Park County Senior Citizens Corporation

We want to provide more out of the building, community-based and active opportunities for our aging population in all locations, assess programmatic need and expand capacity to pilot programs, create programs that are relevant to the emerging generation of seniors, and expand opportunities for senior housing.

- Continue to maintain and expand affordable housing options via upgrades to existing facilities and potential expansion within through renovation efforts.
- Increase program offering to fill current gaps such as assistance navigating social services needs, additional on-site health clinics, and more options for physical activity and social interaction both on-site and in partnership with other local and regional organizations.
- Increase and stabilize our fundraising development program
- Grow Senior Center membership to at or above pre-COVID levels (985 members in 2019) through increased program offerings and additional membership benefits.

We realize some of these are hefty goals, and they range from short term of 6 months-1 year (add at least 3 new continuously running programs by the end of FY24) to long term of 3-5 years (expanding housing, attaining pre-COVID membership levels, robust and stable major donor programs).

Our current capabilities are increasing as our board and staff have taken a very hands on approach in the past 1.5 years to rebuild relationships within our community and re-evaluate our org structure. Our current level of board participation and the skill set of our small staff has filled many gaps that were present 2-3 years ago, which will continue to provide us with more balanced governance and broader reach both locally and regionally to foster new relationships.

We have increased fundraising efforts and return for the past 2 years, made adjustments to accounting and finance practices, and attained additional ongoing grant funding for core programs. Through these efforts, we are on track to be net positive for FY24, which will give us the additional financial resources needed to begin working on the larger scale programs that will drive many of our core growth strategies.

We have doubled program offerings since re-opening post-COVID in 2022, and have increased volunteer hours by nearly 400% over FY22. The ongoing grant programs have allowed us to stabilize programs that were previously more difficult to maintain, which has allowed us to focus on program expansion, including partnerships with several local and regional small businesses and non-profits.