected in :he 1990 census statistics. Based on current meed for services we do not have sufficient funds to maintain current clients. We do continue to receive requests from clients :ha: meet the need for in-home aide services. We will continue to assess these requests so if funding becomes avaiiable :hey can be added to our program. We will continue co strive to serve the low income minority population. In our CAP Program we are presently serving 15% in this group. Outreach by :he agency has been accomplished by newspaper articles, brochures,'home visits by social work staff, and contracts with other agencie~ Since funding is limited for these programs we will not implement any new outreach programs, but will continue with our current outreach efforts which have proven effective in the past. As an agency thac receives funding from several sources we will assess each case to be sure chat funding is used to best meet the needs of clients and that Older Amer:cans Act funds are targeted towards low-income minority individual:.