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Senior centers warn reimbursement shortfalls threaten transportation services; rail safety advocates seek more education funding
Summary
Directors from multiple Delaware senior centers told the Joint Finance Committee that reimbursement shortfalls and irregular payments for locally run transportation services are forcing centers to cover large deficits and could lead to service suspensions.
Multiple Kent and Sussex County senior centers told the Joint Finance Committee that current reimbursement levels and irregular payments for locally provided transportation services are unsustainable and could force service reductions.
Carolyn Fredericks of the Modern Maturity Center in Kent County said the center faces a suspension of services unless payments arrive on schedule; reported unpaid months total several thousand dollars and the center’s average cost per trip was listed in materials at $22.65. Jessica Kidwell, executive director of the Mimi A. Warren Senior Center in Smyrna, said reimbursements arrive sporadically and that the center covered roughly $81,000 in transportation costs without…
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