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Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda

Orange County · Advisory Board on Aging
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Advisory board meeting Health and human servicesAppointments and personnelBudget and appropriationsGrants and outside funding

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What's on this agenda

The Orange County Advisory Board on Aging is ending free takeaway lunches for seniors on October 31, once the federal ARPA funding that pays for them runs out. The board also tracks county staffing for aging services and the county's Multisector Plan for Aging.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Orange County will stop delivering takeaway lunches after October 31, when the ARPA funding that pays for them runs out. The Advisory Board on Aging took up the change as new business at its October 8 meeting; the minutes record no vote.

The board approved its September 10 minutes and heard staff updates: a volunteer coordinator and an aging transitions social worker have been hired, a communications manager is now in place, and a senior center program coordinator assistant position is still waiting to be posted. Members discussed the county's Multisector Plan for Aging and heard about upcoming events, including Direct Care Worker Awards on November 14 and a National Ageism Awareness Day observance on October 9. A guest, Dr. Joanne Wilson, was introduced as a board applicant.

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Agenda items (10)

Other · 4Discussion item · 1Minutes approval · 1Personnel · 1Staff or committee report · 1Budget action · 1Procedural · 1
  1. 1 Welcome
    Discussion item Health and human services
    The board discussed a virtual session of the Age-Friendly Ecosystem Summit it attended as a group, covering Orange County's role in North Carolina's Multisector Plan for Aging, care gaps for older adults in prison, mental health across generations, and intergenerational programs.
  2. 2 Introductions and Announcements
    Other Appointments and personnel
    Dr. Joanne Wilson was introduced as a guest and an applicant for a board seat.
  3. 3 Approval of Minutes – September 10, 2024
    Minutes approval
  4. 4 Staff updates
    Personnel Health and human services
    The director's report named a new volunteer coordinator (Samantha Pell), a new aging transitions social worker (Hannah Broome), and communications manager Marilyn Hohl; a senior center program coordinator assistant position is still waiting to be posted.
  5. 5 Direct Care Worker Awards
    Other Health and human services
    Nominations are open for the awards, set for November 14.
  6. 6 National Ageism Awareness Day
    Other Health and human services
    The board noted the observance, held October 9.
  7. 7 County's Strategic Plan and integration of MAP goals and performance measures
    Staff or committee report Health and human services
    Staff reported on folding Multisector Plan for Aging goals and performance measures into the county's strategic plan.
  8. 8 Virtual AARP Annual Livability Conference
    Other Health and human services
    The board noted the conference, "Designing for People of All Ages," set for October 15-16.
  9. 9 Discontinuing lunch takeaway meals
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside fundingHealth and human services
    The county will stop the takeaway lunch program effective October 31, when the ARPA funding covering it ends.
  10. 10 Adjournment
    Procedural

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