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Title
Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland
Contact
- Seniors Project life
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- Springfield Illinois
- United States 62704
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- +1.2177879234
Description
The Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland is a regional planning agency which represents the area’s elderly population. It is responsible for the development of a coordinated systems for delivering services to individuals 60 years of age and over and to informal family caregivers. The Area Agency on Aging is a private, not-for-profit organization, governed by a Board of Directors and assisted by an Advisory Council whose members reside throughout the service area. In 1973, the Illinois Department on Aging designated this agency as the area agency for the central Illinois counties of Cass, Christian, Greene, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott.
With state and federal funds, the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland awards grants and contracts funding to local organizations to provide for a variety of services and advocates on behalf of the elderly and family caregivers. There is no charge for these services funded by Area Agencies on Aging for Lincolnland , but voluntary contributions to the service provider agency are accepted. Such donations are used by the programs to provide additional services to older persons.
The Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland is one of more than 650 Area Agencies across the nation. They were created as the result of the 1973 Amendments to the federal Older Americans Act of 1965. All parts of the United States are served by area agencies on aging. For information on aging services in other parts of the country, you may contact the Eldercare Locator, a service of the United States Administration on Aging, at 1-800-677-1116 or click on this link to go to their website.
