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Senior service providers, volunteers urge San Jose to restore older‑adults health and wellness grants
Summary
Several nonprofit legal and counseling groups told the council proposed cuts to the Older Adults Health and Wellness grants would reduce counseling, legal assistance and Medicare navigation for low‑income seniors and multilingual clients. Providers said elimination of roughly $526,000 would force service reductions at multiple senior centers.
Representatives of nonprofit legal services, Medicare counseling programs and senior center volunteers asked San Jose councilmembers not to eliminate Older Adults Health and Wellness grant funding during the city’s budget process, saying cuts would reduce counseling and legal assistance for low‑income and non‑English‑speaking seniors.
Lede: Multiple speakers, including attorneys and program directors for senior legal aid and health‑insurance counseling, described how grant funds support one‑on‑one Medicare counseling, legal representation on evictions and elder abuse cases, and bilingual outreach at senior centers. They said the proposed…
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