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Lawmakers press DHS on elderly‑nutrition cuts, ARPA allocations and senior center grants
Summary
Legislators pressed aging agency officials about a modest federal funding decrease for elderly‑nutrition programs and distribution of one‑time ARPA grants to senior centers.
Lawmakers on the Human Services Subcommittee pressed state aging officials about recent declines in some federal elderly‑nutrition funding, how one‑time ARPA dollars were used to expand service during the COVID recovery, and which senior centers received temporary grants.
Amy Porter of the Department of Aging and Disability Services said the agency is roughly 70 percent federally funded overall, and noted the agency had “a net decrease” in federal nutrition funds. In the hearing ADS staff provided a federal nutrition funding snapshot: Title III congregate…
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