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Dancing Sky agency asks Clay County for $9,490 match to draw down Older Americans Act funds
Summary
Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging presented its annual request for county match funding — $9,490 — to draw down federal Older Americans Act allocations and described services in Clay County, including a new wraparound grant and a local Medicare assistance contractor.
Heather Pender, director of the Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging, asked the Clay County Board of Commissioners on June 24 to approve $9,490 in match funding so the agency can draw down federal Older Americans Act allocations.
Pender told commissioners Dancing Sky covers 21 counties through the Northwest Regional Development Commission and redistributes Title III Older Americans Act funds for senior nutrition, caregiver supports and programs such as chore and homemaker assistance. “Our match fund request is a little over $9,000 which equates to about 75¢ per older adult,” she said, and added the agency has “spent over $10,000 here in Clay County” from a new American Rescue Plan-funded wraparound…
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