Trumbull sheriff starting new program to aid senior citizens

WARREN — The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Department plans to start a new program Feb. 26 that will help protect senior citizens who live outside the cities from being crime victims and link them with other services.

Don Guarino, chief of operations for the department, said two coordinators each working 20 hours per week will help seniors by educating them on scams, such as unnecessary roof repairs.

The two coordinators, who work various hours including nights and weekends, will make $12 per hour to start.

Their salaries and other costs, such as advertisements providing information to seniors, will come from a $50,000 allocation county commissioners are expected to approve this week.

The money will come from funds collected by the seniors levy approved by voters in November 2005.

Lisa Solley, spokeswoman for the Area Agency on Aging 11, which oversees the spending of the levy money for the county commissioners, said Trumbull County will be the first county in the agency’s four-county district to formulate such a neighboring program.

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