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North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services

Governor's Advisory Council on Aging

Recommendations for 2013

The Council’s funding recommendations for State Fiscal Years 2013-15:

• Invest in the Home and Community Care Block Grant as a core aging service;
• Secure the future of Project C.A.R.E. as an essential tool for helping families of persons with Alzheimer’s disease;
• Establish a State fund to provide County Departments of Social Services with more resources and flexibility to protect vulnerable adults;
• Continue support for Medicaid Optional Services; and
• Replace loss of Civil Monetary Penalty funds in support of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.

Other non-fiscal recommendations

• Continue support of local planning and county discretion in the allocation of resources;
• Strengthen preparedness and response of State and local governments;
• Encourage the North Carolina Public Policy Research Center in its study of issues tied to the aging of our population;
• Support recommendations of the Task Force on Fraud Against Older Adults;
• Address the need for an adequate supply of professional and paraprofessional direct care workers;
• Increase efforts to better integrate health and social resources for older adults and persons with disabilities;
• Help educate the General Assembly and key Executive Branch leaders about issues and opportunities associated with our aging population;
• Urge North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation to assure adequate federal resources;
• Support use of evidence-based health promotion interventions; and Encourage intergenerational volunteerism and a better coordinated volunteer system.