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Commission on Aging celebrates 50 years; director outlines staffing, wait‑list reductions and new housing/transportation pilots
Summary
Director Lana Payne told commissioners the Commission on Aging marked its 50th birthday and presented 2024 financials, program volumes, and new initiatives including a local paper Project Fresh coupon program and a Home Share Network pilot to address senior housing shortages.
Lana Payne, director of Grand Traverse County’s Commission on Aging, briefed the board on the department’s 50th anniversary, service volumes, budget posture and a set of new local initiatives.
Payne said the commission moved to new Park Drive offices in 2024, serves thousands of seniors through in‑home services (almost 18,000 in‑home visits annually in 2024) and relies primarily on the senior millage for operations. She reported an unrestricted fund balance of about $2.5 million and said the commission expects to use portions of that balance over time to expand outdoor services and staff the planned Commission on Aging operations in the county’s campus…
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