Washington, D.C.–U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the highly effective Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced that she secured $1.5 million for SeniorsPlus within the Fiscal 12 months 2023 Transportation, Housing, and City Improvement appropriations invoice. Because the Rating Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and City Improvement Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored the invoice.
The omnibus funding bundle handed the Senate by a vote of 68–29. It would now be handed by the Home earlier than heading to the President’s desk to be signed into regulation.
“SeniorsPlus really makes a distinction all through Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties. Workers, board members, volunteers, and supporters are devoted to empowering our seniors to stay within the security and safety of their very own properties at any time when potential,” stated Senator Collins. “By supporting the development of a brand new facility that can home SeniorsPlus’ Meals on Wheels kitchen and assembly area, this funding will assist older Mainers stay wholesome and maintain them engaged within the communities that they love.”
“SeniorsPlus is so happy to study the information that we’ve got been included within the $1.5 million Fiscal 12 months 2023 Transportation, Housing, and City Improvement appropriations invoice,” stated Betsy Sawyer-Manter, President and CEO of SeniorsPlus. “We prolong our deep appreciation to Senator Collins for her help of our endeavor in being higher in a position to serve our shoppers now and into the longer term.”
The funding will help the development of a state-of-the-art facility that can home a brand new Meals on Wheels kitchen, which can serve seniors in Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties. This new kitchen will produce nutritious and scrumptious meals, made with domestically sourced meals when accessible. The design will enhance the effectivity of manufacturing, from cooking, packaging, packing meals to delivering them out the door to the ready volunteer driver.
The rest of the power will home a bigger Schooling Middle providing help teams, evidenced based mostly lessons that help wholesome getting old, and different topical areas of curiosity for older adults. The lessons are primarily volunteer led and help in decreasing isolation and loneliness. The constructing will even double as a congregate/social eating web site.
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