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Show Title XX changes noted following public hearinas Some change 5s in eligibility eligi-bility for Title XX programs pro-grams have bo-en made following a ;f i-:-'-'.:c hearings on i'iah's 'Si 9 million y Department .; ,sv... vices' offiv.i.-i.! .uid. McShaEe, k-.un-ning Coord'netor, Utah will receive 19.007,147 for fiscal year 1978. The Title XX plan developed in conjunction with local planning agencies details the kinds and types of services which will be provided, funding allocations alloca-tions and sets eligibility criteria for participation. "In order to o;; ermine if the plan was meeting the needs of Utah citizens, public hearings were held across the state to allow citizens to comment on ( he plan. We have analyzed the findings and made modification. T'u? plan will take effect July 1," McShane explained. "In general, the citizens citi-zens seemed to agree with the proposed Title XX program as outlined. Some changes were made in terms of eligibility." In District 5 (Washington. Kane, Garfield. Beaver and Iron Counties), the plan was changed to make all persons o er t:je of 65 eligible for transportation transporta-tion services. Group eligibility eligi-bility for health set . ices, including guidance and medication, tot persons over the age of 65 was extended in Salt Lake County. Changes requested by San Juan County were made to extend employment employ-ment guidance, family planning, health services and housing services to members of the Navajo Tribe and White Me? a Vie tribe. McShane noted the National Title XX program has five gonis. They include: helping individuals and family to become or maintain economic seT- --hfii.-v;; itain-. itain-. cieiv to re-. re-. -e : depen- -Tnu. uv i ;dy-u- .teglect, abuse c-r exploitation ex-ploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests or preserving, rehabilitating or reuniting families. preventing or reducing reduc-ing inappropriate institutional insti-tutional care by providing community-based care, home-based or other forms of less intensive care to individuals. --securing referral or admission for institutional care when oilier, forms of care are not appropriate or providing services to individuals indi-viduals in institutions. Fourteen target populations popula-tions have been identified to be served. They include the acutely ill, the chronically chroni-cally ill, mentally ill, physically and mentally handicapped, alcohol a-buser, a-buser, drug abuser, mentally men-tally retarded, neglected and abused child, retired and aged, unprepared adult, troubled youth, public offender, poor and unemployed. McShane said substitute substi-tute rare services account for the largest expendi-: expendi-: :re (24.7 percent f the budget). A total of S4.6 million has been allocated. alloca-ted. Services will include the placement of 1,162 adults in non-institutional se.tings, foster care averaging aver-aging 2,294 children monthly and the placement place-ment and maintenance of 405 children monthly in group homes. Day care services (18.8 percent of the budget) total 31.5 million. A to .tl of children : -,'J. y will be proided with adequate day care. In addition, the plan would provide help to 438 adults monthly to allow them to remain in their homes. A variety of counseling programs are provided. They include helping 2,874 families and individuals indiv-iduals with alcohol and drug related problems. Group and individual counseling services will be provided to almost 4,875 persons. In addition, approximately ap-proximately 4,749 will be helped through fumilv counseling problems. Total To-tal counsei.'ng costs viH l.-32, l.-32, 170.497 (13 percent of the budget). Developmental!.)' disabled dis-abled services, totaling 82.1 million, will include sheltered workshops for f'--fi r.rsorw 'nt rily, counseling and assistance "in reaching full potential to 1,085 developmental disj-bled and rsically ' . . - r."l 597 paicntu o: caictal.er relatives. 0'!"-r .-:.-,. C b- provided under the Title XX p .vrram are a I'-ptive services, education and training. payment guidance, family planning, plan-ning, health services, guidance a" 1 mediation for hcjcing problems, inforr - 'srral and follow-up noi;.. legal services, ser-vices, socialization and reassurance for the home-bound, home-bound, protective services and transportation. McShane stressed that a variety of persons are eligible to be helped through " Title XX progv 'on and rpf "riate ' ' ''ve service . viable to all persons. " enior citizens citi-zens over the age of 65, are automatically eligible for the socialization and reassurance program. Members of the Navajo Tribe and the White Mesa Ute Tribe in San Juan County are automatically eligible for counseling, developmentally disabled, education, transportation and socialization and reassurance. re-assurance. Migrant farm w-orkers are eligible for day care and counseling services. Other eligib'e groups include recipients of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program, Supplemental Supple-mental Securi y Income (SSI) Program. Medic Al Assistance Only (MAO) Program and persons who would be eligible for any of these three programs if they applied. McShane said sliding fee schedules have been developed for services to families who do not meet the above criteria. For example, a family of four with a gross income of less than 87,056 may be eligible for all services. A family of four with an income up to 812,288 (74 percent of Utah's Median Income) may still be eligible for some services but would pay a higher proportion of the cost. |