2.49.070 Funding Priorities.
The priorities for funding of these senior center services shall include a deference to programs and activities provided in unincorporated areas of the County and consideration for senior center services that demonstrate the ability to consistently deliver high quality, cost-effective programs that improve the health, well-being and independence of vulnerable populations. High quality programs are those that:
A. Respond to the needs and interests of a diverse population of older adults from different cultural, generational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and with increasingly complex social and physical needs;
B. Offer and encourage participation in evidence-based programs;
C. Employ strategies to increase participation from older adults who do not regularly attend senior centers including, but not limited to, those who do not have access to a senior center in their neighborhood; and those whose language and culture may present a challenge to participation;
D. Build upon neighborhood strengths and community assets;
E. Develop partnerships that leverage and fully utilize existing resources, and which are supported by diverse and sustainable funding streams; and
F. Hire and retain quality staff and provide opportunities to develop local leaders/volunteers to support the center and the community.