Community Health & Social

Area Agency on Aging is a nonprofit organization providing services to more than 420,000 people age 60 and above residing in Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair and Washtenaw counties in Michigan. The organization advocates issues concerning older adults and persons with disabilities and prepares plans for meeting those needs through home and community services. It allocates and administers federal, state and private funds to support home and community-based services. Its home-based services include personal care, in-home respite for caregivers, homemaking, home chore assistance, home delivered meals and home injury control. Some of the community-based services supported by the agency include adult day services, long-term care ombudsman, vision and hearing impaired services, out-of-home respite for caregivers, resource advocacy, legal assistance, counseling, senior center staffing, employment and elder abuse prevention. Area Agency on Aging is located in Southfield, Mich.

Port Huron City Public Works is one of the departments of the city of Port Huron, Mich. It is responsible for planning, designing and constructing the physical facilities of the city, including infrastructure elements, streets, water and sewage system, and public buildings. The department is involved in constructing and operating new and existing facilities. It is divided into three major operating divisions engineering, streets and utilities. The utilities division is responsible for treatment and distribution of potable water to various customer locations, such as homes, businesses and industries. It is also involved in treatment of wastewater and contaminant removal, and operating storm water and sanitary sewer systems. The department s street division focuses on maintaining pavement line markings, street signage and traffic control devices, disposal of trash, barricading, road closures, detour routes and sealing, asphalt and pothole repairs, and street sweeping.