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Area Agency on Aging tells commissioners county funding helps extend services as demand grows
Summary
The Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging reported steady congregate meal use, nearly 500 home-delivery clients in Crawford County and waiting lists for some in-home services, and asked the county to remember its role in drawing down federal Older Americans Act funds.
Kathy Brennan, executive director of the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging, told the Crawford County Commission that the agency supports people 60 and older and their caregivers and depends on county funding to draw down federal dollars.
Brennan said the agency runs congregate meal sites in Girard and Pittsburg and that in February those two sites served roughly 60 people per day and “touched a hundred and 1 people” at the nutrition sites during the month. She said the agency delivers meals to about 490 people in Crawford County.
Brennan…
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