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Domain 4—7 committee reports call for senior-services workshop, volunteer fair and improved web presence
Summary
The commission's domains 4—7 group recommended postponing a city-run returnship program, prioritized a senior-services provider workshop in October, a volunteer fair in January 2025, and called for a consolidated, accessible web hub for senior programming to improve outreach.
Commissioners June, Faith and a colleague briefing the commission on domains 4 through 7 recommended pausing a municipal-run returnship program because of limited current capacity among businesses and interested participants and pointed to existing alternatives such as AmeriCorps and AARP programs. Their recommendation was to fold returnship concepts into broader volunteer recruitment efforts.
The group proposed a senior-services provider workshop in October to gather provider input and a volunteer fair in January 2025 to support recruitment and public awareness. They also urged a more robust and accessible web presence to centralize senior-program listings, events and resources, and suggested meeting with the city's web and digital staff during the commission's planned September workshop to explore improvements. The report included use of prior community-assessment notes and community-walk findings as baseline material for action planning.
