5026 Unit 10 Assignment 1

The Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission also known as ATRC has been around for about 47 years. "Under the Alabama Legislature’s Act No. 1126, the Commission was officially designated as a sub-state planning and development commission in 1969"(ATRC, 2017). The organization's home office is based in Wilcox and the organization provides service the other remaining counties. ATRC provides community health services to the elderly and disabled population throughout the 10 counties that they service. Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission is also a part of the Area Agency on Aging also known as AAA. The Alabama-Tombigbee Area Agency on Aging is part of a national aging network that provides many services to the region’s senior and disabled population. For more than twenty five years, the ATRC AAA has been responsible for assessing the needs of older persons in the ten county region; distributing federal Older Americans Act funds for the provision of services to older adults; helping agencies and local governments plan services for older persons; and providing information about available resources to older adults and their caregivers(ATRC, 2017).

ATRC offers Nutrition Senior Care, Senior Community Service Employment Program, SenioRx Prescription Drug Assistance, Medicaid Elderly & Disabled Waiver, Long-Term Ombudsman Program, Legal Services, and State Health Insurance Program.

As being resident of the county that the home office resides in, I feel that there is a great need for the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission. The area is very rural with limited resources and ATRC gives hope to the community with the services that are available. Through observation and research, there is a strong possibility that the organization will not suffer their capital asset budget as long as the financial plan consist of budgets for operations and for capital which creates an organizational budget. I chose this organization based on the love that I have for servicing the community as a whole. I fell in love with the geriatric population when I received my very first job after college in a long term care and skilled nursing facility. I currently use this particular organization as a resource for my adult clients that may be in need for additional help in their home such as being in need of homemaker services and Valley Food Services.

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