City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0273R

• File #: 15-0273R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Action - Restore Senior Center Operating Fund Cuts
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/26/2015
• In control: Urban Affairs and Aging Committee
• Final action: 11/16/2015
• Title: Request for State Action - Restore Senior Center Operating Fund Cuts FOR the purpose of calling on the Maryland Department of Aging to immediately reverse the more than twothirds cut to Baltimore's Senior Center Operating Funds award and restore FY 2016 funding levels to at least those awarded in FY 2015 to avoid further endangering the health and wellbeing of our vulnerable elderly population.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Brandon M. Scott, Eric T. Costello, James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, Bill Henry, Nick Mosby, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Cuts, Fund, Operating, Request for State Action, Restoring, Senior Center

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
11/16/2015	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably
11/12/2015	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
10/29/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
10/29/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Commission on Aging and Retirement Education
10/26/2015	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/26/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
10/26/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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: Councilmembers Clarke and Middleton


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for State Action - Restore Senior Center Operating Fund Cuts
FOR the purpose of calling on the Maryland Department of Aging to immediately reverse the more than twothirds cut to Baltimore's Senior Center Operating Funds award and restore FY 2016 funding levels to at least those awarded in FY 2015 to avoid further endangering the health and wellbeing of our vulnerable elderly population.
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Recitals

The Senior Center Operating Funds (SCOF) program provides money from the Maryland Department of Aging to be distributed across the board to for-profit, nonprofit, and city-operated senior centers to cover operations and programming. Last year, Baltimore was provided with $146,000 in SCOF support that was distributed to 15 senior centers throughout the City.

However, after finding that Baltimore does not qualify as a ?distressed jurisdiction? the Maryland Department of Aging cut this year?s grant by more than two-thirds to only $45,000, putting many critical programs for seniors at risk. If the full funding is not restored it will lead to cuts in budgets for transportation, utilities, supplies, and contractual services such as classes that will fall particularly hard on non-profit senior centers.
Many senior center participants are on limited incomes, and most of them could not afford to join a gym ...