Programs

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This organization closed in 2023. It filed a final 990 indicating termination and no longer appears as active in IRS records, as it is absent from the EO Business Master File and Pub78 List.

  • Program 1 [2021]

    THE COUNCIL'S MULTIFACETED NUTRITION PROGRAM IS VITAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF SENIORS. THE COUNCIL HELPS OLDER ADULTS AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION TO EAT A NUTRITIOUS MEAL AND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF OTHERS THROUGH MEALS ON WHEELS (MOW), CONGREGATE/SENIOR CENTER MEALS, AND FROZEN AND SHELF-STABLE MEALS. IN 2020, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED MEALS ON WHEELS ON 12 ROUTES THROUGHOUT CHATHAM COUNTY TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS, MANY OF WHOM LIVE ALONE. THE COUNCIL'S TWO SENIOR CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE OFFER A NOON-DAY MEAL AND ACTIVITIES. FOR SENIORS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE CENTERS AND ARE NOT ON MOW ROUTES, THE COUNCIL OFFERS FROZEN MEALS, WHICH ALSO AVOIDS FOOD WASTAGE. IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL MAINTAINS A SUPPLY OF SHELF-STABLE MEALS FOR USE IN ADVERSE WEATHER AND OVER HOLIDAYS. IN TOTAL, 363 SENIORS RECEIVED 39,935 MEALS IN 2020. THESE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES ARE VITAL TO HELPING VULNERABLE SENIORS REMAIN LIVING SAFELY AT HOME. AMONG MOW CLIENTS, 93% FEEL THEIR OVERALL HEALTH HAS IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF MEALS AND 97% SAY MEALS ON WHEELS HAS HELPED THEM REMAIN AT HOME. AS THE DAUGHTER OF A CLIENT SHARED, "WITH THE VIRUS UPHEAVAL, I AM NOT ABLE TO GET TO NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP MY PARENTS. YOUR MEALS-ON-WHEELS PROGRAM HAS HELPED RELIEVE SO MUCH WORRY." ANOTHER MEALS RECIPIENT REMARKED, "I AM SO THANKFUL BECAUSE IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE HERE. YOU HAVE TREATED ME WITH RESPECT AND ARE SO KIND AND CARING." IN 2020 AND SOME OF 2021, THE COUNCIL HAD TO ALTER ITS MEALS PROGRAM DUE TO COVID-19. IT STILL PROVIDED MEALS AND SUPPLIES, BUT HAD TO REPLACE HOT MEALS WITH FROZEN AND SHELF-STABLE MEALS AND COULD NOT USE ITS VOLUNTEERS, MOST OF WHOM ARE SENIORS. IN JULY 2021, THE COUNCIL OPENED ITS WESTERN CENTER TO FULLY VACCINATED SENIORS FOR HOT MEALS AND ACTIVITIES. IT ALSO RESTARTED ITS 12 MEALS-ON-WHEELS ROUTES USING VOLUNTEERS. THE COUNCIL BEGAN USING GOLDEN CORRAL OF ASHEBORO TO CATER ITS MEALS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $335.9K

  • Program 2 [2021]

    THE COUNCIL OFFERS AN IN-HOME AIDE (IHA) PERSONAL CARE SERVICE AND RESPITE FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS USING STATE-LICENSED HOME CARE AGENCIES. THE COUNCIL ARRANGES FOR IN-HOME AIDES TO PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE, MEAL PREPARATION, AND OTHER TASKS THAT FRAIL ELDERLY CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES AND THESE AIDES ARE ALSO USED TO OFFER RESPITE TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS. SIMILAR TO ITS NUTRITION SERVICES, THE COUNCIL OFFERS ITS IN-HOME PERSONAL CARE AND RESPITE TO HELP FRAIL ELDERLY REMAIN LIVING SAFELY AT HOME. THE CARE PLAN IS CUSTOMIZED TO EACH PARTICULAR CLIENT'S NEEDS AND FAMILY SUPPORTS. ABOUT 107 SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS WERE ASSISTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN 2020, RECEIVING 24,431 HOURS OF SERVICE. THE TYPICAL IHA CLIENT IS AN 82 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHO LIVES ALONE. AMONG IN-HOME AIDE CLIENTS, 95% SAW THEIR NUTRITIONAL HEALTH IMPROVE OR BE MAINTAINED AND 83% MAINTAINED OR IMPROVED THEIR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. THE SERVICE HELPS DELAY, IF NOT AVOID, PLACEMENT IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 10 OF 84 RESPITE CLIENTS HAD TO MOVE INTO FACILITY CARE BETWEEN APRIL 2015 AND JUNE 2021. AS ONE FAMILY CAREGIVER EXPRESSED, "I WAS THINKING OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN MY LIFE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE I BECAME A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER FOR MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER. THE THING THAT I HAVE COME BACK TO MORE AND MORE IS THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT AND TRULY CANNOT BE DONE ALONE. I HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THROUGH THE COUNCIL ON AGING AND THEIR RESPITE CARE PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM LED ME TO A WONDERFUL CAREGIVER WHO HAS BECOME MORE OF A FRIEND AND NOW MORE OF A FAMILY MEMBER WITH US. THE LOVE AND CARE THAT SHE HAS SHOWN MY FAMILY IS IMMEASURABLE."
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $487.1K

  • Program 3 [2021]

    THE COUNCIL PROVIDES GENERAL AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THROUGH CHATHAM TRANSIT, THE LOCAL COORDINATED SYSTEM WHICH PROMOTES COLLABORATION AND EFFICIENCIES. IN PRE-COVID TIMES, THE COUNCIL ARRANGED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF OLDER ADULTS TO ITS TWO SENIOR CENTERS FOR LUNCH AND ACTIVITIES (ON 8 ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY), WITH WEEKLY STOPS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND PHARMACY. THIS CHANGED WITH COVID AS THE COUNCIL HAD TO USE CHATHAM TRANSIT TO HELP TAKE MEALS AND SUPPLIES TO SENIORS SHELTERING IN PLACE. THE COUNCIL CONTINUED TO PROVIDE TRIPS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND EXPANDED IT TO OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES. PRE-COVID, THE COUNCIL ALSO ARRANGED TRIPS FOR OUTINGS (E.G. FARMERS' MARKETS, MUSEUMS). THIS YEAR, 326 SENIORS BENEFITED FROM COA TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING 155 WHO RECEIVED 2,482 MEDICAL AND SHOPPING TRIPS. LACK OF TRANSPORTATION CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING. AS A STUDY OF CHATHAM COUNTY BY UNC PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS CONCLUDED, "TRANSPORTATION IS AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. INCOME AND AGE ARE THE MOST DIRECT BARRIERS TO ACCESS IN MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. THE ELDERY ARE AN ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE SUB-POPULATION; THEREFORE, SPECIALIZED EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO HELP TARGET AND ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS THEY FACE." THE DAUGHTER OF A MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION RIDER SAID, "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION FOR MY DAD. WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICES THE COUNCIL IS PROVIDING FOR THE SENIOR RESIDENTS OF CHATHAM COUNTY." COVID-19 HAS ALSO HAD AN EFFECT ON TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY GENERAL TRANSPORTATION. STILL, ITS VALUE IS OBVIOUS. AS ONE SENIOR CENTER PARTICIPANT PUT IT, "THE TRANSPORTATION YOU PROVIDE IS THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO GET OUT OF MY HOUSE."
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $295.9K