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Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging seeks city support to expand housing assistance for older adults
Summary
Grant Ames of COAAA described a housing assistance program that distributed over $1 million in recent years and requested $100,000 in city funds for 2025 to leverage nearly $400,000 in state match and expand one‑time assistance that helps older adults remain housed.
The Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) told the committee its housing assistance program helps older adults and people with disabilities sustain housing and that demand is growing.
Grant Ames, COAAA’s government community relations manager, said the agency manages home‑based services, information and assistance, Medicaid waiver programs and a housing assistance fund that has provided one‑time payments to preserve housing for vulnerable older adults.
Why it matters: COAAA said population aging and economic pressures mean…
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