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New Iberia Council on Aging says state boost will ease but not solve meal, home-care gaps
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The New Iberia Council on Aging told the City Council it is operating large meal and care programs on tight budgets, welcomed a recent state funding increase but said demand and operating costs still outstrip resources.
The New Iberia Council on Aging told the City Council on a weekday evening that a recent state funding increase will help, but services remain constrained by rising costs and unmet demand.
Director Carol Smith, who presented the update, said the nonprofit — chartered July 18, 1977 — serves people age 60 and older across the parish with congregate meals, home-delivered meals (Meals on Wheels), homemaker services and caregiver respite. She said the organization receives state and federal funding but relies heavily on local fundraising and volunteers.
Smith said House Bill 126, recently passed in the state legislature, will increase annual state support for smaller parish councils on aging by about $50,000 each, paid quarterly as roughly $12,500…
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