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Rockingham County commissioners hear aging-services briefing: long waitlists and funding gaps for home-delivered meals
Summary
PTRC planner and local providers told commissioners county aging services face funding cuts and waitlists: 192 clients served by home‑delivered meals with roughly 173 on the waitlist and average waits of 18–24 months; commissioners were asked to advocate for increased state block-grant and senior-center funding.
Rockingham County commissioners heard a data-driven briefing on aging services from PTRC planning staff and area providers that highlighted growing need, constrained funds, and long waits for in‑home supports.
Bob Cleveland, planner for the PTRC aging program, said the county’s older-adult population is growing and that senior‑center funding at the state level has been effectively flat for decades.…
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