The Community & Senior Services Division is housed at the Jack Crippen Multipurpose Senior Center, which is a one-stop multipurpose center and focal point where services provided by licensed professional staff, volunteers, and outside agencies are available.

The division’s goal is to help individuals’ age in place by providing valuable services at the Multi-Purpose Senior Center and in the home. The Center is open to anyone 50 years of age or older but certain activities and services have age restrictions. Adult education and Bingo are open to anyone over 18 years of age. Lunch is served 11:30 AM Monday through Friday with a suggested donation of $2.00 for those 60 years of age and older. Care management services are available to functionally impaired individuals 18 years of age and over who need assistance in obtaining services that will allow them to remain safely in their homes. Information & assistance helps individuals resolve a wide array of problems by referring them to community resources, which can help them with their problem or acting as an advocate to resolve certain problems. Free educational classes, seminars, health screenings, and advocacy services are held on a regular basis.

The Los Angeles County Department of Senior and Community Services has designated the City of El Monte Senior Center as a focal point on aging for the dissemination of multi-purpose information about services available to older adults in the community. As such the Jack Crippen Multipurpose Senior Center has become a highly visible and accessible facility where everyone can obtain information and has access to a variety of services ranging from leisure programs, health care, nutrition, legal advice, social services and consumer advocacy. For families, the center serves as a focal point and resource that supports their efforts in caring for an aging relative or friend.

The Jack Crippen Senior Center / Community & Senior Services Division is committed to serving as a hub in the community spotlighting its concern for its older adults.

Fee and free adult education and contract classes are available at the center, for those 18 years of age and older.

Adult education classes and activities such as exercise, needle-craft, and English-As-A-Second-Language are available.

Several senior clubs and organizations meet. Bingo is held every Monday at 10:00 AM and Thursday evenings at 6:30 PM. More than 8,000 individuals a month benefit from the programs of this division, call for specific hours of operation.

If you have any questions about the services and/or activities offered by the Community & Senior Services Division please call (626) 580-2210, Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

The Senior Nutrition Program meals are designed to give you at least one-third of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of important vitamins and nutrients with less sodium and less fat! Nutrients found in the meals help maintain muscle mass, bone strength, healthy vision, and provide antioxidants to help protect from a multitude of diseases. The Nutrition Program is offered to those 60 years of age and older or their respective spouses, regardless of age.

Lunch is served Monday through Friday at 11:30 AM, for a suggested donation of $2.00 for those 60 years of age or older. No eligible individual shall be denied participation because of failure or inability to contribute. Please call us at least 24 hours in advance to make your reservation at: (626) 580-2211.

Nutrition Consultation
Individual nutritional advice and consultation regarding special diets can be arranged with a registered dietitian. Call (626) 580-2211 for an appointment.

The Integrated Care Management Program (ICM) assists those over 60 years of age and experiencing increasing difficulty performing the daily tasks of everyday life, such as walking, dressing, bathing, housecleaning, and management of medications. The ICM Program also assists family caregivers 18+ caring for an adult 60 years or older or a caregiver 60 years or older caring for a child 18 or under. Must be a blood relative and living with child.

The ICM program has as its goal the prevention of premature or unnecessary institutionalization for frail elders (60 years of age and older).

Licensed professional staff is available who can assist you in finding the help that best suits your needs, such as in-home assistance, home-delivered meals, assistive devices, advocacy with doctors and public benefit programs and much more. Information & assistance helps individuals resolve a wide array of problems by referring them to community resources, which can help them with their problem or acting as an advocate to resolve certain problems. Assistance with filling out public benefit applications is additionally provided.

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The City of El Monte, Community Services Department, in conjunction with the California Department of Education, provides free BREAKFAST and LUNCH during the summer months.

The program is designed to service children who are 18 years of age or younger. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Department of Education’s Nutrition Services Division (NSD) prohibit discrimination in all their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability.

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The PLACE (Policies for Livable, Active Communities and Environments) Initiative is a grant funded program through the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Initiative in 2008, the City of El Monte will develop a Health and Wellness Element for the El Monte General Plan, with proposed components addressing physical activity, access to healthy food, public safety and security, and access to recreation.

The Community and Senior Services Division will collaborate closely with the Community Development Department (planning and engineering), the Police Department and the City Manager’s Office throughout the grant cycle to successfully implement the initiative. The City is also collaborating with the El Monte City School District, AltaMed Health Services, Amigos de los Rios, the California Community Foundation and other community based organizations.

For more information please visit www.HealthyElMonte.org.

The physical project component of the PLACE Initiative is the development of the 1.1 mile circuit walking path with mileage markers and signage connecting various civic, educational, retail and health care facilities in the area.

Join the Healthy El Monte Walking Club

Signing up for the walking club is FREE and easy, just visit us during our walking club hours and fill out a registration form.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Saturday
8:30am	8:30am	8:30am	8:30am	8:30am
11:30am	11:30am	11:30am	11:30am	11:30am
6:30pm	6:30pm	6:30pm		6:30pm

There are no meetings on Friday and Saturday.T-shirts, pedometers and other health related materials are provided to all members.

Funding provided by the Center for Civic Partnership,
California Healthy Cities and Communities Initiative

The Presidents’ Council (membership is made up of club presidents and Seniors of the Year) serves as the ambassadors and advocates of the Jack Crippen Multipurpose Senior Center. Established in 1975 and recognized as a 503(c) tax-exempt organization in 1993, the Presidents’ Council exists as an unincorporated association by its members. The purpose of the Presidents’ Council is to bring together a closer relationship between clubs and organizations and their respective members, through the use of the Jack Crippen Multipurpose Senior Citizens Center.

The Presidents’ Council is:

1) sets standards for all clubs and activities to operate under

2) promotes goodwill between the El Monte Community and Older Adults

3) plans various activities involving all seniors

4) helps raise funds that enhance the operations and programs of the      Jack Crippen Multipurpose Senior Center

5) establishes and monitors quality control and performance of the      Integrated Care Management and the Senior Nutrition Program.