The Florida Senate

430.07  Office of Volunteer Community Service.--There is created within the Department of Elderly Affairs the Office of Volunteer Community Service. The office shall:

(1)  Compile an inventory of services needed by elderly persons.

(2)  Compile an inventory of services being provided to elderly persons to meet those needs.

(3)  Determine which services needed by elderly persons are not being provided.

(4)  Determine which services currently not being provided can be provided by older persons acting as volunteers.

(5)  Identify those state rules and policies which restrict volunteer service by or for older persons and propose corrective actions.

(6)  Identify methods of promoting volunteer service by and for older persons.

(7)  Develop a comprehensive volunteer program that includes an intergenerational component and draws on the strengths and skills of the state's older population and, to the extent possible, implements the volunteer service credit program.

(8)  Encourage contributions and grants through private, state, and federal sources for the purpose of promoting, implementing, or evaluating volunteer programs by or for older persons.

History.--s. 5, ch. 91-115.