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Show local Counties Targeted for Funds Under New Federal Title 20 Program l,: hcirine on the J LPed Title 20 Social Serbian Ser-bian for Grand, Emery, Tcarbon Counties will be Si 7 p.m. Thursday. April a, ,he courthouse. Tide 2 of the SC1 siriryAct. which went into Lin Utah October, 1975, ,s new concept for social Lice programs which lets .ted leaders and citizens Lgn programs to fit the 1 service needs of the ,jrious communities and areas j the state. A total of $18.4 million will v available in Utah for social ice programs in 1977. The Wring will be regarding tost programs identified in initial needs assessment of Grand, .Emery, and Carbon jcunties as being the most PGrand. Emery and Carbon Counties this year receive i;l8,820 in the Title 20 togram, according to the Losed service plan. Of this 1211.885. or 29 percent, is marked for various Carbon County Senior Citizens pro-puns. pro-puns. The next-largest blocks of funding are budgeted to protective services and intervention inter-vention supervision for adults, jyjl6; substitute care including in-cluding adult foster care, 547,975; hospitalization, 138,000; birth control, $34,-'68; $34,-'68; and youth services crisis intervention, $30,000. Nine Problems Nine prevalent problems tere identified in Grand, Emery and Carbon Counties iid social services plans were developed and are detailed in ike plan to be considered at tie public hearing. They are: 1. Youth related problems, including juvenile delinquents delinquen-ts school related problems ud family problems. I Legal , services in avail-iMity avail-iMity to low income persons. 3. Problems subsequent to age including poor nutrition, M of mobility, and restricted socialization. 4. Alcohol and drug abuse and related family and emotional emo-tional disturbances. 5. Nutritious feeding for disabled home bound and infirm. 6. Family planning, counseling, counsel-ing, and related activities. 7. Lack of coordination and communication between services ser-vices providers. 8. Mentally and physically handicapped often lack the ability to transport themselves to work stations where they can earn a livng which will make it possible for them to avoid premature institutionalization. institutionali-zation. 9. Unemployment or under employment. The 3-county proposed plan, which will be available to citizens at the hearing, details these problems, the desired objectives to be sought in alleviating the problems, the proposed methods by which the objectives will be reached and a method of evaluating the effectiveness of the programs. Projected numbers of people to be served by the various social services programs, plus funding estimates are also included in the proposed plan. It details the 5 national objectives of Title 20, and also 15 State of Utah objectives for social services programs, and 39 local objectives. Who is Eligible The decision as to who may receive free Title 20 social services is based on three factors: the income level of the family, the type of service being offered and the need of the individual or family for the services. Based on a family of 4, all services are free if the family income does not exceed $6,000 per year. Above this there is a sliding scale of charges for services with a maximum of $65 per month. This new fee scale was adopted by the department of social services as a result of a resolution passed by the Utah Legislature this year. The prior fee scale called for a monthly fee of $200 per month as a maximum for a family of 4. However, information and referral, and protective services ser-vices are offered without charge regardless of level of income. In addition services to the developmentally disabled in the state median income bracket and up to 115 percent of that bracket will receive Title 20 services without charge. This Year's Budget This fiscal year, Oct. 1975 through June 30, 1976, $14.6 million will be used in Title 20 programs in Utah. Of this 66 percent, or $9.8 million will be ' spent by the Utah State Division of Family Services. Another 20 percent, or $2.9 million, will be spent for associations of governments programs and services which locally elected officials approved. ap-proved. Costs of administration administra-tion will account for 7 percent, or $1 million. Specific programs pro-grams manded by the State Legislature will account for another 4 percent. These include the Office of Child Development, $48,000; a program pro-gram of legal counsel for children, $36,000; and Developmental De-velopmental Disabilities Inc., $450,000. Set aside for needs assessment assess-ment and planning for next year's plan is $360,000, which will go to the multi-county associations of governments - This money will also cover an evaluation of the impact of the services in meeting the needs of the communities in the state. Anyone with comments or questions regarding Title 20 is A o t V? IJ V. ls'.oo0) r vA A V "lsctA A .., A V x fsv -sWVA Vyy ? v ff s isV Local government priorities for Title 20 expenditures Oct. 1 , 1975 through June 30, 1976 are as shown in above chart. Total local government expenditures this fiscal year will be $3,002,130. if v H0MEMAKER SERVICES A HST" -AWm - A Illustration above shows how the current year's Title 20 funds are being used by the Division of Family Services, which receives $9,801,579 of this year's maximum budget of $14.6 million. urged to attend the hearing on the Carbon, Emery, and Grand County proposed social services ser-vices plan. |