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Human Services Acfivffies In Februa~y'we WorRed prim~ri!y ~n~the"s~r~ica'barrier matrix, thus finali~ zing s~rvid~Tprio~ities~ c'~elude~ ~h~se~.ryi~e"I~ve!~inv~o~y, ~nd posed queries fOt~NAIS (Naed~:Asse~sme~t Interactive system) to determine eligible Clieht~'in-ne~d~ We ~siSte~ cou~tles~With~thei~'pubiic.~he~ings'by'~re~e~'t~ng a~ .overview:0f-~he i~i~ie3xx Piknhing proee§s 'f~ 'i~dividu~ls to ga'ina b~tter Und~sta~aing ~o~ how s~rviceS to"be~'deli4e~ed'and'thenumber of clients to serv~ Was determed'ed. · currently.we are~orking on budget recommendAtionsi~for the FY!~Sh?9, this edtails making decisions ~elated to'act~al"4ev~lopm~ut of service budget, b~A~d'appr0%~l~'~e&~ieu%a~ing ~dm6er'of ~li~S S~rved And service co,tS, and u~i~izing ~a~a fyOm'~Is. Manpower In Pebruary meetings were held in eeeh county es discuss the manpower needs for the 1979 fise~lyear ~nd the Special±~d~0p~ortunity Services Centers · ~ieh have bee~ set up in each county rs serve youth who are out-of-school. The Regiona~Manp~wer /~!.visory Committee me~ ohM arch 7 to make recommendations On the use of'the regiofial~increas~'alloeation of. $223~399. These'recommenda- tions will be presented t0 the Council of ~overnments Board on ~arch 15. Part I of the l~hafipower Plan (analysis 6f need) for 197~ was ~orwarded to the DiVis£on of Community gmployment on March 13. I~atructions for Part ~I of the ~npower Plan (program design) mill~be issued ,by the Division of Community ~.,~ployment in the near future. Part II of the plan is due to the State on ~pril 28, Aging ~e are working now [o help the "BifO Center~ with transporter±on by prov±ding additional Title III funds ~or ~he Department of 8ocial Set. tees transportation prelect. Also, we ere working es develop a cooperative linkage between ~he "Life Center" and the Titie ¥II nutriti0n program t0 help with meal costs for hlfe Ceu~er participants. The Regional AgingAdv±sory Committee also recom- mended that $2,600 go to Heipline to help continue this Information and Referral Service in Cabarrue County. Concord was One of two cities in our region to.receive Title V funds (Senior Center) in FY"77. We now know ~ha~ia~cd~imately $45,000 of FY'77 funds are available statewide for those projects who.received funding this last time. It can be applied for in $5 -10,000 amounts now before March 15th. We also have reaso~ to believe~that approximately $51,000 will.be available to our region in ~Y'78 Title V funds. We should khow m0re shortly. We hope to hold public hearings in all counties of the region this month to help determine the needs of the elderly. We will'be contacting you directly to set this up.