“It’s really wonderful Clark County voters recognize the mission of United Senior Services,” said Director Maureen Fagans after the election.
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She said the new money will help seniors. The additional revenue will cover costs to meet growing demand for in-home services such as meal deliveries and providing personal care aides, for example.
Fagans said its been 15 years that the senior services have been operating on a 1 mill levy, but it is not enough. Now that the levy has passed, it will allow the agency to add staff to provide a variety of additional services and respond to the needs of local residents more quickly, she said.
“We have waiting lists on almost all of our services,” she said.
She said she was confident the issue would be approved, but it wasn’t clear by how wide a margin. The fact it passed easily was encouraging, she said.
“We’ve been cautiously optimistic,” Fagans said. “The feedback we have been getting back has been positive.”
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