2024 CA For All Public Comments
Thank you Kristen Pursley for your comments! Your response is important to us and will help us make improvements for future events.
Your Comments:
So much information available today! Thank you! I do want to mention that educational opportunities for people as they age are so important. I am with an organization, Older Adults Education Forever, that supports teachers and students in older adults programs in adult school and community college settings. Our older adult students have made it very clear how vital these programs are for them. Unfortunately, older adults education programs are very unequally distributed in California. A few areas have strong programs, but in most areas affordable education opportunities especially designed for seniors are disappearing or gone. California used to offer free classes for older adults through its adult school system, but the state defunded these programs in 2013. Community colleges can still offer free educational opportunities for older adults, funded by the state. But policy pressures on community colleges are causing many to cut back or eliminate classes for older adults, if they ever had them. In order to really create a California for all ages and abilities, the state should consider restoring older adults programs through adult schools and encouraging community colleges to maintain and expand their older adults programs. Educational opportunities advance many of the aims of the Master Plan: combatting isolation, reducing the incidence of dementia, providing seniors with a supportive community and a way to get much-needed information. Educational opportunities for seniors are a "missing piece" of the Master Plan. Including education would help the plan come to fruition in so many ways.
CA for ALL Ages & Abilities – Day of Action
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
8:00am–4:30pm (PT)
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
1400 J Street ? Ballroom A, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
