LTC 097-2022 Visit from Department of Elder Affairs Secretary097-2022
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Alina T. Hudak, City Manag ~
DATE: March 11, 2022
SUBJECT: Visit from Department of Elder Affairs Secretary
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to inform the Mayor and City Commission
that our partners at UNIDAD were nominated by the Alliance on Aging to represent Public
Service Area 11 (Miami-Dade County) as the agency to represent all funding recipients
of Older American Act Funding distributed by the Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA).
DOEA Secretary Michelle Branham will be visiting on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from
11 :30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. for her first post-pandemic visit to South Florida. In addition to
touring the North Beach Senior Center during her visit , Secretary Branham will join the
seniors at the congregate meal site. A short program will welcome the Secretary, with
remarks from representatives from UNI DAD of Miami Beach, the City of Miami Beach and
the Alliance for the Aging.
We are very honored to be able to showcase the North Beach Senior Center, our DOEA
funded programming, as well as other senior socialization and recreational activities
offered in partnership with various funding agencies.
The Mayor and Commission and City staff are encouraged to attend.