ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Board of Aging wants to shift funding for senior services to the fast-growing Twin Cities – and away from rural areas that are losing population. The proposal would take $250,000 from southeast Minnesota. Sheila Kiscaden, an Olmsted County commissioner, has objected: “The rural areas are having the biggest needs.” At risk, she said, are senior services like legal services, information and assistance programs, chore and homemaker assistance, assisted transportation, and senior meals.
