How Senior Assistance Program Survived After City Funding Cuts

The Novato Independent Elders Program, which helps seniors continue to live in their own homes, is alive and well because of change in organizational support from the city of Novato to a nonprofit based in Walnut Creek, according to a story in the .

Financial support from the and the Marin Coutny Board of Supervisors allowed the 20-year-old program, based at the , to avoid shutting after the city had to make massive budget cuts the past two years.

The program offers grocery shopping, health and wellness clinics, computer assistance, health insurance counseling and many other services that improve the quality of life for seniors.

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