Tremendous progress is being made in the CCFL
work groups! The Caregiving and
Transportation
groups are sending their recommendations to the
Core
Council and the Awareness of Services group
is
putting the final touches on their work.
Led by Bev Drake and Priscilla Kimboko, the Social
and Civic Engagement Work Group launched in
May
with a lively discussion of current community
resources for volunteerism, life-long learning, and
employment for older adults. There is still time to
join the group! Finally, the Community Based
Services work group, led by Andy Zylstra,
Department of Human Services, and Tom Czerwinski,
AAAWM, will launch 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. Click here for more
information.
Awareness of Services Work Group
The CCFL Awareness of Services work group is
addressing 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 is working 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. 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 their agenda to discuss the
needs of older adults and to develop
recommendations. Edits are now being made to the
final draft of recommendations before being passed
to the Core Council for their review. Click here for more information.
