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Yolo County housing authority and Alta California Regional Center outline housing, transportation and employment needs for aging caregivers
Summary
Presenters told the Davis Senior Citizens Commission that affordable housing remains the top local need for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live with aging caregivers, and described gap‑financing, transportation pilots and employment supports tied to several local development projects.
At a meeting of the Davis Senior Citizens Commission, Yolo County Housing and Alta California Regional Center officials described local gaps in housing, transportation and long‑term planning for aging caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Ian Evans, identified as executive director of Yolo County Housing and president and CEO of New Community Development Corporation, and John Decker, director of community services at Alta California Regional Center, told the commission the ad hoc group formed after outreach and town halls across Yolo County found housing to be the single most consistent need. "One of the top needs, if not the top need as we went around the different communities in Yolo, was housing for individuals with caregivers," Evans said.
Decker gave a county snapshot and local counts, saying Alta California Regional Center serves roughly 2,427 Yolo County clients and that several hundred live…
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