departments & agencies
aging services
40 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC 28802
(828) 250-5500
Buncombe County Human Services has lead responsibility for planning and coordination of the county funding plan for aging services. Human Services works with community members, providers and other stakeholders to ensure that the needs of the aging community are met. In addition, Human Services is responsible for financial reimbursements to providers, financial and service reporting to the Aging Coordinating Consortium, compilation of funding recommendations and correlation with the County budget process, and completion of the county/provider funding plan and other grant forms required by the Division of Aging.
What is the Aging Coordinating Consortium?
Mission: The Buncombe County Aging Coordinating Consortium (ACC) provides a structure for agencies, organizations and individuals to work together to plan, promote community awareness, and advocate for public and private support for services to the older adults of Buncombe County.
The ACC serves as an advisory body to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners made up of a body of volunteers who meet on a monthly basis to:
- Provide County Commissioners with funding recommendations for aging services;
- Monitor the delivery of those services and look for ways to improve/expand them;
- Advocate for aging services on the local, state, and national levels;
- Research and write Buncombe County’s Five-Year Aging Plan, which sets the overall priorities and course for aging, is required to receive Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) funds from the N.C. Division of Aging, and which identifies the rolls of local agencies in providing services at the county level and meeting the needs of such groups.
ACC meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 2pm in the United Way Board Room
Buncombe County Aging Plan
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Contact Information
Land of Sky
Joe Connolly
(828) 251-6622
joeconnolly@landofsky.org
Website: www.landofsky.org
Angela Pittman, MSW
Social Work Program Administrator
40 Coxe Avenue
POB 7408
Asheville NC 28802
(828) 250-5749
(828) 250-6235 (f)