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contract with PRS to provide guardianship services for
approximately 60 guardianship client referrals. The addition of
money management services will allow the program to offer a less
restrictive alternative to guardianship as well.
6. Denton & Collin Counties. A grant of $10,000 was awarded to
North Central Area Agency on Aging (Arlington) to provide money
management services to an estimated 40 individuals in Denton and
Collin Counties. This grant is an example of third principle -
focus on counties where the county judge has identified a need
for a local guardianship program. Judge Windle, Judge Lewis
and Judge Barry all responded to the Judicial Guardianship Survey
that they thought their counties needed a local guardianship
program. In the past, many guardianship programs started by first
offering guardianship services and added money management
services later. The Board believes that local guardianship programs
can also start by first providing money management services and
then adding guardianship services at a later date. This is another
entree for the Area Agencies on Aging into the provision of money
management services and hopefully later adding guardianship
services.
7. Statewide Money Management Technical Assistance. A grant of
$10,000 was awarded to Texas Money Management Program
(Austin) to provide technical assistance regarding the delivery of
money management services to at least five new money
management sites. This grant is an example of the sixth principle
- use of established programs such as the Texas Money
Management Program to provide technical assistance. The
award of this grant was coupled with the award of a grant $28,000
from the Texas Department on Aging to HHSC to contract with a
statewide money management technical assistance provider. Texas
Money Management was also awarded this contract and now has an
office at HHSC to better coordinate efforts with the Alliance. The
grant from the Texas Department on Aging instructed the provider
to focus efforts on starting money management programs in
conjunction with local guardianship programs and within Area
Agencies on Aging. This provision fits perfectly with the Board's
first principle - making existing programs into full service
programs.43
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