QUESTION
How is the city improving safety net access for older immigrant adults?
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The NYC Department for the Aging acknowledges gaps in federal benefits for older immigrants and leverages city services to fill some needs.
- Gaps in federal benefits for older immigrants are acknowledged by the NYC Department for the Aging.
- The Department advocates at the federal level but can't address all gaps.
- City services aim to fill in where possible, but limitations exist due to federal policies.
- Older immigrants are connected to agencies that can help them access available benefits.
- Federal benefits such as Social Security and SNAP are primarily available to US citizens.
Crystal Hudson
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While social security and Medicare have been responsible for keeping many older adults out of poverty, these programs are less decimal to immigrant older adults.
0:27:39
In what ways is the city looking to improve access to the safety net for this portion of the city's older adult population?
Penney Vachiraprapun
0:27:48
Well, we understand that there are gaps in federal benefits for older adults.
0:27:53
And and we always advocate for for benefits for older adults, of course, in the federal space as well.
0:27:59
That is unfortunately not something that our our agency address.
0:28:04
We always advocate, of course.
0:28:05
But the services that we offer to older adults are our only city services, and we always address what gaps we can.
0:28:14
But the federal benefits unfortunately are often only available to recipients I'm sorry.
0:28:20
Only available to US citizens.
0:28:25
Whenever there are whenever there are gaps, we do connect our our clients to agencies that can connect them to to to other agencies to make sure that they can they can receive the benefits that they that are available to them.
0:28:39
But unfortunately, for some federal benefits such as Social Security, SNAP benefits, things like that.
0:28:45
Some of those benefits are are unfortunately only available to to US
Crystal Hudson
0:28:49
citizens.
0:28:50
Absolutely.
0:28:51
Thank you.
0:28:54
Yeah.