WCAAA Mission Statement

The mission of the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging, Inc., is to develop, manage and provide comprehensive services for seniors, caregivers and individuals with disabilities through person-centered planning in order to maintain their independence and quality of life.

 

About Us

The Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (WCAAA) is a private, non-profit corporation. Through designation as an Area Agency on Aging, the WCAAA is a funding source for services designed to maintain seniors in the community. Funding is derived from federal, state and local sources with clients contributing toward the cost of many supportive services. The WCAAA is a resource for information and referral to services for older adults and through research, serving as an advocate for older adults in the 41-town reigon.

Federal and non-federal funding finances services such as congregate and home delivered meals, legal, chore, health, adult day care/respite, transportation, veterans outreach, senior centers, benefits outreach and health screenings for seniors in the 41 town western CT area. Our home based senior assessments frequently act as a gateway to our programs and services. The Agency administers the statewide Alzheimer Respite Care Program, as well as the following programs with federal funding: National Family Caregiver Support, Money Follows the Person, Live Well, Congregate Housing Service, a Veteran's Program, the Medicare focused CHOICES and SMP (Medicare Fraud) programs and through a contract with the local housing Authorities, the Resident Service Coordination Project.  As a State of Connecticut contractor, we administer the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders for Waterbury residents.  As a member of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the WCAAA is part of a national referral network focused on assisting seniors and caregivers.  The WCAAA and Independence Northwest, in partnership, function as the designated Aging and Disability Resource Center for the Western Area (see below).

 

The WCAAA serves 41 towns in Western Connecticut

Barkhamsted
Beacon Falls
Bethel
Bethlehem
Bridgewater
Brookfield
Canaan
Cheshire
Colebrook

Cornwall
Danbury
Goshen
Harwinton
Kent
Litchfield
Middlebury
Morris

Naugatuck
New Fairfield
New Hartford
New Milford
Newtown
Norfolk
North Canaan
Prospect

Redding
Ridgefield
Roxbury
Salisbury
Sharon
Sherman
Southbury
Thomaston

Torrington
Warren
Washington
Waterbury
Watertown
Winchester
Wolcott
Woodbury