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Florida, Alabama Elderly Get More Hurricane Relief
Funds from Administration on Aging
April 25, 2005 - Assistant Secretary Josefina
Carbonell, Administration on Agiing, announced today that two states
will receive an additional $3 million in supplemental hurricane relief
funds. The state of Alabama will receive $500,000 and the state of
Florida will receive $2.5 million which will be used for ongoing
assistance to frail elders affected by hurricanes last year. The AoA
also contributed $17.2 million to Florida last year as part of a $42.6
million gathered by HHS.
In making the first award, the agency said the
money would be used to pay for minor home repairs and chore services,
meals, case management, individual and group counseling, and temporary
housing.
More than six months after the devastating
hurricane season of 2004, there are elders in Alabama and Florida who
continue receiving hurricane related assistance from local
community-based aging organizations, said Assistant Secretary Carbonell.
This grant of an additional $3 million in hurricane relief funds to
Alabama and Floridas aging network will help in providing our seniors
with the supportive assistance they need to continue rebuilding their
lives.
The supplemental funds will continue to provide
hurricane victims with case management and counseling assistance; home
repair; chore services; and relocation assistance.
AoA has continued to work closely with these two
states along with other Federal Agencies, to assist in the recovery in
those communities hardest hit by the hurricanes. Given the widespread
devastation, extensive long-term recovery efforts are needed to help
restore safe and livable environments for older persons.
The AoA is a Federal agency dedicated to policy
development, planning and the delivery of supportive home and
community-based services to older persons and their caregivers through
the national aging network of state and local agencies on aging, tribal
organizations, service providers and volunteers.
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