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Human Services Activities Family Plannin§ The family planning staff has been working with the State Office on the transition to DHR regions, and has been assisting the county programs in gearing up for the "fee for service" system. Also worked with Gaston County to try to cover their $8,710 deficit for the past year~ Negotiations with other Region F counties re- sulted in voluntary budget reductions of $3,300 to help Gaston. The remainder shall come from their state escrow account. A four part slide presentation on the Family Planning program, is available through the R~gional Advisory Co~ttee. The series explains the organization and purpose of the program, and how con- sumers can and should be involved. ~npower The CETA Title II-B program allocations for each county were completed as part 2 of the FFY 1980 Annual CETA Plan and adopted by the Regional Employment and Training Advisory Council (see attached). The original recommendation was based on the county need analysis and the 1979 manpower evaluation results. M~npowar operators were asked to submit a pre-proposal prior [o the final decision. County manpower operators will be invited to apply for the Funds July 9, with proposals due July 27. If the county would like to ask questions or offer sug- gestions prior to the evaluation of the proposals received, please contact Chuck Chorak prior to the 27th of July. A meeting with officials of the Department of Community Employment will be held July 30th, to discuss general CET^ concerns or problems felt by the Regional Advisory Corm~ittee members. If county officials or staff have issues they would lika addressed or would like Eo attend: please notify-Leon Miller at Centralina. Agin~ The 1979 NC General Assembly has approved a $300,000 special projects appropriation to the NC Division of Aging to fund additional or expanded in-home services pro- grams for fiscal year 1980. A project may receive up to $30,000 in state funds over ~ twelve month funding period, which mus~ be matched on a 90/10 basis. Beginning date for projects will be October 1, 1979. Letters of intent are ~o be submitted to our office no later than July 16th. $50,000 has been earmarked for senior center development in our region. Infor- mation on pre-applications will be released within the next two months. The Annual Area Plan on Aging is right on schedule for completion and submission to the NC Division of Aging by July 30, 1979. A public hearing on the Plan is tentatively scheduled for the 27th of July. The Title V, Senior Community Service Employment Program is scheduled to begin under the direction of Centralina on August 1, 1979. This is actually a continuation of existing projects having 54 part-time employ- ment slots for 55+ low income individuals. All slots are currently occupied. Consolidation of aging programs is a topic we will want to pursue in September after things have settled do~. The goal being economy and coordination. -2-