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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS —Sundiy.Jum 14,1WS
CRASH from 1A
I 'Brittany was airlifted to
Scottish Rite.
j '■’Three others required medical
attention at Baptist North Hospital
jas a'result of the accident.
i "Stephanie Walker was admitted
for minor injuries and released.
[ : Her 3-year-old son, Steven
Lanier, was also riding in the car.
He was treated at the scene and at
jtfie hospital, then released.
I ■’’Rudd’s wife, Cheryl, 53, was
{ESTATES from 1A
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J If that order comes, a private
i firm already has been contacted
[afrout handling the collection
* dtatles. Those exempt from collec
»titans would be the surviving
} sjpOuse, children under age 21 or
i sorfieone who is legally perma
{ rieritly disabled, Marshall said.
J ' Contrary to published reports
i in the media, the collection effort
' wduld only be directed toward
i coSts incurred during a stay at a
i nursing home or other type of
{long-term care facility. In such
i cSSte, the department’s contractee
* svo'uld have the right to file a
claim against an estate, just like
other creditor.
m y knowledge,
.**the state’s claim against an estate
**weuld have no more weight than
• t any other claim in terms of priori
ty,” Marshall added.
‘Jft In addition, claims could only
, Jbe made from the time the state
(■Received officials notice from the
federal government to begin
r enforcing the law.
Marshall said that claims
which existed prior to that date
/-would be exempt. “We’re not
'/going to go back and file claims
i estates,” she noted. The
•zmedical claims only will be for
* the cost of care, no penalties or
interest will be sought as part of
the financial claim, Marshall
P'added.
1 Marshall said that until the law
Clarification
Senior Center Director Libby
Jackson is placed on Board of
Commissioners’ agendas when her
employer, Peak Services Inc.,
makes a request for the local share
match of the Senior Center budget.
Jackson said the county adminis
trator then notifies her when she is
to appear before the board, usually
several weeks after initial contact.
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admitted to the hospital with non
life threatening injuries.
Rudd was uninjured, said
Chalker. The Georgia State Patrol
accident reconstruction team was
called to the scene the same night
when the severity of the wreck
was realized, Chalker said.
Investigators are waiting to
question all the parties about what
happened, no charges have been
filed.
is used, the department won’t
release figures about the amount
of money owed that will be sub
ject to the collection process.
The state may not be forced by
the federal government to enforce
the law. Several other states,
including Michigan and Texas,
have challenged the requirement.
Georgia is one of only five
states nationwide, however, that
doesn’t file claims in such cases
Forsyth County is toward the
bottom of the list in terms of
counties who receive large
amounts of state and federal dol
lars for Medicaid and Food Stamp
recipients.
According to the latest figures
available from the state, there
were 4,386 persons in the county
either receiving Medicaid or Food
Stamp payments in 1996. There
were 4,651 persons the previous
year receiving such payments.
In dollars, Forsyth County resi
dents received a total of
$13,532,899 which put it as the
fourth in the state in terms of the
fewest dollars received.
Only 6.4 percent of the coun
ty’s population received that sort
of aid in 1996.
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Brittany was on life support as
of Friday while the family consid
ered donating her organs, Chalker
said.
Her father, Roy, was out of
town at the time of the accident,
Chalker added.
This would be the 13th fatality
in Forsyth County this year. Since
1987, nine children under the age
of four have died in Forsyth
County vehicle accidents.
Statewide in 1996, there were
1,228,107 who received benefits
at a cost of more than $3 billion.
As could be expected, the largest
group of residents in numbers and
the largest dollar amounts in terms
of Medicaid and Food Stamp pay
outs are in DeKalb and Fulton
counties, large population centers.
Despite the fact that the law
may never see the light of day in
Georgia, Kurtz explained that
she’s still concerned. “Seniors
might not apply for Medicaid
because they are afraid their fami
ly will lose the home they want to
leave behind,” she concluded.
She urged persons with ques
tions about the situation to phone
her at (404) 657-5319. Kurtz also
said there is a statewide toll-free
hotline to call for legatl assistance
for elderly residents.
The number is (888) 257-9519.
The number for the Georgia
Department of Medical Assistance
is (404)656-2515.
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Youth Council gets grant
By Beth L Chester
Staff Writer
Efforts by the Cumming/For
syth Council on Youth volunteers
to bring the community into The
Family Connection’s growing,
state-wide network have paid off
in the form of a SIOO,OOO grant
the council will use for new pro
grams aimed at supporting area
children and families.
The council, made up of repre
sentatives from area schools,
social work agencies, businesses
and health organizations, received
a $25,000 start-up grant from The
Family Connection last year.
But according to Council on
Youth member Debbie Rondum,
The Family Connection’s recent
decision to award the fiscal year
1999 grant makes the partnership
official.
“We’re very excited about it,”
said former council president
Paula Gault, adding that council
members presented their grant
GRANTS from 1A
that we can tie into the court systems
new computers.”
Jenkins said the board still has the
opportunity to reject bids, especially
those which are not needed or require
a heavy matching burden by the
county.
Jenkins and Bowen voiced con
cerns about one of the three grants
applied for Monday.
The federal grant would provide
proposal to state officials in April
and later met with the board
reviewing the application.
The Family Connection is a
collaborative effort between sever
al state agencies and departments,
including those of education,
human resources, medical assis
tance, juvenile justice, school
readiness, planning and budget
and the Council for Children and
Families.
Locally, one of the first goals
will be to fill the full-time
Family Connection coordinator’s
position, which will be funded
by the grant. Other grant funds
will expand programs offered
through the Piedmont Learning
Center.
The learning center will not
only be used to educate children
with chronic discipline problems,
but will also offer programs aimed
at increasing the number of stu
dents who enter high school and
then graduate on time.
One new program slated to
for 10 additional officers for the
COPS program.
Jenkins said the Sheriff’s office
currently has about 30 vacancies, and
approving the grant would just create
more open slots.
The county would also be respon
sible for residual costs of the officers,
such as insurance and holiday pay.
“We just don’t know if it’s neces
sary,” Jenkins said.
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start this fall will target middle
school children who have fallen
behind academically.
The hope is to help those chil
dren catch up on reading, writing
and mathematics skills before they
enter high school and fall farther
behind, Rondum said.
An evening teaming program
will offer night classes to students
in danger of not graduating on
time for other reasons - such as
those who must work during day
hours and those with young chil
dren who can’t afford traditional
child care.
Several other projects are in
the planning stages to address
other goals but are contingent
upon additional funding, include a
child development center the
expansion of the mentoring pro
gram into each elementary and
middle school.
The Council on Youth formed
in 1993 and has received funding
from the United Way of Forsyth
County and other civic groups.
After hearing about the approval,
Hendrix said he was grateful for the
board’s action.
*Td like to thank the commission
ers for reconsidering.
‘This will be a big benefit to the
people,” Hendrix said.
He added that measures will be
taken to have grant applications sub
mitted in a more timely fashion in the
future.