City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0013R

• File #: 12-0013R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Office of Aging and CARE Services - Commission on Aging and Retirement Services (CARE)
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/30/2012
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 6/4/2012
• Title: Informational Hearing - Office of Aging and CARE Services - Commission on Aging and Retirement Services (CARE) FOR the purpose of of requesting the Commissioner of Health and the Acting Commissioner of CARE Services to address the City Council on the transition of CARE from an independent entity to a program under the Health Department’s Office of Aging and CARE Services; to present information on the services available to the elderly; to share plans to address delivery of services to meet the projected increase in the elderly population; and to discuss the methods used to enable Baltimore City’s elderly residents to be aware of and to access federal, state, city, non-profit, and private services and resources.
• Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Brandon M. Scott, Nick Mosby, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, William "Pete" Welch, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, President Young, Robert Curran
• Indexes: C.A.R.E., Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/4/2012	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably
6/4/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
4/30/2012	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/2/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/30/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
1/30/2012	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Office of Aging and CARE Services - Commission on Aging and Retirement Services (CARE)

FOR the purpose of of requesting the Commissioner of Health and the Acting Commissioner of CARE Services to address the City Council on the transition of CARE from an independent entity to a program under the Health Department’s Office of Aging and CARE Services; to present information on the services available to the elderly; to share plans to address delivery of services to meet the projected increase in the elderly population; and to discuss the methods used to enable Baltimore City’s elderly residents to be aware of and to access federal, state, city, non-profit, and private services and resources.
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Recitals

The Maryland Department of Aging 2009 – 2012 State Plan on Aging introductory message from the Secretary states, in part: “As you know, we face a major demographic challenge in the years ahead. In year 2000, the number of seniors in Maryland was just over 800,000. Today, there are about 900,000, and in five years there will be over one million seniors in Maryland. By 2030, the number is projected to increase to about 1.7 million seniors.”

The report addresses the need to plan for the impact that the retirement of Maryland’s baby boomers will bring: “Fortunately, not all 1.7 million se...