Recovery & Resilience Grants Secured • Boone Stormwater • Spruce Pine Stormwater Inventory & Assessment Inventory, Assessment, - $400,000 grant from and Planning - $300,000 NCDEQ grant from NCDEQ American Rescue Plan Act State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLRF) Administration • Helped 10 municipalities • Helped 3 local and 3 counties governments administer administer a total of a total of $18,750,000 $24,250,519 in SLFRF in state infrastructure funding earmarks stemming from the American • Helped submit 15 Rescue Plan Act compliance reports to the US Treasury Department
Financial Summary Revenues - $6,953,046 Other Financing Sources $259,678
General Fund $624,468
Federal Funds $5,051,528
State Funds $250,996
Local Funds $766,376
Opioid Settlement Fund Assistance • Provided information and • Assisted Avery County guidance to the region’s with administering and local governments on leveraging its $3,108,715 in eligible uses of funds and Opioid Settlement Funds compliance requirements Regional Resilience • Initiated 11 emergency planning projects across the region’s 7 counties, including Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments, Emergency Operations Plans, and a Continuity of Operations Plan. These are being provided at no-cost to the counties, representing a $144,360 value.
• Assisted the Town of Burnsville with administering $294,982 in FEMA Public Assistance funds. • Developed the High Country Regional Resilience & Disaster Recovery online mapping tool.
Annual Report
Expenditures - $6,719,237 Workforce Development $1,885,214
Transportation $166,843
Local Activities $514,506
Economic & Community Development $1,011,279
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
$47.50
Return on Investment for every $1 in Membership Dues Human Services Area Agency on Aging $3,141,395
$12,455,766 total State and Federal Funds Leveraged / $262,224 Total Dues = $47.50 ROI www.hccog.org
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Area Agency on Aging Community-Based Services (includes HCCBG, ARPA and Supplemental Nutrition) • 193,731 Congregate and Home Delivered Meals Served • 28,851 In-Home Aide Hours Served • 23,396 Transportation Trips • 604 Hours of Legal Assistance
• 3,172 Total People Served • 1,402 People Served At/ Below Poverty Line • 907 People Served Aged 85+ Years Old • $3,022,367 Regionwide Community Based Services Expenditures
Evidence-Based Health Promotion Class Participant Data: • 36 Total Classes Offered • 463 Class Participants • 234 Participants Completed a Class
Classes Offered: • Powerful Tools for Caregivers • Tai Chi for Arthritis and Falls Prevention: Parts 1 and 2 • A Matter of Balance • Walk With Ease
Family Caregiver Support Program • 78 total caregivers served through the Family Caregiver Support Program • 14 grandparents raising grandchildren served through supplemental services including support for extracurricular activities, school fees, and grocery bills
• 1,263 respite hours provided to caregivers • 71 individuals attended FCSP supported educational programs and support groups
Lifespan Respite Program • 421 Applications Received • $85,456 Worth of Voucher Reimbursements to • 269 Vouchers Awarded Caregivers
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program • 360 Technical Assistances • 146 Complaints • 149 Visits to Facilities • 84 Cases
Planning & Development Critical Infrastructure • West Jefferson Wastewater • West Jefferson Downtown Asset Inventory and Stormwater ControlAssessment - $200,000 Goldenleaf - $50,000 • West Jefferson Water Asset • NCDOT Sidewalk Feasibility Inventory and Assessment Grand- Burnsville - $72,100 $200,000 Economic and Community Development • Mayland Community • Alleghany County Rural College 3 Peaks Kitchen Building Reuse Grant EDA - $1,305,585 $180,000 • Jefferson Rural • Watauga Slaughter Facility Transformation Grant Fund ARC Grant - $500,000 - $270,000 • Watauga Slaughter Facility • Ashe County Industrial EDA - $817,000 Park Golden Leaf Grant • Ashe County Agricultural $920,034.50 Center ARC - $100,000 Parks and Recreation/Environmental • Seven Devils PARTF (HCCOG provided maps) • North Wilkesboro Recreation Plan
• Watauga County Recreation Plan • Watauga Middle fork Greenway- Recreational Trails Program - $100,000
Reports, Studies, Plans • Mayland Community College Boutique Hotel Environmental Review • Jefferson Land Use Plan • Spruce Pine Land Use Plan
• Wilkesboro IMD Feasibility Study DOT - $118,000 • Adopted Digital Inclusion Plan
GIS - Public Safety • Yancey County Next • Wilkesboro Fire Generation 911 GIS Technical Department GIS Mapping Support Services • Avery County Next • High Country Recovery and Generation 911 GIS Technical Resiliency Web Application Support Development • Wilkes County Next • GIS Mapping Services Generation 911 GIS for Cove Creek Fire Maintenance Department • Town of Beech Mountain Next Generation 911 GIS Maintenance GIS - Planning and Technical Assistance • Burnsville Water System • Librarian/Student Mapping Performance Indicators Web App Maintenance • Utility system GIS maintenance for North • Avery County Dogwood Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Health Trust GIS Analysis, Blowing Rock, West Mapping, and web Jefferson, and Banner Elk application development
Workforce Development PY22 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Services • 4,268: total # of individual customers receiving services through NCWorks.gov and NCWorks Career Centers • 9: average # of services provided to each customer • 378: total # of individuals receiving intensive services • 99 Youth Served º 38 Training Services Provided º 23 Participated in GED Services º 30 Earned Credentials º 43 Participated in Work Based Learning º $198,018 Dedicated to Youth Work-Based Learning activities
• 279 Adults and Dislocated Workers Served º 191 Training Services Provided º 158 Earned Credentials º 44 Received On-the-Job Training/WEX
Average Unemployment Rate: 3.5% (not seasonally adjusted) Largest Training Sector: Healthcare Workforce by the Numbers • 816 High Country employers were served by the NCWorks system • 8,189 services were provided to High Country employers through the NCWorks system • 3,123 local jobs were posted using NCWorks Online • 2,074 referrals were provided for posted jobs • 17 employers participated in On-the-Job training placements • 47 employers hosted work based learning opportunities for internships/job shadows • 65 Hiring events hosted for local employers Other Projects/Accomplishments • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training series completed for workforce staff • Participated in statewide virtual Small Business Workforce Forum • Hosted series of NCWorks virtual workshops for customers • Completed NCWorks Career Center Certification for eligible centers
• Received specialized ARPA grant to serve those in recovery • Received specialized ARPA grant for serving small businesses with work based learning activities • Increased focus on work based learning services for all programs • Presented at NC Workforce Conference on Recovery Friendly Workplaces