The DC City Council Committee on Aging and Community Affairs will conduct a performance hearing on the DC Office of Aging on February 24th, at 10:00 AM at the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW (room 412). The Committee is chaired by Yvette Alexander. Committee members are: Jim Graham, Mary Cheh, Harry Thomas, and Michael Brown.

The purpose of the hearing is to review the work of the Office on Aging over the past year. Alan Dinsmore, representing the Elder Think Tank, testified at a similar hearing held last year. A video of his testimony is available on the DC Center YouTube page (click here to see the testimony).

At the last hearing Dinsmore testified that the Department of Aging planned to add a questions about sexual orientation and gender identity into the standard intake form used by agencies funded through the Department of Aging. Now, more than a year later, this change has still not been made.

Any individual wishing to testify about the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender seniors is encouraged to do so. You may sign up to testify by contacting Victor Bonnett at vbonett@dccouncil.us or 202 724-8068.