Appendix B. Assessment Methodology

The Action Plan Advisory Committee

In late 2023, Sacramento County partnered with consulting firm, Pear Street, to form an Advisory Committee to support the completion of the County’s first-ever Local Aging and Disability-Friendly Action Plan. 

The Advisory Committee candidates represented a mix of local age and disability policy and service, demographics, and geographies. The 15-member body met for the first time on February 29, 2024, and each month thereafter until the completion of the Action Plan in December 2024. 

The Advisory Committee helped guide preparations for community listening sessions. Members supported a regional meeting of city and county leaders in October 2024, and a launch event to promote the Action Plan in early 2025. 

The Advisory Committee helped interpret the data collected from community listening sessions. They used the data to develop a set of recommended projects and solutions for the Action Plan. 

A full list of Advisory Committee members is available in the Leadership Team section of the draft Plan.

Community Listening Sessions 

Sacramento County and the Advisory Committee wanted an Action Plan that was community driven. The priorities and solutions in the Plan needed to come from County residents. 

The County conducted twenty-six (26) listening sessions with residents from February 2022 to August 2024. These listening sessions provided an opportunity for residents to share unmet needs for older adults and people living with disabilities and to brainstorm potential solutions with our planning team. 

In total, 526 Sacramento County residents engaged in the listening sessions. Participants represented a mix of older adults, caregivers, people living with disabilities, and their support networks. They came from multicultural and multilingual backgrounds. They included underserved and isolated residents, communities of color, unincorporated areas of the county, and non-English speaking households. 

A list below summarizes the 13 sessions conducted in 2022 and in 2024, respectively. The tables and charts that follow summarize the demographics of listening session participants and compare them to the 2023 county population estimates from the American Community Survey. 410 out of the 526 participants provided demographic data.

Community Survey 

AARP conducted an online countywide survey of residents aged 45 years and older. Between January 3, 2022, and February 28, 2022, 1,003 community members participated. 

The survey asked residents to share about their housing, health, social activities, needs, and demographics. Addressing survey representation gaps was a primary goal of the community listening sessions. The in-person meetings were more effective at engaging residents, many of whom do not take online surveys.

Community Listening Sessions List

1. Sacramento County Adult & Aging Commission (11 participants on February 23, 2022)

2. Albert Einstein Senior Residence (17 participants on February 24, 2022)

3. SeniorLink at Oak Park Community Center (12 participants on April 6, 2022) 

4. Aging Resources Exchange (8 participants on April 12, 2022)

5. Americorps Senior Companion Program #1 (10 participants on May 10, 2022)

6. Americorps Senior Companion Program #2 (18 participants on May 12, 2022)

7. United Methodist Church of Rancho Cordova (18 participants on May 25, 2022) 

8. CSUS Renaissance Society (20 participants on June 3, 2022) 

9. NORCAL Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (11 participants on June 10, 2022)

10. Loaves and Fishes at Friendship Park (30 participants on August 25, 2022)

11. Long-Term Care Ombudsman's Office (11 participants on August 30, 2022) 

12. Midtown Oaks Skilled Nursing Facility (18 participants on December 20, 2022)

13. The Village at Heritage Park Assisted Living (15 participants on December 20, 2022)

14. 8th Annual Senior Pride Fair at Hart Senior Center (8 participants on April 25, 2024) 

15. Club Manitos at Hart Senior Center (31 participants on May 23, 2024)

16. Wilton Rancheria Tribal Elders (22 participants on May 28, 2024)

17. Society for the Blind (21 participants on June 4, 2024) 

18. SMUD Connecting Our Communities Resource Expo (13 participants on June 6, 2024)

19. African Americans at Oak Park Community Center (37 participants on June 12, 2024) 

20. Resources for Independent Living (42 participants on July 18, 2024)

21. Veterans at Sacramento County Administration Building (2 participants on July 24, 2024)

22. ACC Senior Services #1 (47 participants on July 30, 2024)

23. MAS-SSF at Richard T. Conzelmann Community Center (35 participants on August 1, 2024) 

24. ACC Senior Services #2 (36 participants on August 6, 2024) 

25. Chabolla Community Center in the City of Galt (18 participants on August 8, 2024) 

26. Kay F. Dahill Community Center in North Highlands (15 participants on August 14, 2024)

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