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Senior Affairs updates: outreach, legal aid estate‑planning events and strategic‑plan timeline
Summary
Senior Affairs staff described outreach work including estate‑planning clinics and the HealthLine, noted increased financial‑assistance calls, and said the department’s strategic plan is still in progress and scheduled for a presentation to the commission in August; commissioners requested earlier distribution and stronger outreach.
Erica Norman, supervisor of Community Care Services and the Age‑Friendly Senior Services team, briefed the commission on outreach work, the HealthLine and legal‑aid estate‑planning clinics for older residents.
Norman said the office continues to field calls through the HealthLine Monday through Friday and has seen an increase in callers seeking financial assistance for rent and utilities. She described partnerships with Legal Aid of Northwest Texas to provide free estate‑planning services at recreation…
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