The Center assists the Utah Commission on Aging in assessing the current and future needs of the State's aging population and how those needs could be met.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $104,700 from all sources for Center on Aging. This is a 2.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $104,700 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
Commission Meeting Particpants, Community Partners, % with Access to Resource Centers
The Center on Aging has identified performance measures of the number of individual participants in Commission meetings and working groups, and number of community partners developing and teaching senior housing guidelines.
The Utah Center on Aging was authorized within the University of Utah by Senate Bill 26 during the 2007 General Session. The bill provided authorization for the Center through July 1, 2009. During the 2009 General Session, the sunset date was extended to July 1, 2012. In the 2012 General Session, S.B.131, "Reauthorization of Utah Commission on Aging" passed, which extended the sunset date to 2017. Ongoing funding in the amount of $100,000 from the General Fund was also approved.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.