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Volunteers provide tens of thousands of hours to Utah's aging services; agencies ask for capacity support
Summary
State and county aging officials told the committee volunteers deliver the bulk of Meals on Wheels and senior-center operations; state funding for volunteer mileage exists but local agencies said they need capacity-building funds to recruit and manage volunteers in smaller counties.
Officials from the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services and Salt Lake County's aging office told the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee that volunteerism is integral to delivering aging services across the state and asked the committee to consider how to help area agencies build volunteer capacity.
Division Director Nels Holmgren said Utah's 12 area agencies on aging reported 2,451 volunteers and about 265,000 volunteer hours statewide in the most-recent report referenced at the hearing, which the division said is equivalent to roughly…
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