About PCSF

We are a tax levy organization for Platte County, Missouri. The county administers the levy and distributes the tax revenue to businesses and organizations that provide services to seniors.

Enhancing Senior's Quality of Life and Independence
Our Mission

Enhancing Senior's Quality of Life and Independence

PCSF Recognizes there is no place like home.

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* These totals reflect data from 2022-2024

3,179
Seniors Served
60,210
Discounts Given
30,418
Calls Answered
25,243
Rides Provided
252
Home Repairs
Our Story

Over 30 Years of Service

Kelly FrickerChair

Dianne FurbeckVice-Chair

Nancy ArmstrongTreasurer

Marte ZirschkySecretary

Al Gundersen

Terry Lenkey

Abby Olson

Debra L. Gwin Executive Director

Celia CasolariSenior Case Manager

Christine GreenAdministrative Assistant

Cindy FoleyFinancial Analyst

1994 — The Platte County Senior Citizens Service Fund began serving residents who are 60 or older with services needed to keep them independent in their own homes. The history of the organization, however, began 12 years earlier when a diverse group of Platte County citizens formed a taskforce to secure a levy to fund those services.

1982 — At the request of the taskforce convened by then County Commissioner Sue Dance, State Representative John Birch introduced a bill in the Missouri Legislature to enable Missouri Counties to place the levy question on their ballots. State Senator Truman Wilson also endorsed it. Taskforce members wrote support letters and Robert L. Burns and Russel Jones, Sr. testified in Jefferson City. The proposed legislation was written and rewritten for seven years until finally passed and signed by the governor in 1989. The efforts of the taskforce benefit not just Platte County, but all Missouri Counties and the city of St. Louis.

The local taskforce (aka the SNAC committee) then switched to research mode in preparation for placing the levy in question on the ballot. A one-page two-sided survey was written by taskforce members Marge Bergman and John Miller. It was mailed with return postage paid to 6,400 Platte County registered voters age 60 or older. Purpose: to ascertain their current and future needs. An amazing 34% of the surveys were returned. The computer department of the Northland Career Center compiled the data. Northland United Way put the survey and data report in a booklet for distribution. Using survey results the taskforce researched the services available to meet the needs.

All of the taskforce work was funded by personal, business and in-kind donations to include the printing, the mailing, the paper and campaign materials. The time and generosity of the taskforce members were invaluable to the success of the mission. Having done due diligence for three  years the taskforce literally to a collective deep breath before placing the levy question on the ballot in November 1992. Five cents per $100 of assessed valuation to support services for senior citizens in Platte County was the question. The taskforce then segued into campaign mode and the voters passed the question by a nice majority.

The levy was not assessed until the fall of 1993. The Platte County commission appointed the first seven-member board in February 1993 to establish the funds operations, rent an office and hire an executive director.

PCSF is committed to equity for all older adults in Platte County as well as those who work with older adults. PCSF is proud to serve a county that includes both urban and rural communities, people of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, people who have diverse gender identities, and people who live across the spectrum of socio-economic realities. PCSF recognizes, values, and celebrates the diversity of Platte County, and seeks to fund programs that are inclusive and equitable in the implementation of their service programs.

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