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Department on Aging - continued <br />Budget Highlights <br />Revenue Increase: Transfer of $175,000 contribution from Aging's Community Based Services <br />Division, from Carol Woods Retirement Community, for Master Aging Plan 2012 -2017 <br />implementation costs. (Note: These funds have been available and tracked in the General Fund <br />operating budget for several years, but were recorded differently, prior to a recent change in <br />accounting practices.) <br />Department on Aging: Community Based Services <br />Major Services <br />• Provide services that meet the needs of the older adult population and promote health and <br />wellness by encouraging self- determination, stimulation and continued activity. <br />• Senior Center Operations: Operate the Seymour and Central Orange Senior Centers to provide <br />older adults with opportunities for health promotion enrichment, community involvement, and <br />public service. <br />• Senior Lunch Program: Serve hot, noon meals, at the senior centers, each weekday. <br />• Farmers' Market Outreach and Nutrition: Continue the local Farmers' Market outreach program at <br />the senior centers to better serve older adults with fresh produce. Participate in the Senior <br />Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, which provides Farmers' Market coupons to low- income <br />seniors, age 60 and older, enrolled in the Senior Lunch Program. <br />• Operate the Seymour Tech computer - learning lab, which trains older adults to utilize technology in <br />a comfortable setting under the direction of volunteer instructors. <br />• Produce quarterly Senior Times newspaper, a 40 -page publication, which promotes the services <br />and activities of all Department on Aging program and services. <br />FY 2012 -13 Outcomes <br />• Technology Improvements: Implemented on -line class and facility reservation system. <br />• Senior Lunch Program: Served an average of 130 meals per day at the Senior Centers, including <br />20 meals to the Senior Care Adult Day Health Program. <br />• Fitness Studio: Served 130 individuals through fitness studio memberships. <br />• Provided 370 physical function screens prior to membership to ensure that participants could <br />safely use the equipment. <br />• Farmers' Market Outreach and Nutrition: Expanded the Farmers' Market Outreach Program at the <br />Senior Centers, from 4 months to 7 months, annually. <br />51 <br />