NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF AGING
Aging Our Way, PA; Public Comment Period
[54 Pa.B. 733]
[Saturday, February 17, 2024]The Department of Aging (Department) will be accepting public comments on Aging Our Way, PA beginning on February 20, 2024. Previously known as the Master Plan for Older Adults, Aging Our Way, PA will provide a unified and realistic plan to guide every older adult, family and stakeholder through a shared vision of how individuals determine to age their way with dignity, self-determination and supports and services they need to remain independent.
Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2023-09 on May 25, 2023, available at https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230523_EO2023-09.pdf, directing the Secretary of Aging to lead the effort in coordination with a steering committee, other State agencies and external stakeholders to ''evaluate issues facing older Pennsylvanians in order to set forth a Commonwealth Master Plan for Older Adults.'' Governor Shapiro set a deadline to receive Aging Our Way, PA for his review by February 1, 2024. The second draft of Aging Our Way, PA was submitted to Governor Shapiro on January 31, 2024.
The public comment period will be between Tuesday, February 20, 2024, and Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and will be used to gain a final round of input from all stakeholders in anticipation of completion.
Aging Our Way, PA is available for review at https://www.aging.pa.gov/publications/MasterPlan/Pages/default.aspx.
Comments can be directed to agingplan@pa.gov or to Attn: Aging Our Way, PA, 555 Walnut Street, 5th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101.
JASON KAVULICH,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-185. Filed for public inspection February 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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