- Establish a permanent Orange County Office on Aging and a Commission on Aging
- Develop a three-digit information and referral plus system to assist the community in finding support services and volunteer opportunities
- Increase accessibility to services through the creation of an integrated "continuum of care" system that focuses on coordination of services
- Implement a fee-based senior transportation system as part of the community coordinated transportation system
- Establish senior assessment centers and an Orange County Coalition for Optimal Mental Health and Aging
- Employ the media to communicate services and programming to older adults
- Expand community partnerships in an effort to expand services, leisure programs and volunteer opportunities at the neighborhood level
- Address workforce and funding issues
- Track community indicators
- Conduct a market study on elder housing needs that can be used to support the creation of incentives for additional elder housing units
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