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Show liiuisoPi Hiays Tiils 20 Sponding By ROSELYN KIRK Title 20 Advisory Board approved the funding of eight agencies for the fiscal year 1979, but final approval will come only after that agency holds public hearings in February and March prior to asking for authorization from the Davis County Commission. Commis-sion. RICHARD Nelson, Director of Title 20 of the Social Security Act, said that $205,225 will be available for funding social services programs in the county as compared to last year's budget bud-get of $201,000. The bulk of the money to be allocated for expenditure this year will be federal money with $160,319 available through federal sources and $44, 106 coming from state and local matching funds, he said. IF THE recommendations of the board are approved the county commission, Davis County Family and Community Com-munity Mental Health will receive the largest share of the funding at $80,000, with the second largest allocation going to Davis Council on Aging Ag-ing to provide transportation services to and from the Senior Citizens Center. Last year mental health received $84,000 in funding and that amount was cut $4,000 by the advisory committee. com-mittee. Two other agencies, Family Counseling Service and SOCIO, were approved for funding by the advisory committee for the first time this year. OTHER agencies to get approval from the advisory board prior to the hearing are: Davis County Information Informa-tion and Referral Service, $25,869; Legal Aid, $28,000; and Davis County Community Action Program (CAP), $7,000. Mr. Nelson said the Title 20 office will receive $28,800 for planning and $3033 for service for that agency. ACCORDING to Mr. Nelson, Nel-son, if the allocations survive the hurdles prior to their passage, the funding will become available in July, the beginning of the fiscal year. |