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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Katrina Boatright, Seniors and Disabilities Services, Manager
DATE: 2/9/2023
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a $20,000 grant from AgeGuide Northeastern Illinois for assistance in the creation of a supplemental transportation program in the Seniors and Disabilities Services Division in the City of Aurora.
PURPOSE:
The AgeGuide Grant will be used to assist in the creation of a supplemental transportation program for senior citizens and residents with disabilities in the City of Aurora.
BACKGROUND:
In Fall of 2021, Senior and Disability Services conducted a dozen Senior Listening Tour events. More than 250 senior citizens attended, providing information on the major concerns facing Aurora's elderly. The Seniors and Disabilities Division discovered that existing providers of transportation for seniors and the disabled in Aurora are unable to meet the needs of the growing number of seniors in the community. Thus, Senior and Disability Services is developing a program to provide supplemental transportation services for those residents who cannot be served by existing transportation programs.
DISCUSSION:
Local seniors' transportation providers have found they are not able to find enough drivers to assist in the increasing rise in requests for service. Other identified barriers are county and financial limitations that prevent access to adequate and reliable transportation options. The new program being created by Senior and Disability Services expects to provide transportation for as many as 50 seniors a month. The grant of $20,000 from AgeGuide will assist in setting up the program. The Senior and Disability Revenue Account number is 101-1372-337-30-40 and the Expense Account is 101-1372-440.50-80.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
With more than 30,000 residents over the age of 60, the City of Aurora is serving a growing number of senior citizens each year. As the number of seniors has grown, so has the ne...
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