News Council on Aging 2018 budget amounts to more money than once thought, revenue tripled BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Jan 5, 2018 The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging is ending up with an even bigger budget than originally anticipated for 2018 – one that’s more than trip…
News Pay raises possibly on deck for East Baton Rouge Council on Aging employees BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Oct 20, 2017 The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging is mulling whether to give pay raises to its employees before the agency adds 40 positions over the next…
+3 News Council on Aging supporter funded buses that shuttled hundreds of seniors to Metro Council meeting BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Jun 24, 2017 A Baton Rouge businessman and longtime Council on Aging supporter says he paid for buses that delivered seniors en masse to the June 14 Metro …
+27 News Scandals, legal disputes not enough to stop Metro Council from approving collection of tax for Council on Aging BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Jun 14, 2017 Months of scandals, checkered audits and multiple legal disputes were not enough Wednesday, said Baton Rouge Metro Council members, to overtur…
+6 News Baton Rouge lawmakers seek more 'basic ... common sense' oversight for Council on Aging BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Mar 31, 2017 The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging could face a board overhaul and more oversight by the Metro Council if proposals from both state and loc…
News Baton Rouge Council on Aging finished 2016 with even bigger deficit than previous year, audit says BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Feb 6, 2017 An audit of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging released Monday shows the agency finished 2016 with a $221,760 deficit — a more than 9 perce…
+8 News East Baton Rouge Council on Aging implements transparency changes after tax backlash BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Jan 26, 2017 The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging is creating a new group to help guide how it will spend money from a successful tax election in November…
+3 News Conservative East Baton Rouge Chamber calls for investigations into Council on Aging BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Nov 22, 2016 Calls for oversight and investigation into the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging erupted Tuesday at a Chamber of East Baton Rouge luncheon, af…
+2 News Senior group misused Council on Aging nonprofit status to send mailer, officials say BY ANDREA GALLO | agallo@theadvocate.com Oct 25, 2016 A recent mailer in support of a dedicated tax for the East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging wrongly was sent out using a discounted postage…