Boulder County proclaims May 2025 Older Americans Month, cites federal funding concern

The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners on April 29 read a proclamation recognizing May 2025 as Older Americans Month and urged attention to federal funding changes that may affect services for older adults.

The proclamation, read during the commissioners' business meeting, said Boulder County is home to roughly 75,000 older residents and pledged support for programs that help older people live independently and participate fully in community life. County staff from the Boulder County Area Agency on Aging described older Latino adults as “leaders, caregivers, teachers and role models,” and warned that dissolving the federal Administration for Community Living could reduce culturally responsive services and language access for older adults.

The county’s aging services staff — including Lindsay Neville, aging policy advocate and planner, and Gio Bravo, program manager for the Community Living team — briefed commissioners before the proclamation. They outlined local priorities such as home- and community-based services, transportation, nutrition programs and support to prevent homelessness, and said the county is focused on preserving federal funding streams that support those programs.

Commissioners thanked agency staff and volunteers and moved on to later agenda items. The proclamation is dated April 29, 2025, and encourages residents to recognize the role older adults play in families and neighborhoods.

Context: The presenters noted projections from the State Demography Office showing strong growth in Boulder County’s older population and warned that proposed federal changes to administration-level funding could have downstream effects at the local level. The proclamation and the county’s remarks do not themselves change funding; they are a formal acknowledgement and call for attention to the possible policy impacts described by staff.