Aging & Senior Social Connection

Bill Name
Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program

Bill Number
HB 1103

Year
2024

HB 1103: Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program named in honor of my late neighbor, District 16 champion of the Village Movement, Miriam Kelty. This bill creates a pilot within the Department of Aging providing $240K over three years to the Montgomery County Village Consortium (the Consortium). Villages are volunteer-led grassroots organizations that provide seniors services and social connections so that they can age in place. Seven villages have formed the Consortium to test out a “hub and spoke” model in which administrative tasks are centralized so that village