Aging Home
TELEPHONE: 361-578-1587
FAX: 361-578-8865
INFORMATION & REFERRAL LINE 1-800--574-9745
WEBSITE: http://www.gcrpc.org
E-MAIL: cindyco@gcrpc.org
POSTAL ADDRESS: Golden Crescent Area
Agency on Aging
568 Big Bend Dr.
Victoria, Texas 77904
PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 568 Big Bend Drive
Victoria, Texas 77904
ABOUT THE GOLDEN CRESCENT AREA AGENCY ON AGING
The
Golden Crescent Area Agency on Aging (AAA)
is one of twenty-eight in the state, and more than 700 in the United States and
its Territories. The Golden
Crescent Regional Planning Commission is
designated to serve the needs of the elderly in Calhoun, Dewitt, Goliad,
Jackson, Lavaca and Victoria counties. This
is accomplished by administering federal grants under Title III of the Older
Americans Act.
The
major responsibility of the AAA is to develop a comprehensive and coordinated
plan that demonstrates how the needs of the elderly in the region will be met.
This three-year Area Plan begins with consumer input gathered through
surveys and public hearings. The
Regional Health and Human Services Advisory Committee, comprised of
representatives from each county, carefully considers this information, then
helps shape the data into a list of priority services to fund using the Title
III resources.
Providing
the services is accomplished through a combination of subcontracting and direct
service arrangements. The local
subcontractors consist of four senior citizens associations, two units of local
government and three, public, non-profit organizations.
The major services include senior center meals, home-delivered meals,
transportation, light housekeeping, preventive health activities, information
and referral and advocacy. AAA
services reached over 8,000 elderly citizens in the region last year.