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Commission on Aging requests targeted inflation increases, plans one-time ARPA spending before federal deadline
Summary
The Idaho Commission on Aging briefed the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on its FY2026 request, ongoing federal grant usage and plans to spend remaining ARPA funds by Sept. 30, 2025, while asking for modest general-fund inflation adjustments.
Colin McGurkin, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Feb. 24 that the Idaho Commission on Aging’s budget centers on federal Older Americans Act funding, state appropriations under the Idaho Senior Services Act and a pattern of one-time American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) draws.
“The Commission on Aging implements the Federal Older Americans Act and Idaho Senior Services Act,” McGurkin said, describing the agency’s role and the six Local Area Agencies on Aging that deliver meals, transportation, caregiver assistance and legal services across the state.
His presentation to the committee said the agency expended about $16.7 million in FY2024, with almost 88% of that total categorized as trustee and benefit payments. McGurkin told the committee that those trustee and benefit payments included roughly $10.4 million in federal funds and $4.2 million…
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