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HARRISBURG â The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) has joined with Slippery Rock University (SRU) to launch a pilot program to offer students in recreational therapy and behavioral sciences programs real world experience by completing service-learning projects that included interactions with older adults.
The Butler and Mercer County Area Agencies on Aging connected more than 100 seniors with PDA, who coordinated with the university to launch the program during SRUâs 2020 fall semester. The program will continue in the universityâs spring semester.
During the pilot program, students from the Recreational Therapy for Older Adults and Aging and the Older Person classes engaged with seniors typically twice a week either over the phone or virtually if the senior had access to videoconferencing technology. The students earned service-learning hours, gained skills in virtual assessment and implementing interventions while participating in a variety of activities with
Reminder: Deadline for property tax/rent rebate program is Dec 31 tiogapublishing.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tiogapublishing.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dec 14, 2020
âHARRISBURG – Older adults and people with disabilities have until Thursday, December 31, 2020 to apply for rebates on property taxes and rent paid in 2019. The departments of Revenue and Aging are reminding Pennsylvanians that the rebates are available through the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program, which has delivered more than $6.8 billion to eligible applicants since the program’s inception in 1971.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting many Pennsylvanians this year, it is especially important that all eligible applicants take advantage of the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program,” Revenue Secretary Dan Hassell said. “Last claim year this program delivered nearly $244 million to older and disabled Pennsylvanians throughout the commonwealth. If you know anyone who might be eligible, please encourage them to fill out an application so they can benefit from the program.”