SWEETWATER COUNTY Both the Golden Hour Senior Center (GHSC) and the Young at Heart Community Center (YAH) are participating in this year’s AARP Wyoming Care for Critters program and still have plenty of tags for residents to choose from.
The Care of Critters program helps seniors pay for food, vaccines, and other items for their pets through donations, as well as funding from AARP Wyoming and Petco. In April, seniors over 60 years of age fill out an application form with their pet’s needs. Those requests are transferred to tags and then placed out in a public area for residents to take.
Wyoming’s statewide budget shortfall is affecting just about every facet of life as we know it.
The decline in oil and gas production and other factors is causing a ripple effect forcing many organizations to rethink how they do business. The Young at Heart Senior Center in Rock Springs is in that same boat.
Wyoming In-Home Services (WIS) is one of the most widely-used programs provided by YAH, but it was “on the chopping block” by the state this past year, according to Executive Director Rachelle Morris.
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Morris said WIS is the program the center uses to help people remain in their homes for as long as possible.