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Department Message
Ske:g tas and Kamduum.
I am Alfhonso Havatone, a member of the Hualapai Nation (The People of the Tall Pines).
Though I have worked within the community for more than 25 years, I joined Senior Services in 2018 overseeing our social support programs and am glad to further my service to the department as its newest Assistant Director. In this role—together with our professional and caring staff—we will strengthen the Home Care Assistance and Support Services programs to ensure the best service to our community seniors and adults with adaptive needs.
Many potential clients are unaware of the depth of our services and how we can help them. For instance, our social workers can help seniors navigate challenges in receiving services, getting needed repairs, or connecting with resources and programs they didn’t even know are available both within the community and outside of it.
We are also working to bring awareness of elderly abuse to other SRPMIC departments. As a community, we should all come together to build a system of support to protect our most vulnerable seniors and adults with adaptive needs by learning to recognize signs of abuse, exploitation and neglect and to report it so we can assist from a strength-based, familyfocused approach. You can read more about that in the Team Spotlight on page 6.
I invite you all to learn more about all that Senior Services has to offer. You can reach any of our programs by contacting us at 480.362.6350 or SeniorServicesInfo@srpmic-nsn.gov .
We are here to serve you.
