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Senior‑service leaders warn ACL elimination, Social Security changes threaten meals, respite and transportation
Summary
Local senior‑center directors and the county Area Agency on Aging told supervisors that elimination of the federal Administration for Community Living and recent Social Security policy changes could cut services and increase isolation, malnutrition and avoidable hospitalizations for Lake County seniors.
County staff and senior‑service providers told the Board of Supervisors on April 24 that proposed federal changes are threatening day‑to‑day services for older adults in Lake County.
Rachel Dillman Parsons, Lake County social services director and Area Agency on Aging (AAA) coordinator Dina Eddings described the federal Administration for Community Living (ACL) elimination and said the ACL’s programs and grants support meals, transportation, adult day services, caregiver respite and legal assistance for older adults and people with disabilities. Dillman Parsons said no transition plan had been released for absorbing ACL functions into HHS and that the loss of staff at the federal level could make it difficult or impossible to…
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