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aging program, the district will receive $2U,UUU in federal funds. The agency will seek out other sources for funds, Helsel said. The idea behind the request facing Rappahannock is “seed money,” Helsel said. He added that the amount of money requested from area localities will probably increase for the next three years. Then they will have reached the maximum they can expect the counties to contribute, Helsel said. But if Rappahannock contributes $414 this year, “you’re only committing yourself for one year,”

“We’re just asking you to give this a try,” Ian Pryde added.

SUPERVISOR Dick Latham said he was worried about “overlapping programs.” Herbert Foster asked Helsel, “Who’s behind this? Who hired you?”

Helsel said he was hired by the state, but the program is not really pushed by the state, he said.

“This will boil down just like welfare,” Herbert Foster said. “You won’t know who’s on it. If people knew who was on welfare, half of them wouldn’t be on it.”

“I see no relation between the confidentiality of the federal programs and the aging plan,” Mrs. Buntin said. H.B. Wood and Herbert Foster claimed they see a clear connection.

Mrs. Buntin said “if you have a legitimate reason, you can see” who is on welfare. She added. “We don’t make the rules; they are federal rules.”

Helsel said he didn’t think confidentiality would be a problem with any of the programs initiated by the agency on aging. “At a nutrition center; you can see who’s

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