End of Office of Aging Desk Assessments
Summary
A long-anticipated state change ends the county's in-house desk assessments, which had made up roughly half the department's assessment revenue. Staff adjusted hiring years ago in preparation.
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Last discussed Aug 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
About half of the Office of Aging's assessment revenue is lost; hiring was adjusted in advance.
The state system, through centralized processing; county staff gain relief from a workload burden.
Older residents lose a local safeguard that caught managed-care errors and prevented inadvertent loss of benefits.
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