Connecticut Association of Senior Center Personnel

In almost every community across the State of Connecticut, a Senior Center is providing meaningful programs and services that promote wellness, independence and an enriched quality of life.  The 160 Senior Centers, operating autonomously within individual communities, are as diverse as the Towns and Cities they serve.  While we are all familiar with individual Senior Centers, there is actually very little collective knowledge about them.  There is: no defining legislation; no guiding regulations; no centralized collection of information or best practices and; very little understanding of what we actually do in the community. 

We believe that, as Connecticut faces the challenges of an aging population, quality programs provided at a local level will be increasingly important.  We firmly believe that those programs can and should be provided at Senior Centers.  We also recognize that we need to transform our Senior Centers so that they remain relevant and effective.  We cannot do this without our partners in the aging services network and in our communities.

The Connecticut Association of Senior Center Professionals (CASCP) is pleased to present Tomorrow’s Senior Centers: Starting the Conversation. A Profile of Senior Centers in Connecticut, 2011.  We hope that the information in this report will serve as a starting point as we build on the strength of Senior Centers today to create the Senior Centers of tomorrow.