Source: US State of Pennsylvania
April 03, 2025 – Greensburg, PA
ADVISORY – WESTMORELAND COUNTY – Department of Aging to Announce Another Level of Promised Transparency to Keep Older Pennsylvanians Safe, Showcase How New Approach is Leading to Drastic Performance Improvements at Local Area Agency on Aging
Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary Jason Kavulich will join Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and county leaders to announce that another level of promised public transparency of AAA performance is now available online and highlight how the Department’s overhauled approach to working with AAAs has led the county agency’s compliance rate for older adult protective services to hit nearly 100%.
This is just one example of how the Department’s new approach of working supportively with AAAs – to ensure they have the tools they need to improve – is generating measurable results across the AAA network.
The Department has been taking action to modernize how it monitors the work of the Commonwealth’s 52 AAAs, which provide a host of services to older adults. Last month, the Department announced a much-needed overhaul of the Department’s monitoring system, CAPE – an innovative tool that is designed to boost transparency and accountability of AAA performance. This month, the Department will begin publicly posting performance results on its website for the first batch of AAAs to be monitored under CAPE, with more AAA performance results regularly added.
WHO:
Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich
Westmoreland County AAA Executive Director Carrie Nelson
Westmoreland County AAA staff
Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners
WHEN:
TOMORROW, Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 1:00 PM
WHERE:
Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging, 200 S. Main St, Greensburg, 15601
MEDIA RSVP:
Media interested in attending must RSVP with the name of photographer/reporter to agingcomms@pa.gov.