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worker Nancy Reeve. “It saves the most money to the state in general,” she maintained.
(Companion services is an alternative to expensive institutionalized care for the elderly who are not bedridden but who are no longer able to manage a household without help. A companion is paid to come into the home, take care of chores and watch over the senior citizen.)
Mrs. Buntin agreed that supplying companion services was cheaper than nursing home care.
Most county officials do not realize how many tax dollars are saved by companion services, added Eligibility Technician Juanita Miko, since nursing home care for the poor is paid for at the federal level through medicaid.
Mrs. Buntih explained later that she’d arrived at the $582 deficit by subtracting the total Virginia Public Assistance monies from the total revenue needed for Welfare operations to arrive at the “inferred” local share.
This figure is $582 more than the amount actually listed in the county budget as Rappahannock's local contribution to welfare costs, according to Mrs. Buntin.
Nothing For
Purchased Services
Mrs. Buntin noted that nothing had been set aside for purchased services.
Purchased services mandated by the state under Title 20 include day care for working mothers and foster care.
Mrs. Buntin said that
95.7%