Area Plan
Every four years the Olympic Area Agency on Aging (O3A) seeks broad input from our community members in Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Pacific Counties to help us develop an Area Plan. The Area Plan guides our work in building a more age and disability friendly community that supports aging in the place of the client’s choice. Once approved, the Area Plan provides a road map for program development, funding priorities, and planning for the Olympic region.
The Area Plan includes the regional demographics, identifies trends, strengths and weaknesses in the long term care system available to our region, as well as goals and objectives. O3A’s Advisory Council members play a lead role in helping to develop the plan and in guiding the Plan’s work. Once completed, the Area Plan is submitted to the Council of Governments through a public hearing process. Once finalized the Plan is sent to the State Unit on Aging, part of the DSHS Aging and Long Term Support Administration, which in turn files a State Plan on Aging with the federal Administration on Aging, all part of the Aging Network authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965.
2024-2027 Draft Area Plan
2024-2027 Area Plan Public Hearing Schedule
It is O3A policy that public meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. If you need assistance to participate, due to a disability as defined under the Americas with disabilities Act or Washington Law Against Discrimination, please contact michelle.fogus@dshs.wa.gov or call 360-538-8876 to request an accommodation at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
Clallam County- October 10th, 2023, 1-2:00pm
Clallam County Courthouse – Board of Commissioners Board Room 160
223 East 4th Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362
No zoom
Grays Harbor County- October 9, 2023, 2-3:00pm
Grays Harbor County – Small Commissioner Meeting Room
100 W. Broadway, Ste 1
Montesano, WA 98563
Zoom
Meeting ID: 859 6248 3492
Passcode: OA3
One tap mobile: (253) 215 8782
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85962483492?pwd=Wm5jWWFiblRLUmRLWVZCald3dG1UQT09
Jefferson County- October 10th, 2023, 10-11:00am
Jefferson County Courthouse – 1st Floor Conference Room
1820 Jefferson St,
Port Townsend, WA 98368
No zoom
Pacific County-October 13, 2023, 2-3:00pm
Pacific County Courthouse – Annex Comm. Meeting Room
1216 W Robert Bush Drive
South Bend, WA 98586
Zoom
Meeting ID: 985 5589 1971
One tap mobile: (253) 215 8782
https://zoom.us/j/98555891971
Current Area Plan
A copy of the current O3A Area Plan 2020-2023 can be found here.
If you have questions about the area plan or would like to provide feedback on this plan, please contact our office at 360-538-8876 and speak to Michelle Fogus, Planning and Program Development Manager.
2022 – 2023 Area Plan Update
Area Plans are updated during the intervening two years to report on changes and goal efforts. Below is a link to the Draft 2022-2023 O3A Area Plan Update. This draft has been approved by the Council of Governments and submitted to the Aging and Long Term Care Support Administration for final approval. The Draft O3A Area Plan Update can be found here: O3A 2022-2023 Area Plan Update DRAFT 11-1-2021