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July 20, 1993 DRAFT Ms Susan Hoyt City Administrator Falcon Heights City Hall 2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue Falcon Heights, MN 55113 Dear On behalf of the North Suburban Senior Council (NSSC), cosponsor of the Roseville Area Senior Program, I wish to submit the following proposal for your review and submission to the Falcon Heights City Council. In 1986 the Blockworker Outreach Program was established by the NSSC as a neighbor helping- neighbor concept utilizing volunteers to visit older residents on their block at least once a month to provide free written information on community resources, activities and services as well as to be a resource to the resident The overall purpose of the Blockworker model is to foster and promote a self sufficient neighborhood environment that enables older adults living in their own homes to maintain meaningful, independent lifestyles. In 1988 a Service Coordination Task Force, made up of senior citizen service providers, representatives from municipalities, senior citizens and others, was estblished to look at the needs of senior citizens in the north suburban area of Ramsey County. One of the major needs identified was that of reaching out to isolated older adults in the community so they may learn more about services and programs available to them. From the recommendation of this committee the NSSC applied for and received a Federal Older Americans Act Title III grant in 1989 to expand the Blockworker Outreach Program into more neighborhoods of our service area, Roseville Area Schools #623. After the granting year other funds were secured however those funds lasted only one year and NSSC took on the full financial responsibility of the Blockworker Program. The NSSC Board of Directors felt then and still feels that this program is very important and vital to linking potentially isolated older adults to programs and servcies necessary to maintaining independence.