TITLE:title
FY2026 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) for Older Adults
body
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet Payne, Human Services Agency, Administrator, 704-296-4348; Linda Miller, Centralina Regional Council, Aging Director, 704-348-2712
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Approve the FY2026 Home and Community Block Grant (HCCBG) Funding Plan for Union County and 2) authorize the County Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Centralina Council of Governments substantially consistent with this agenda item.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Centralina is the lead agency for Union County HCCBG. Centralina works closely with the Union County Human Services Agency Divisions of Transportation, Community Support and Outreach, and Social Services, as well as the Council on Aging and City of Monroe Bazemore Active Adult Center (Senior Center) to help enable delivery of comprehensive aging services to Union County's older adults and their families who support them. Services and Programs supported by HCCBG funding include Transportation, In-Home Aide Levels I, II, and III, Adult Day Care, Senior Nutrition, Group Respite, Volunteer Program Development and Senior Center programming.
Union County's proposed FY26 HCCBG-related budget total is $1,275,735, which includes $1,148,163 in block grant funding, a required local match of $127,572, and $21,674 NSIP (USDA) subsidy based on reimbursement of $0.80 per eligible Senior Nutrition meal. The distribution of funding and associated exceptions for units of service to be provided by each agency are shown on the attached funding plan.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$1,169,873 is funded with federal dollars (HCCBG and NSIP). The required local match of $127,572 is included in the County's FY2026 budget for the Human Services Agency and Council on Aging portion, and, in the City of Monroe’s FY2026 budget for the Bazemore Center portion.