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Area Agency on Aging presents 2024 review: 177,000 home‑delivered meals and unique county case‑management program
Summary
At its Aug. 7 meeting, the Dane County Health and Human Needs Committee received the Area Agency on Aging’s 2024 annual review, which reported 177,192 home‑delivered meals, 99,450 congregate meals and 28,512 hours of county‑funded case management delivered in 2024.
At the Aug. 7 Health and Human Needs Committee meeting, the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) provided its annual review of 2024 activity and described priorities in the 2025–2027 aging plan. Angela Velasquez, division administrator for Aging and Disability Services, and Diane Parseta, chair of the AAA Governing Board, led the presentation and fielded questions from supervisors.
Velasquez said the AAA’s plan for 2025–27 centers equity, uses data and was developed through extensive community engagement. Staff reported outreach that included interviews with community agencies, 31 focus groups and more than 300 interviews with older adults and providers representing BIPOC, LGBTQ, immigrant and under‑resourced populations. “This was actually the result of listening to the community,” Velasquez said.
The presentation highlighted service totals and funding for 2024. Key figures the AAA reported to the committee included approximately 120,000 Dane County residents age 60 and older; 99,450…
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