Home & Community Care Block Grant

The Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) became effective July 1, 1992 though North Carolina General Statute 143B-181.1(a)(11).  The HCCBG programs are intended to encourage and maintain independence for person over 60 as well as provide protection for older adults.  The funds that support the HCCBG programs come from county, state and federal funds.  The federal funds are provided through the Older Americans Act that was created in 1965.  Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, and Wayne are the 9 counties within Region P that are currently receiving HCCBG funds.