NEW YORK, NY \u2013 Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Oliver Koppell visited to Riverdale Senior Services to announce the Council has increased funding for the City Department for the Aging in Fiscal Year 2013 to ensure all centers are kept open and that vital services were maintained. In the City\u2019s adopted budget, the Council put in a total of $17,196,000 for senior services. <\/p>\n
The Council has:
\n\u2022 Increased restorations from $3.6 million to 4 million to DFTA for Case Management .
\n\u2022 Re-initiated the Social Adult Day Care Programs, which had been eliminated in FY10, with $400,000. This allocation restores funding for social adult day care programs, which provide nonmedical adult day care services to individuals with cognitive or physical limitations.
\nThe Council has also restored funding to DFTA for:
\n\u2022 Senior Center Closures ($1,496,000) \u2013 This allocation was key in maintaining all senior centers open.
\n\u2022 CityMeals on Wheels (We restored $1,000,000 to), which provides home-delivered meals to seniors on the weekends and on holidays.
\n\u2022 Elder Abuse Programs ($800,000) – This funding for Elder Abuse programs is key in protecting our seniors and facilitates our District Attorneys in seeking prosecution. Had we not stepped-in, this program would have been eliminated entirely.
\n\u2022 NORC Supportive Service Program ($900,000) – This allocation restores funding for the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Program (NORC SSP). This program provides services to seniors who live in NORCs, including social services, medical services, educational\/recreational services and volunteer opportunities.
\n\u2022 Senior Center Core Operating Costs ($1,496.000) – This allocation restores funding for both meals and operating costs of senior centers citywide
\n\u2022 Space Costs for Senior Centers ($1,500,000)
\n\u2022 Transportation Operating Costs ($2,000,000: transporting seniors and their meals.<\/p>\n
The Council also restored $4,100,000 to the Borough Presidents\u2019 Discretionary Funding to facilitate helping senior services in their respective boroughs: senior centers, meals, case management, homecare, transportation, and other services.<\/p>\n
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NEW YORK, NY \u2013 Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Oliver Koppell visited to Riverdale Senior Services to announce the Council has increased funding for the City Department for the Aging in Fiscal Year 2013 to ensure all centers are kept open and that vital services were maintained. In the City\u2019s adopted budget, the Council put in a total of $17,196,000 for senior services.<\/p>\n
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