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DAS director highlights Master Plan for Aging, vaccine outreach for IHSS providers
Summary
DAS Executive Director Shereen McSpadden told the commission the state will release a Master Plan for Aging and described local pandemic priorities, including coordination to vaccinate IHSS providers and a new Office of Racial Equity inside the Human Services Agency.
Executive Director Shereen McSpadden used the Department of Disability and Aging Services’ January meeting to preview a state Master Plan for Aging and outline how the department is adjusting services and outreach during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
‘We’re right in the middle of a pandemic that has proven that people with disabilities and older adults…have been left by the wayside in a lot of conversations,’ McSpadden said, explaining why the state accelerated the Master Plan rollout. She described the plan as two parts: near‑term pandemic and equity tasks and a longer 10‑year roadmap, plus a state playbook…
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