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Department of Aging proposes SOAR program to consolidate three senior service streams
Summary
House Bill 36 would repeal older statutes and combine three state senior programs into a single, person‑centered Supporting Older Adults with Resources (SOAR) program; the department said the change aims to standardize eligibility and reduce administrative burden while preserving services to roughly 4,000 current clients.
Secretary Carmel Roque and Department of Aging staff presented House Bill 36 to the Health and Government Operations Committee as a statutory cleanup and program redesign that would consolidate the Congregate Housing Services Program, the Senior Assisted Living Subsidy (SALS) program and the Senior Care Program into a single program tentatively called SOAR — Supporting Older Adults with Resources.
Roque said the consolidated program would move from a location‑based…
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