After recent federal funding cuts, 12 older adults working for Community Development for All People lost their jobs at the end of June.
They were placed there by Vantage Aging Columbus’ Senior Community Service Employment Program, which paid them to work part-time.
“These folks are losing their community. It’s more than a job here. It’s actually a community,” said Mike Premo, the executive director of Community Development for All People. “So when they lose that income, it makes it harder for them to afford transportation, to get here, to even spend time and see the people that they’ve grown to know and love.”…