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0 BOOK 20 PAGE 692 <br />SENIOR CENTER GENERAL PURPOSE FUNDING <br />Introduction and Instructions <br />Triangle J Area Agency on Aging 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. Senate <br />Bill 1366, Section 12.18A originally authorized $1,000,000 in general purpose <br />funding for senior centers for each fiscal year and this amount was on a recurring <br />basis. This year the state total is again $1,265,316 with a local match of <br />$421,772 for a grand total of $1,687,088. The local match will remain at 25% <br />and can be cash or in-kind. <br />This funding is allocated to the Area Agencies on Aging for distribution to the <br />centers within the region that provide full time programs or will utilize the funding <br />to develop full time programs. The centers receiving these allocations must be <br />listed in the Division of Aging and Adult Services Senior Center Directory. <br />The senior center certification process has increased the base funding for those <br />who have successfully completed this process. This ensures that funding is <br />being well spent on readily identifiable programs and services and provides an <br />incentive for centers that make investments to meet the certification <br />requirements. Therefore, in order to provide an incentive to work toward <br />certification, and to reward those who achieve it, the Division is again funding <br />senior centers based on their certification status. The objectives for this year, as <br />in years past, are to: <br />• Allocate funding equally to every center, based upon certification <br />status; <br />• Require documentation and accountability for the use of funding, and, <br />• Provide incentives for centers to improve themselves through <br />certification. <br />The annual appropriation will again be divided into shares based on the total <br />number of senior centers as determined by Area Agencies on Aging, plus extra <br />portions for each senior center that has been certified through September 1, <br />2005. Uncertified, identified centers will receive one share equal to $5,454. <br />Centers of Merit will receive two shares equal to $10,908, and the first 20 of the <br />32 Centers of Excellence will receive three shares equal to $16,362, with the <br />remaining centers receiving $16,361. Your senior-center-specific allocations are <br />below. <br />Triangle J Area Agency On Aging <br />