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Costa Mesa senior-center staff present model for delivering social services at statewide conference
Summary
Senior center staff described a four-part framework they presented at the 2025 California Parks and Recreation Society conference for providing social-service supports through senior centers, including intake forms, community partnerships and funding strategies; commissioners asked about staff training, funding and referrals.
Costa Mesa Senior Center staff told the Parks and Community Services Commission on April 10 that they presented a model for delivering social-service supports through senior centers at the 2025 California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS) conference in Sacramento.
The presentation, titled “Bridging the gap of social services in aging services,” described a four-part approach: (1) define the scope of social-service support for a given senior center; (2) build partnerships with community providers; (3) identify and pursue funding sources (including nonprofit grants and Community Development Block Grant funds); and (4) create protocols for wellness checks and elder-abuse referrals. Staff said they provided intake forms, sample partnership packets and USB drives with resources for other cities to…
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