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MRS. FLETCHER NOTED THAT IN THE BEGINNING THEY WERE TRYING <br />TO REACH THEIR ALLOCATED GOAL OF MEALS BECAUSE IN FEDERALLY FUNDED <br />PROGRAMS YOU MUST SPEND THE MONEY OR IT WILL BE TAKEN BACK, AND <br />THEREFORE, AGREED THAT THEY MAY HAVE ACCEPTED PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T <br />TOTALLY nUALIFIED. SHE ASSURED THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE NOW <br />REPRIORITIZING THE PROGRAM -AND CHECKING ON THE PARTICIPANTS <br />PERIODICALLY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THEY DID NOT FEEL THE PEOPLE <br />NEEDING THE PROGRAM FROM A MONETARY STANDPOINT SHOULD HAVE SOME TOP <br />PRIORITY, AND MRS. FLETCHER STATED THAT IS THE FIRST PRIORITY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT MUCH OF THE SERVICES RENDERED <br />UNDER THIS PROGRAM ARE DUPLICATED BY THE COUNCIL ON AGING SERVICES, <br />AND MRS. FLETCHER AGREED BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNCIL ON AGING <br />CANNOT PROVIDE ENOUGH OF THESE SERVICES BECAUSE THE DEMAND IN ALL <br />CASES HAS BEEN GREATER THAN PROJECTED. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT AN•EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO SEE IF <br />THE GUIDELINES CAN BE CHANGED SO THE MONIES DONATED CAN BE USED FOR <br />THE MATCH. <br />MRS. FLETCHER AND PIR. MITCHELL AGREED, BUT FELT IT IS VERY <br />DIFFICULT TO CHANGE FEDERAL PHILOSOPHY AND GUIDELINES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STRESSED THAT THE BOARD REQUESTED THEM NOT <br />TO START THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT WERE ASSURED WHEN THEY <br />STARTED THAT THEY COULD RAISE THEIR OWN MONEY. HE NOTED THAT MANY <br />PROGRAMS GET STARTED THIS -SAME WAY — FIRST THEY FUND THEM 100%, AND <br />THEN LESS AND LESS AND THE COSTS KEEP ON INCREASING. THE CHAIRMAN <br />STATED THAT HE CERTAINLY IS NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS <br />ACCOMPLISHED, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERY EFFORT MADE TO GET THE <br />GUIDELINES CHANGED SO THE CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE USED FOR THE MATCH, <br />AND IF A CONCERTED EFFORT WERE MADE AND THEN THEY COULD NOT GET THE <br />MATCH, HE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO THEM APPROACHING THE BOARD AGAIN. <br />b MR. VICEK POINTED OUT THEY ARE FACED WITH A TIME LIMIT, AND <br />URGED THAT THE BOARD RECONSIDER. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR FELT THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM, <br />BUT POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES FOR RAISING THE NECESSARY <br />FUNDS. <br />15 <br />SEP 2 11978 <br />BASK 36 PAGE <br />