FY26 Proposed Budget

Racial Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

Strategic Plan Value:

To promote inclusion and diversity among participants.

Department Goal:

Maintain and expand opportunities to reach a diverse audience for on and off-site programs.

Department Objective:

FY 2025 Projected

FY 2026 Estimated

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

Performance Measures: Senior Center member Race/Ethnicity(Based on optional information collected on member registration form)

Out of 1,074 known

Out of 1,138 known

Out of 1,222 known

Out of 1,321 known

Out of 1,425 known

Asian

14 13

11 16

14 18

16 25

20 30 14

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

6 2 1 4

9 3 3 3

6 2 2 3

9 5 3 4

Multi-Racial

7 4 4

Native American/Alaskan

Pacific Islander

White

1,017

1,074

1,158

1,239

1,325

Self-identify

17

19

19

20

21

* At least until levels reflect community demographics of the 50 + population

FY 2025 Projected

FY 2026 Estimated

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

Performance Measures:

Number of diverse representation or culturally responsive programming Percent of Members who participate in the low-income membership program.

26

28

29

30

33

10%

11%

12%

13%

14%

9-11%

9-11%

9-11%

10-12%

10-12%

Goal

To be eligible for the low-income discount program the person must meet one of the following: 1) Current participant in the Iowa City Utility Discount Program; 2) Recipient of Medicaid benefits; 3) Participant in the SNAP program; 4) Participant in the City of Iowa City Assisted housing program; 5) Recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI); 6) Participant in the Elderly Credit Claim on Real Estate Tax or State Rent Reimbursement. According to the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 2016 report, 4.7% of people in Johnson County over 65 live in poverty. However, the poverty rate for the county as a whole is much higher in the range of 13 - 14%.

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