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SENIOR CENTER GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDING <br /> Introduction and Instructions <br /> The Triangle J Area Agency is pleased to announce the availability of funds <br /> for use by senior centers to support and develop programming and general <br /> operations or to construct, renovate, or maintain senior center facilities. <br /> $ 1,265,316 in general purpose funding was allocated for senior centers for <br /> the current fiscal year. This funding is allocated to the Area Agencies on <br /> Aging for distribution to the centers within the region which provide full <br /> time programs or will utilize the funding to develop full time programs. <br /> Across the state 171 senior centers or developing senior centers will be <br /> funded. <br /> The Division of Aging and Adult Services has worked hard to enhance and <br /> expand the statewide certification process for senior centers with standards <br /> that encourage centers across the state to strive for levels of'merit' or <br /> 'excellence'. An intent of the certification process has been to increase base <br /> funding for those who have successfully completed the process. This <br /> ensures that funding is being well spent on readily identifiable programs <br /> and services and provides an incentive for centers that make investments to <br /> meet certification requirements. Therefore, in order to provide an incentive <br /> to work toward certification, and to reward those who achieve it, the <br /> Division has decided to fund senior centers equally, based upon their <br /> certification status. Centers of Merit will receive two shares of the funding <br /> of non-certified centers and Centers of Excellence will receive three times <br /> the funding of non-certified centers. The objectives for this year are to: <br /> > Allocate funding equally to every center, based upon certification <br /> status; <br /> > Require documentation and accountability for the use of funding, <br /> and; <br /> > Provide incentives for centers to improve themselves through <br /> certification. <br /> Again this year it has been decided to divide the annual appropriation into <br /> shares based on the total number of senior centers as determined by the <br /> Area Agencies on Aging plus extra shares for each senior center which <br /> meets certification status. Uncertified, identified centers will receive one <br /> share. <br /> 2 <br />