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Wayne County OKs budget adjustment to cover senior meals program; commissioners press state for more funding
Summary
The committee approved a budget adjustment that included additional funding for Wayne County Senior Services to prevent a Meals on Wheels wait list. Commissioners pressed staff about volunteer recruitment, program scope and state funding shortfalls.
Wayne County commissioners approved a budget adjustment that includes funds to cover a shortfall in the county’s senior meals program, officials said.
The vote came after William Chuck Jackson, Department Director of Wayne County Senior Services, told the Committee on Ways and Means that the county provided more than 864,000 meals last fiscal year and that the additional funding in the adjustment is “primarily to prevent a wait list.” Jackson said federal and state funding have not kept pace with rising demand.
Jackson said Wayne County Meals on Wheels served both…
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