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Warren County staff: $612,000 in one-time "unmet needs" funding helped 2025 services; meal program attendance has declined
Summary
A staff member presenting the Warren County Office for the Agingannual report said the program received an unexpected $612,000 in unmet-needs funding for the year, highlighted program changes including consolidation of meal-site prep and a $12.31 average meal cost, and said meal counts have fallen from about 500 daily meals in 2016 to about 300 now.
D, a staff member, presented the Warren County Office for the Agingannual report and told the Health Services Committee the program received an additional $612,000 in "unmet needs" funding for the year, calling it "unprecedented" and cautioning that it may not recur.
The presenter said the report (distributed in color) outlines funding sources from the New York State Office for the Aging and breaks down service types and contracts. "We did receive an additional $612,000 this year in unmet need funding which is unprecedented. We're not sure if we will get that again for 2025 or 2026 but at least for last year it was great; it helped us out," D said.
Committee members were given program-level details: the largest service by volume is the nutrition program, followed by information and assistance, personal care services and health insurance counseling. A new pie chart in the…
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