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Area agency AgeCentral asks Tazewell County for outreach, small grants and volunteer support for older adults
Summary
AgeCentral outlined services, demographic trends and specific requests for county assistance — including outreach, small matching grants and fuel cards for volunteer drivers — and answered board questions about displaced long‑term care residents and meal services.
AgeCentral, the area agency on aging for the region, told the Tazewell County Board that an aging population and constrained federal funding are increasing demands for services and asked for county help to expand outreach and local supports.
"We are 1 of 13 area agencies in Illinois...Our mission is to promote dignity, and connection for older adults," said Asa Maroney, whom the presenter identified as executive director of AgeCentral. Maroney described a service area that covers multiple counties, noted gaps in rural transportation and rising caregiver stress, and said roughly 25,000 residents in the presented jurisdiction are…
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