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Council on Aging reports enrollment limits, service gains and new utility‑assistance portal
Summary
Council on Aging staff told the commission Jan. 21 they reduced new enrollments to keep programs within budget but are seeing improving finances, a shrinking home‑care waitlist and a new online application for utility assistance funded in part by county ARPA dollars.
Ken Wilson, representing the Council on Aging, updated commissioners Jan. 21 on senior services and said the agency slowed new enrollments in 2024 to keep the ESP program within its budget while prioritizing highest‑need older adults.
Wilson said the Council targeted people with high needs — for example, those in cancer treatment, on dialysis, in hospice, referred by adult protective services, in need of emergency home‑delivered meals, or recently discharged from a hospital or nursing facility — and, more recently, those with cognitive impairment. He said the Council averaged 260 new enrollments per quarter into the ESP program and 406 new enrollments per quarter into the Fast Track Home program (which serves people leaving nursing facilities or hospitals).
Wilson reported…
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