Office for Aging’s Annual Public Hearing

The Onondaga County Office for Aging will hold its Annual Public Hearing from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Bethany Baptist Church.

Onondaga County seniors, senior service providers and the general public are invited to attend, to help plan the future of aging services in the county. The Onondaga Office for Aging will share information on its programs, services and offer a “Senior Scam Prevention” presentation given by Scott Kapral, vice president and senior investigator with BNY Mellon Corporate Security Global Investigations Group. Kapral has extensive practical experience both in conducting and supervising fraud and financial crimes investigations. The Office for Aging will also ask for input on its 2019 Service Plan.

Input is requested on the following questions:

• What One Area, Pertaining to Onondaga County Seniors, Would You Like to See Changed?
• How Can the Office for Aging Help?

The public is encouraged to attend. Call (315) 435-2362 ext. 4945 if special accommodations are required. The event will be real-time captioned. Light refreshments will be served.

If you can’t attend, the Office for Aging welcomes comments on the 2019 Service Plan. Copies will be available online at (http://www.ongov.net/aging/news.html) or call (315) 435-2362 to request a copy.  Comments can be emailed to cherrylamb@ongov.net (please put PLAN2019 in the subject line of the email) or fax to: (315) 435-3129, Attention: Pete Headd. Written comments must be received by Nov. 16.