Congratulations goes out to the three work groups
that have successfully completed their work! The
Caregiving, Transportation, and
Awareness of Services groups are sending
their recommendations to the
Core Council. In addition, the Social and Civic
Engagement work group is well on its way to
completing its recommendations. And, the
Community Based Services work group will be
launched on July 28. Read on for more
information about each of the work groups:
Affordable Housing and Home
Modification Work Groups
The Vision to End Homelessness is developing
community recommendations that ensure
the sufficiency and adequacy of housing in Kent
County for all populations. CCFL will be monitoring
their efforts and will create complementary
recommendations once their process is complete.
Click here for more
information.
Awareness of Services Work Group
The CCFL Awareness of Services work group has
completed the draft recommendations which
address elder knowledge of services - especially
for those who are isolated, of low income, or people
of color - in order to ensure all elders can access
needed information and available resources. Click here for more information.
Caregiving Work Group
CCFL worked in concert with the Caregiver
Resource Network to develop recommendations that
address support for elder caregivers. The group has
completed a draft of the community
recommendations for review by the Core Council.
Click here for more information.
Community Based Services Work
Group
The Community Based Services work group will hold
its first meeting on July 28 at 9:00 a.m. The work
group will be lead by co-chairs Andy Zylstra,
Department of Human Services, and Tom Czerwinski,
AAAWM. Please
contact Nora Barkey at (616)222-7012 to join! Click
here for more information.
Social and Civic Engagement Work
Group
The Social and Civic Engagement work group is
addressing the desire of older adults to
maintain connections, to remain active through
volunteer or paid activities, and to have
opportunities
to share their experience, creativity and wisdom in
order to ensure that Kent County benefits from the
contributions of older persons. Click here for
more information.
Transportation Work Group
The Kent County Emergency Needs Task Force
Transportation Subcommittee created
time on its agenda to discuss the
needs of older adults and to develop
recommendations. The final draft of
recommendations has been completed and is being
passed to the Core Council for its review. Click here for more information.
