Without the money, the organization has furloughed 800 seniors nationwide, including 52 in western Washington, many of them elderly Asian and Pacific Islanders.
SEATTLE — Thousands of older workers nationwide, including many Asian and Pacific Islander elders in Washington, are being furloughed after the Trump administration delayed federal funding for a program that helps senior citizens support themselves.
Clayton Fong, CEO of the Seattle-based National Asian Pacific Center on Aging, called the delay “senseless and devastating” and said it is creating “tremendous hardship” for some of the nation’s most vulnerable elders.
The U.S. Department of Labor has held up money for the Senior Community
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