Issue Position: Caring for our Seniors

Issue Position

Tax-Breaks for Seniors
Orlando authored legislation to create a program that allows senior citizens an opportunity to work-off up to $1,000 of their property taxes by volunteering for certain departments within the city of Springfield. The ordinance passed on November 18, 2019.

Springfield Senior Center
Orlando supported the funding for the new $12.5 million Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center which opened to the public in February of 2018.

Funding for In-Home Care
As your State Representative, Orlando will fight for more funding for in-home care, so that all seniors may have the option for independent living.

Affordable Healthcare
As your State Representative, Orlando will work to ensure that all seniors have access to affordable healthcare; and he will vote in favor of expanded Medicare Savings Programs.

Expanded Meals-on-Wheels
As your State Representative, Orlando will advocate for expanded services for programs that are essential to serving our seniors, such as Meals-on-Wheels.

Indian Orchard's Purple Cane
Along with lifelong Indian Orchard resident Pat Voisine, Orlando Ramos helped the Indian Orchard Community begin a new tradition called "The Purple Cane". The Purple Cane is similar to the Golden Cane tradition and recognizes the oldest living resident in the community of Indian Orchard. Purple is the official color of Indian Orchard. The first Purple Cane was given in 2014 to 103-year-old Margaret Popko, and in 2017, 100-year-old World War II veteran Walter C. Alexander received the cane.

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