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Area agencies on aging, AARP and advocates press lawmakers for $4 million biennial boost
Summary
Area agencies on aging and advocacy groups urged the Section B subcommittee to add $2 million per year to support core services for older Montanans who are not eligible for Medicaid but cannot afford private care; groups said the ask restores 2016 buying power.
Representatives of Montana’s nine Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), AARP Montana and senior advocacy groups testified to the Section B subcommittee that AAAs need an additional $4 million over the biennium to sustain core services for older residents who do not qualify for Medicaid but lack resources to pay private rates.
Lisa Sheppard, executive director of Missoula Aging Services and vice president of the Montana Association of Area Agencies on Aging, told legislators AAA funding has not kept pace with inflation and that FY25 state funding is only about 7.6…
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