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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-03-2011 - 7aORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 3, 2011 Action Agenda Item No. `~ _ Q SUBJECT: Acceptance of the County Master Aging Plan Annual Report for 2010 and 2011 Recommendations DEPARTMENT: Aging/Advisory Board on Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Master Aging Plan 2010 Annual Report and Recommendations for 2011 INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice I. Tyler, Director, Orange County Department on Aging and MAP Project Manager, 968-2071 Heather Altman, Chair, Adv. Board on Aging PURPOSE: To receive the Orange County Master Aging Plan Annual Progress Report for 2010 and accept the recommendations for 2011. BACKGROUND: On May 15, 2007 the Board of County Commissioners adopted the five year Master Aging Plan (MAP) covering the period 2007 through 2011. The MAP's overarching new initiative was "Building Aging-Friendly Communities in Orange". The plan focused on three functional population groups: the Well/Fit Older Adult, the Disabled /Moderately Impaired Older Adult and the Severely Impaired /Institutionalized Older Adult. The MAP also identified and addressed four broad issues -information/access, housing, transportation and transitional care - in arriving at the final goals, objectives and strategies. The adopted Master Aging Plan required the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging to monitor the progress of the Plan with the Department on Aging and submit annual update reports to the Board of County Commissioners. The reports would describe MAP accomplishments and would recommend priority changes (MAP Goal I: Planning/Administration, Objective 1). It was also recommended that MAP reports be submitted to town elected officials in Orange County. On February 8, 2011, the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging approved the submission of the attached Annual MAP Report for 2010. The entire 2007-11 MAP can be accessed at www.co.orange.nc.us/aging/MasterAgingPlan.asp. Note: The 2012-16 MAP work has begun. Asub-committee of the Advisory Board on Aging was formed to review the MAP format and a redesign is in progress. The 2012-16 MAP project was submitted as a Capstone Project proposal to the UNC School of Public Health's Health Behavior Health Education Program. Staff hopes the County is selected and will engage graduate level students in the MAP process. Staff anticipates presenting the 2012-16 MAP to the BOCC in May 2012. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Costs for implementation of activities within the Department on Aging's control can be managed within the current year's departmental budget and can be maintained in the projected Department on Aging 2011-12 budget. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the Master Aging Plan Annual Report for 2010 and accept 2011 recommendations for consideration, noting that all implementation actions, where applicable, are dependent on available funds. 3 Orange County Master Aging Plan ~~~ ~ac~% 2010 Annual Report Period: July, 2009 to December, 2010 and Recommendations for Year 2011 Submitted to BOCC on March 3, 2011 Review and approved by The Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Prepared and staffed by The Orange County Department on Aging Janice I. Tyler, Interim Director 0 4 CONTENTS I. Aging-Friendly Communities Initiative II. MAP Work Plan covering July 2009 through 2010 A. Introduction and Implementation Process B. Work Plan Activities, Accomplishments and Recommendations 1. Focus: All Older Adults 2. Focus: Well-Fit Older Adults 3. Focus: Disabled/Moderately Impaired Older Adults 4. Focus: Institutional/Severely Impaired Older Adults 5. Focus: Legislation/Advocacy 6. Focus: Planning and Administration 1 5 I. AGING-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE In 2003, the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services adopted a new initiative called "Livable and Senior-Friendly Communities." Rather than follow the state's lead and focus solely on the older population segment as implied in its initiative title, MAP chose the term "Aging- Friendly Community," since aging is a process beginning at birth and ending with death. Thus, Aging-Friendly Communities' designs should be livable for all ages. To promote healthy aging for all, a preventive approach must be used. The central feature of aging-friendly communities is the incorporation of active living features such as sidewalks, parks, and street lights, which are close to essential services and are designed to accommodate different functional capacities. (www.activelivingbydesign.org). Community and government services and practices should also reflect the aging-friendly concept and "person-centered" approach as we age. The adopted Master Aging Plan new Initiative: "Building Aging-Friendly Communities in Orange" promotes and encourages the involvement of everyone, starting first with Orange County government, all of its departments and advisory boards and expanding outward to towns and community groups. MAP's Call to Action: Improve the infrastructure and services to meet the needs of older adults who desire to age in place, especially those with functional disabilities and impairments. Why is the MAP initiative critical? The face of Orange County and its towns is dramatically changing to a much older community with retirees moving here and older persons living much longer lives. New growth projections just released by the state demographer indicate that Orange County's older population over age 60 will be 41,398 in the year 2029 in comparison with just 27,893 children from birth to 17 years of age. This translates in to 1 out of every 4 Orange County residents (24.67%) being over age 60 and only 1 out of every 6 residents (16.63%) being a child or youth age 0 to 17. This demographic imperative will have a major impact on every institution-- government, business and the faith community, etc., and requires that we plan now. An Aging-Friendly Community Assessment/Audit Tool While the new initiative was adopted by the County Commissioners on May 15, 2007 and endorsed by towns as a principle, no formal workgroup structure has been formed to develop a community assessment/audit tool covering the major components of an aging- friendly community that impacts quality of life. Those components, identified by the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services, are: Physical and Accessible Environment, Healthy Aging, Economic Security, Technology, Safety and Security, Social and Cultural Opportunity, Access and Choice in Services and Supports and Public Accountability and Responsiveness. In developing such a local assessment tool, the N.C. Division of Aging recommended the assessment of each component on six dimensions: existence, adequacy, accessibility, efficiency/duplication, equity and effectiveness/quality. (www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aping). An assessment tool should be developed in consultation with the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services, the International City/County Management Association (www.icma.org) and other professional organizations that have identified health and livable communities as an important management strategy for older adults. 2 6 Accomplishments: 2010 1 County representatives served on the NC Study Commission on Aging that proposed the serious examination of NC's readiness to meet the opportunities and challenges of an aging population. Governor Perdue approved through Executive Order 54. 2 Drafted a proposal to the UNC School of Public Health's Health Behavior and Education's Capstone project "to assist Orange County with the next 5-year Master Aging Plan." 3 Members of the Advisory Board and Department on Aging staff participated in the Governor's Conference on Aging in October with the theme `Building a Livable and Senior- Friendly North Carolina' Recommendation for 2011: 1. Recruit students and professional retired volunteers by RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) to assess aging-friendly local government practices/policies/services/supports II. MAP Work Plan A. Introduction and Implementation Process The Master Aging Plan for 2007-11 covers 9 overall goals, 45 specific objectives and 173 strategies recommended to accomplish those objectives. The MAP objectives have all been prioritized under each goal with 1 being rated the highest. In order to have a manageable plan, the updated MAP reduced the number of goal areas and objectives, but increased the list of potential strategies for consideration during the five-year implementation period. New objectives or modification of existing ones will be recommended annually by the County Aging Advisory Board and County Department on Aging. The MAP annual report is provided to the BOCC, the towns and other community groups for their information, review and comment. This MAP report covers the July 2009 to December, 2010 activities, accomplishments and recommendations for 2011. B. Work Plan Activities and Accomplishments ~. Focus: All Older Adults Goal A: Information/Access- Enhance information & assistance options for all older persons and their families who need access to services, especially those most in need. Objective A-1: Improve marketing and evaluation of existing Information and assistance services. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging-PAC with TJCOG-AAA , NC CareLink &Triangle United Way 211 Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Hosted second annual Resource Connections Fair on May 1, 2010. The Fair was attended by over 40 aging and long term services vendors, and more than 200 community members. 3 7 2. Continued the refrigerator magnet campaign promoting the Chatham-Orange Community Resource Connections (CRC) initiative reinforcing the Orange County Aging Helpline's 968-2087 as one number to call for information and assistance. Recommendations for 2011 1. Hold the third annual Resource Connections Fair on March 23 at the University Mall in Chapel Hill. 2. Expand the Chatham-Orange CRC website to contain educational information about aging issues. It will also enable consumers to find information from multiple agencies through a system of links. Ob'tective A-2: Improve access to printed and website information to older persons, families and service providers. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging-PAC with County Information Technologies Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Distributed the updated Community Resource Guide using private funding in May. 2. Uploaded the Community Resource Guide to the Orange County website in December. 3. Expanded the number of distribution sites throughout Orange County for the Senior Times that can no longer be mailed to individual homes due to budget cutbacks. 4. Developed and implemented the Introduction to Screen Reader Software class with the Orange County Disability Awareness Council, United Way, Senior Net and the Dept of Health and Human Services for persons with low vision. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Include an evaluation component in the Senior Times and Resource FairlGuide that asks users and providers if the information met their expectations. 2. Explore the possibility of a survey to measure the effectiveness of on-line vs. printed resources. 3. Offer senior service agencies and businesses the opportunity to promote their organizations by placing promotional materials in designated brochure racks at each senior center. The annual rental fee will support the Resource Fair and the Resource Guide update. 4. Develop format for written instruction for course for persons with low vision that could potentially be shared nationally through Senior Net. Goal B: Housing/Shelter: Promote an adequate supply of safe, affordable, and suitable housing options for older residents to age in place. Objective B-1: Expand assistance in the retrofitting, repair and maintenance of existing older adult homes. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging with County Housing and Community Development 4 8 Accomplishments: 2010 1. Promoted. the availability of Hillsborough's soon-to-be completed Eno Haven low-income senior housing 2. Incorporated the Department on Aging's limited mobility-related minor home repair program into the Aging In Place services options available through Aging Transitions. Recommendations for 2011: 1.Outreach to the residents of Eno Haven senior housing complex to encourage participation in the nearby Central Orange Senior Center programs and activities. 2. Develop listing of home repair options for older adults with limited income and include in the 2011 Community Resource Guide. Objective B-2: Expand tax assistance for older adults who have difficulty paying their home property tax over time. Lead Organization (s): County Board of Commissioners with supporting County Departments Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Aging Transitions staff distributed tax information to all clients with limited incomes who could potentially qualify for assistance, utilizing fact sheet developed by staff. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Support the Board of County Commissioners' legislative agenda that includes reform to the Homestead Exemption Act. Goal C: Transit/Mobility: Enhance mobility options for all older adults regardless of functionality, through amulti-module vision that is acceptable, efficient, effective and affordable. Objective C-1: Increase funding sources for expansion and/or enhancements of new or existing transit services for older adults. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging- Public Transportation Div. with Board of County Commissioners Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Planned a new Hillsborough in-town public route that would connect to the existing 420 route allowing seniors, low income, and the general public access to the 420 route and human agency services in Hillsborough. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Support implementation of the Hillsborough in-town route, which is supported by the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County. Objective C-2: Improve Orange Public Transportation (OPT) transit services and the county`s emergency disaster transit provision for older adults. 9 Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging- Public Transportation Div. with Emergency Management Services. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Interim Director participated in the Emergency Management planning process to update the Emergency Operations Framework. 2. Aging Transitions staff assisted in planning for the use of companion animal mobile trailers for use in conjunction with the emergency shelters. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Combine the DSS Special Needs Registry, Sheriff Dept's Project Lifesaver. the Dept on Aging Emergency Call list and the Objective C-3: Improve coordination of all public transit routes and services within Orange County and the Triangle region. Lead Organizations: Orange County Dept on Aging (OPT), Triangle Transit Authority NC Dept of Transportation, and Transportation Service Board Accomplishment: 2010: 1. Supported the transfer of Orange Public Transportation to the Planning Department in anticipation of its eventual relocation to a larger transit system resulting in improved services for older adults Recommendation for 2011: 1. Monitor the services provided to older adult as the OPT transit system is transferred to Chapel Hill Transit Objective C-4: Expand mobility efforts through the use of companions, paid or~ volunteer (drivers and escorts) for frail/elderly who require door through door service. Lead Organization (s): Dept. Aging with Partners -O.P.T. RSVP and A Helping Hand Recommendation for 2011: 1. Recruit volunteers to serve as mobility aides for frail older adults accessing public transportation. Goal D: Transitional Care- Promote the transition and maintenance of older persons in the most appropriate health care provider setting. Objective D-1: Maintain older persons in the most appropriate setting through the development or expansion of innovative models of aging-friendly community programs. 6 10 Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging- Aging Transitions Div. with Carol Woods- Community Connections for Seniors Project. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Provided outreach to churches with the goal of replicating the Caregiver Day Out group respite program at the Seymour Center in churches throughout Orange County. 2. Enlisted graduate social work students to develop and staff ashort-term support group for individuals with mild dementia. 3. Carol Woods awarded the Chatham-Orange CRC an additional $10,000 from its Community Connections for Seniors project, funded by The Duke Endowment. 4. In conjunction with the CRC, the Orange-Chatham area was selected by the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to be a pilot site for a new CMS-funded grant: Person- Centered Hospital Discharge Planning. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Continue outreach to churches with the goal of replicating the group respite in churches throughout Orange County. 2. Continue working in tandem with the CRC, Hospital Discharge Planning Grant, and the Transitions subcommittee. 3. Enlist graduate students to develop and create ashort-term support group for individuals with mild dementia. Objective D-2: Improve the coordination of transitional care through increased contact and training of health care and community care providers. Lead Organization(s): Department on Aging- Aging Transitions Div. with Carol Woods- Community Connections for Seniors Project. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Supported the Community Resource Connection's efforts to have the Orange-Chatham area selected by the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to be a pilot site for a new CMS-funded grant: Person-Centered Hospital Discharge Planning. 2. Aging Transitions staff served on patient Advocacy Transitions committee as part of the Carol Woods Community Connections for Seniors project. Recommendation for 2011: 1. Aging Transitions staff will continue to serve on patient Advocacy Transitions committee. 2. Focus: Wel%Fit Older Adu/fs Goal E: Well-Fit Older Po ulation - To Improve and/or Maintain the Health and Well- being of Orange County's Present and Future Well-Fit Older Adults. (Prevention focus) Objective E-1: Provide preventive community-based services, which assist older adults in maintaining good health and to age in place. Lead Organization(s}: Department on Aging Senior Centers' Wellness Program with Public Recreation & Parks (Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hill), Triangle SportsPlex, 7 11 Health Dept. and UNC Wellness Center Accomplishment: 2010: 1. Implemented "Telehealth" for the Central Orange Senior Center clients, a free user-friendly computer-monitoring system for selected health care indicators. Participating clients will be screened for risk factors of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The screening includes answering health questions and obtaining blood pressure, pulse, and weight. Clients are assigned a secure passcode in the system. The Carol Woods' Community Connections Project made the Telehealth monitor possible. This project is funded by the Duke Endowment. 2. Interpreted the Preventive Home Visits Pilot Program research analysis done by UNC Department of Occupational Sciences and incorporate lessons learned into Aging Transitions procedures as appropriate. 3. Offered additional evidence-based Chronic Disease Self-Management courses at the Seymour and Central Orange Senior Centers, utilizing State Health Promotion/Disease Prevention grant funding to offer classes free of charge. 4. Initiated evidence-based Matter Of Balance classes led by staff and volunteers trained by Triangle J Area Agency on Aging. 5. Provided functional screenings for 300 participants who were enrolling in the Seymour or Sportsplex fitness centers. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Provide assistance in development of UNC "Fit Feet" clinics modeled on the successful service implemented at the senior centers by the Dept on Aging Wellness Coordinator 2. Utilize findings of the Preventive Home Visit research program in Aging Transition staff's in- home assessments and recommendations 3. Further market the Telehealth service to seniors who attend the Central Orange Senior Center. 4. Continuing financial support of the Wellness Program Coordinator position ($25,000) by UNC Healthcare. Objective E-2: Improve access to affordable healthcare for all older persons. Lead Organization (sl: Health Department with the Department on Aging's Aging Transitions and Senior Centers' Wellness Program Divisions. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Twenty-five new clients were seen in the 3M (Mood, Memory and Mobility) clinic Jan -June 2010. Effective July 1, 2010 the Senior Wellness Clinic ceased to operate due to lack of funding and continued support from UNC Program on Aging. Grants were sought from the Triangle Community Foundation Home Health Agency of Chapel Hill Foundation, but proposal was not funded. Staff continued to seek possible funding sources to reinstate the clinic on a monthly basis. 2. Aging Transition staff initiated monthly Medicaid Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) and Low Income Subsidy (LIS) information sessions at local Wal-Mart stores, offering gift card "incentives" to entice seniors to participate. 8 12 Recommendations for 2011: 1. Continue funding of public location information sessions supported by MIPPA and LIS funding available through the Community Resource Connections (CRC) 2. Continue search for resources for the Mood, Memory and Mobility Clinic suspended for lack of funding in June 2010 3. Make potential clients aware of availability of the PACE services offered through Piedmont Health Services.. 3. Focus: Older Adults with Disabilities/Moderate Impairment Goal F: Older Community Residents with Disabilities/Moderate Impairment -Maximize the safety, functional ability, and quality of life for impaired, community-dwelling older persons and their family caregivers. Objective F-1-: Increase community recognition, support, education and empowerment of family caregivers. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging- Aging Transitions Division Accomplishments:2010: 1 Recruited a group of 20 African Americans to attend the Duke Alzheimer's conference with the goals of creating dementia volunteers in multiple churches. 2. Assisted Jewish Family Services with development of its new community center Recommendations for 2011: 1. Continue Caregiver Day Out community respite program with expansion to year-round service. 2. Continue dementia outreach project to Afro-American churches. 3. Continue to offer five or more support groups and numerous community education presentations on caregiving. Objective F-2: Offer best practices in mental health care for older persons in affordable, stigma-free, non-psychiatric settings. Lead Organization(s): Department on Aging- Aging Transitions Div. with UNC Geropsychiatry, OPC Mental Health and Faith Communities Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Continued offering support groups for people with mild dementia and concurrent depression/adjustment issues. 2. Provided consultations as requested to NC Access re: coordination of mental health care in a stigma-free setting. 3. Established the Seymour Center as a host location for a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. 4. Continued to co-sponsor with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) an on-going series of mental health education/support workshops at the Seymour Center 9 13 Recommendations for 2011: 1. Continue cross training through the Community Resource Connection for staff from multiple agencies on geriatric and caregiver mental health issues. Objective F-6: Increase collaboration on evaluation, care planning, and on-going intervention by Orange County agencies offering case management. Lead Organization (s): Dept. on Aging's Eldercare Program, Dept. of Social Services Adult Services Unit, and Health Dept. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Plans begun for the proposed co-funding of two Dept on Aging social work positions to allow for access to Dept of Social Services programs at senior centers. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Complete restructuring of Aging Transitions staffing to maximize synergy and decrease duplication by achieving goal of Senior Centers as "one stop shops" for senior services. 4. Focus: Older Adults with Disabilities/Moderate Impairment Goal G: Older Population in Institutions/Severely Impaired-Improve services, information access, education and outreach to long term care residents and families/caregivers that are affordable, accessible and that promote quality of life through person-centered care. This includes the retention, recognition and training of paid facility staff, thereby improving quality and continuity of care for residents. Objective G-1: Continue a Long Term Care Facility Roundtable (OCLTCFR) comprised of service providers, consumers, advocates, and regulators, who will work to define, address, and resolve current priority issues related to the quality of care and quality of life of the long term care facility population. Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging-PAC with TJAAA Ombudsman Program, Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committees. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. The Advisory Board on Aging and Department on Aging staff formed a task force to reconvene the LTC Roundtable originally established in 2002. 2. Increase dialog between the Advisory Board and the Nursing Home Advisory Committee by establishing cross-membership. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Reconvene Long Term Care Roundtable consisting of providers and recipient representatives to work jointly toward resolution of mutual concerns in Orange County facilities. 2. Formalize representation of Adult Care Home and Nursing Home Community Advisory Committees in Advisory Board on Aging membership 10 14 Objective G-2: Begin operation of mobile Access Dental Unit for senior residents in Orange, Chatham and Durham counties, with priority given to long term care facilities, the homebound and senior centers. Lead Organization(s): TJAAA Ombudsman Program and Access Dental'Coalition with the Department on Aging-PAC. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Focus of Access Dental Unit was residents of long term care facilities. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Negotiate for mobile Access Dental Unit to include Orange County Senior Centers in their service delivery schedule. 5. Focus: Legislation/Advocacy Goal H: Legislation/Advocacy - Promote a legislative/advocacy Aging Agenda that supports Orange County's Bill of Rights for Older Persons. Objective H-1: Establish alegislative/advocacy mechanism to involve older persons, local county boards, officials and the public in improving the lives of older persons. Lead Organization(s): Orange County Advisory Board on Aging and Board of County Commissioners with the Department on Aging. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Established a permanent Advocacy/Legislation Committee of the County Advisory Board on Aging for year-round monitoring. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Communicate with Senior Tar Heel Legislature and promote issues through a legislative forum held in the Fall. 2. Invite Orange County Senior Tar Heel Legislator to Advisory Board on Aging meetings to keep them informed of priorities/recommendations from Orange County to the Senior Tarheel Legislature. Objective H-2: Increase the educational opportunities for older persons, local officials, legislators and general public to be exposed to legislative issues related to aging. Lead Organization (s): Orange County Advisory Board on Aging with the Department on Aging. 11 15 Recommendations for 2011: 1. Hold a public Aging 2011 Legislative Forum to present advocacy issues and any recommended legislative priorities for submission to the Board of County Commissioners and other aging advocacy groups. 6. Focus: Planning and Administration Goal I: Planning/Administration -Enhance the planning, administration, coordination and funding of a response system to the changing needs of Orange County's older persons. Objective I-1: Planning/Coordination -Improve the County's planning and coordination efforts for the growing aging population. Lead Organization(s): Orange County Department on Aging with the Advisory Board on Aging and the Triangle United Way with the O. C. Manager's Office. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Explored potential for Department on Aging and Dept of Social Services to collaborate on assessment, prioritization, and allocation of funds for the most efficient, effective, and equitable utilization of county resources among the most needy residents. Recommendation for 2011: 1. Implement coordinated DoA/DSS funding of two Aging Transitions social work positions to maximize access to available services and resources for older adults. Objective I-2: Administration- Improve the service delivery of the Department on Aging's services as well as other county departments and other non-profit agencies that serve older persons. Lead Orpanization(s1: Orange County Department on Aging and the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging with the County Manager's Office. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Co-sponsored and hosted the bi-monthly Chapel Hill And Durham Eldercare Resource group for exchange of information and ideas among aging services professionals. Recommendation for 2011: 1. Continue planning and coordination efforts with various groups. Objective I-3: Funding- Increase appropriate public and private funding for aging services that are affected by a growing older population. Lead Organization(s): Orange County Department on Aging and the Orange County 12 16 Advisory Board on Aging with the County Manager's Office. Accomplishments: 2010: 1. Restructured Aging Transitions budget to create an `Aging In Place' fund of local dollars (County funds/private donations) that can provide or purchase services that meet the needs without the restriction of federal/state funding requirements. 2. Applied to Triangle United Way for funding to purchase meals for persons under 60 years of age with disabilities who attend the senior centers but are not old enough to qualify for the Senior Lunch Program. 3. The Friends of the Seymour Center and the Central Orange Senior Center committed to provide the funds to enable to both locations to continue opening two evenings per week and Saturday mornings (Seymour only). 4. ARRA funding was received for support of the Senior Lunch Program through September 2010. Recommendations for 2011: 1. Implement the United Way-funded meal program for senior center participants under 60 who have disabilities. 13