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Commission on Aging urges emergency respite funding, village grants and nursing‑home oversight
Summary
Montgomery County’s Commission on Aging asked the Health and Human Services Committee for an emergency FY26 appropriation to cover in‑home respite shortfalls, funding in FY27 to expand respite and to seed four new village programs in underserved areas, and resources to sustain nursing home inspection work and the senior nutrition program.
The Montgomery County Commission on Aging on Wednesday asked the County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee for immediate and sustained funding for services intended to keep older residents in their communities.
At the committee hearing, Linda Burgofsky, cochair of the Commission on Aging, said the commission seeks an emergency appropriation in FY26 to fill an anticipated shortfall in in‑home respite funding provided through a contract with the Arc of Montgomery. The commission also asked that the FY27 budget include sufficient resources to expand respite care and to fund four competitively awarded…
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