GREAT FALLS — As the partial federal government shutdown continues, Cascade County Aging Services says its programs for older adults remain fully-funded and operational.

Director Kim Thiel-Schaaf says the department receives funding through the Older Americans Act and the state of Montana, allowing programs like Meals on Wheels, homemaker and respite care, transportation assistance, and Medicare counseling to continue without interruption for the time being.

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Thiel-Schaaf says, “We help with SNAP applications, we help with the Medicaid waiver, and none of the federal shutdown, or anything has stopped that from happening.”

Cascade County’s Meals on Wheels program se

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