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CABARRUS COUNTY Department o[ Social Services P.O. Box 668 Concord. North Carolina 28026-0668 Telephone: (704) 7S6-7141 Jame~ F. Cook, Jr. Director l~ovember 25, 1986 TO: ' Charles HcGinnis, County Manager \ Y I J J~ Cook~ Social Se~ces D~recto~ SUBJECT: Approval for Grant Application I would like to request of the Board of County Co~issioners at its 12-1-86 meeting, approval to apply to the Area Agency on Aging at Centrslina Council of Governments for a grant for our provision of Respite Care Services in Cabarrus County. Last summer, the General Assembly appropriated $300,000 in 87.5% Federal funding to the N. C. Division of Aging Services for the provision of Respite Care Services. This service provides periodic relief to unpaid ca:egivers who have responsibility for care of patients who cannot be left alone due to mental or physical .impairments. The service can be provided in the home by an aide or in a domiciliary care facility, as appropriate. The service includes training, counseling and referral services to the caregiver. Eligibility of recipients must be determined and cost-offsetting fees most be collected on a sliding scale basis. If we are successful in securing the grant, it will be our plan to contract with either the Hospital Home Health Agency or the Health Department Home Health Agency for the provision o£ aide services. A half-tlme social worker would need to be engaged at the Department to determine eligibility, do assessments, provide caregiver counseling, schedule services, and otherwise coordinate the program. We will provide 1040 units of service to approximately 50 persons. We would like to apply to the Area Agency on Aging by the 12-3-86 deadline for a grant of $9815. This would be used toward total program expenses of $14,021 with ~2801 in revenues coming from client fees and $1402 constituting the local match requirement. This local match requirement can be met without the appropriation of additional County funding through the utilization of unanticipated additional Older A=ericans Act Title III revenues which will be received by the Department this year. We feel that this represents a much-needed service within our comunity. Thank you.