Senior Services Levy Q&A Sessions set March 19, 21

The Coun­cil for Older Adults will return to the bal­lot on May 7 to ask Delaware County vot­ers to sup­port the senior ser­vices levy. Pas­sage of the levy is needed to con­tinue to pro­vide ser­vices for Delaware County’s grow­ing num­ber of older peo­ple and include essen­tial in-home care such as Meals On Wheels, per­sonal care, med­ical trans­porta­tion, adult day care and much more.

In order to pro­vide the com­mu­nity with an oppor­tu­nity to learn about the levy request, there are two infor­ma­tion pre­sen­ta­tions sched­uled for Tues­day, March 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Thurs­day, March 21, 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Cen­ter for Older Adults, 800 Cheshire Road, Delaware. These are open to the pub­lic and will give atten­dees an oppor­tu­nity to ask ques­tions about the levy. Pre­sen­ter will be COA Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Bob Horrocks.

The Coun­cil for Older Adults is request­ing renewal of the exist­ing 0.9-mil levy plus an increase of 0.3 mils, cost­ing an addi­tional 77 cents per month for every $100,000 of prop­erty val­u­a­tion. Under state law, senior ser­vices levies can last no longer than five years. Fund­ing from the cur­rent senior ser­vices oper­at­ing levy will expire at the end of 2013. More than 80 per­cent of the Coun­cil for Older Adults’ fund­ing comes from levy dol­lars. The remain­ing funds are com­posed of grants, dona­tions, ser­vice fees, sales and spon­sor­ship income.

Accord­ing to Scripps Geron­tol­ogy Cen­ter at Miami Uni­ver­sity, Delaware County’s older pop­u­la­tion led Ohio in growth. From 2000 to 2010, the 65-plus pop­u­la­tion in Delaware County grew by 83.3 per­cent. By com­par­i­son, the growth of this same pop­u­la­tion dur­ing this period was only 7.7 per­cent for the state of Ohio. Over the next five years, the num­ber of in-home clients served by the Coun­cil for Older Adults is expected to increase by 35 percent.

To reg­is­ter to attend, please RSVP to 740–363-6677.

The Coun­cil for Older Adults is a local non­profit orga­ni­za­tion respon­si­ble for plan­ning, devel­op­ing, coor­di­nat­ing and pro­vid­ing ser­vices for older adults and their fam­i­lies in Delaware County. Among the Council’s ser­vices are the county-wide Meals On Wheels pro­gram and Senior Choices, a pro­gram that pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive care man­age­ment and in-home ser­vices. Ser­vices pro­vided by the Coun­cil are made pos­si­ble, in part, by fund­ing through our local senior ser­vices levy.

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