Input from hearings will help agency with 3-year plan

RANTOUL – Older adults, caregivers, grandparents raising grandkids and others can learn about local and state initiatives on aging at a series of public hearings next week.

The East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging, which covers a 16-county region, will conduct hearings at five central Illinois locations starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Rantoul Community Service Center, 520 E. Wabash, Rantoul. Other hearings are scheduled in Bloomington, Mattoon, Decatur and Danville.

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