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ViCE.CHAIflMA.~.J JL',£ HUD.~;O,%' POST OFFICE BO)~ 4'~68 ONE CHAHLO.~-~T'~ETOWN cENTER ~o~ ~-78-31 Au~s~ 25, 1978 TO: Sue Massey, Regional ~g ~visory Co~ittee Chai~an Title III Directors Title VII Directors County ~nager s ~OM: Charles T. Pa~e, AgOg Progr~ ~m~istrator OV S~E~: County Focal Points on Aging - State F~ndin~ We have Just received notification of the availability of State funds to provide seed money for new a~encies and ~ppl~enrary funds for exist~ service pro~r~s that can be developed ~o local focal po~ts on ag~. These funds are not fo~ ~isting identified focal po~ts on a~g. The ~tent of the ~d~g is that there should be a foc~ pO~t on agog in each of the 100 counties. The Division of AgOg has dete~ed t~t 6 of the 8 counties in our region do have existing ~entified focal points. Cabar~s and Stanly Counties do not. These counties would be eligible for these funds. Applications are due to the North Carolina D~vision o~ AgOg on Sept~be~ 15, 1978. ~y applications sub~tted after Sept~ber 15, 1978 ~11 ~ revised as second priority (funds available) basis. Under no circumstances ~11 applications be considered after ~ovember 15, 1978. The ~x~um ~ount of State funds available ~or tbs 9 month grau~ period end~g June 30, 1979 is $14,085. These funds must be ~tched on a 75/25 ratio. ~e- h~f of the local contribution (12 112~ of the total budget) must be in cash. The$18,750.other portion ~y be iu-k~d contributions. T~ tot~ possible budge= is .... A.local focal po~ is defied as an organization reco~ized by ~he Bp~rd o~ County Co~issioners '~&~-"~kl ~e a central po~t for ~vocacy, info~tion and referral and coord~a~ion on behalf of older ~ults. The focal point ~y or ~y not provide direct se~ices. The ~ocal po~t may have a variety of names or facilities. It ~y be either public or private non-pro,it. T~ically a ~oc~ po~t on agog requires an office, a full-time profession~ director, and a secretary. There should be a Board or ~visory Co~ittee which includes older adults and agencies se~g older ~ults in the county. For purposes of an application, a local focal point on agog should fit ~thin the above description ~d there should be some assurance that the local co,unity ~11 cont~ue to support the ~ocal po~t in the future. ag~lable for those ~g-.application. I