Some city-sponsored services for seniors in Novato are on track to be rescued with the help of two grants from the Marin Community Foundation.

The Novato Independent Elders Program, based at the Margaret Todd Senior Center, was notified that a $65,000 foundation grant has been approved for salaries, and another $28,000 will go toward incidental expenses.

"I'm so relieved, and so are the seniors who receive these programs and the volunteers who provide them," said program director Carol Ann Moore, whose salary was at stake.

The elders program, which provides services such as grocery delivery and home yard work to seniors who still live in their homes, was targeted for elimination in recent cost-saving proposals by city staff. The city faces a $3 million budget shortfall for 2009-10.

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