A local nonprofit agency in charge of disbursing critical funding for programs that support the Central Coast’s senior population will no longer serve that role after conceding its license from the California Department on Aging.
The Central Coast Commission on Senior Citizens, which has served as the Area Agency on Aging for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties since 1975, vacated its license as of Jan. 28 — just days before it was set to appear at a hearing conducted by the state Department of Aging that would decide the fate of its license.
Area Agencies on Aging are the local providers of state Department of Aging programs and funds that serve older adults, adults with disabilities and family caregivers…