Background/Purpose of Request:
North Carolina General Statute 143B-181.1(a)(11) establishes a Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults to be administered by the North Carolina Division of Aging. This legislation is the result of a recommendation made by the Department of Human Resources (DHR) Advisory Committee on Home and Community Care, a broad-based, state level advisory committee established in 1989 by North Carolina General Statute 143B-181.9A. This committee was charged with, among other things, developing a "common funding stream" for services to older North Carolinians.
The Home and Community Care Block Grant, effective July 1, 1992, is comprised of funding for in-home and community-based services currently available through the Division of Aging, as well as a portion of funding targeted for in-home and community-based services previously administered by the North Carolina Division of Social Services. Older Americans Act funds constitute approximately 45% of Home and Community Care Block Grant funding, and are intended to develop and enhance comprehensive and coordinated community-based systems of services, opportunities, and protections for older adults. Future funds appropriated by the General Assembly, for this purpose, will also be included in the Home and Community Care Block Grant. Area Agencies on Aging will fund County programs on aging through grant agreements with Boards of County Commissioners and community service providers such as our own Brunswick Senior Resources Inc. (BSRI).
Attached, please find the FY 2018 Cape Fear Council of Governments Grant Agreement for Senior Center General Purpose Funding. This agreement requires approval and execution by the Chairman of the Brunswick County Commissioners and County Finance Officer. Local match is provided through funds previously committed to BSRI as the Lead HCCBG agency for Brunswick County by Brunswick County’s 2018 Budget Allocation. The agreement consists of a $32,817 grant in funds. The attached funding budget form outlines each senior center in the County and its allocation. No additional County funding is required. Staff recommends approval of the grant agreement.
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