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Area agency on aging warns of funding cuts, asks Alamosa council for increased local allocation
Summary
South Central Colorado Seniors told the council federal funding is flat and state allocations have declined; the agency cut services and stopped homemaker services in March and says its new resource center is 60% complete but unfunded.
A representative of South Central Colorado Seniors, the region’s area agency on aging, told the City Council that federal funding is essentially flat and state allocations to the agency have fallen, leading to service reductions and a request for increased local support.
The presenter said state funding declined about 8.3% over the prior two years and that the agency recently learned of an additional allocation cut of roughly 3%. As a result, staff reduced congregate meal service days at multiple…
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