QUESTION
How does the New York City Department for the Aging conduct advocacy, and which agencies are they coordinating with?
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The New York City Department for the Aging engages in advocacy at the state and federal levels, coordinating primarily with the Human Resources Administration (HRA) and other agencies based on individuals' needs.
- Advocacy takes place at both state and federal levels, with a focus on collaboration with sister agencies.
- Significant cooperation is with the Human Resources Administration (HRA), particularly concerning the Older Americans Reauthorization, involving Senator Gilliland.
- The Department focuses on referring individuals to suitable agencies that can address their specific needs.
- The approach is client-centered, aiming to meet the clients' needs wherever they are.
Alexa Avilés
0:28:55
Just a quick follow-up question.
0:28:58
You mentioned advocating.
0:29:00
Can you be a little clearer on what exactly does that mean?
0:29:04
Who are you advocating?
0:29:06
What form and shape is that taking?
0:29:07
And then also you mentioned referring to agencies, what what agencies are you referring to and what contacts?
0:29:14
So I guess what I'm looking for is just a a little bit more clarity on who who are you referring to if these services don't exist.
Penney Vachiraprapun
0:29:27
So we always we always refer to our sister agencies, particularly to HRA, who The the older Americans reauthorization is working with Senator Gilliland and HRA.
0:29:48
So we are always advocating on the state and federal level And in terms of sister agencies, my colleague has mentioned the cabinet, so we always are working with our sister agencies.
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We always refer to
Anya Herasme
0:30:04
Right.
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It it really depends on the needs of the obviously, every individual's needs are different, so depending on the needs of the individual, we will the our our programs will refer to the appropriate agency, but that could be a variety of resources.
0:30:17
We'd we'd our goal is always to meet the clients where there are.