QUESTION
What budget requests are made for caregiving, case management, and transportation?
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The NYC Department for the Aging outlines budget requests for caregiving, case management, transportation, and notes the absence of a request for home care funding.
- Caregiving services request stands at $7 million.
- Case management services request is put at $6.3 million.
- An additional $604,000 is requested for transportation services.
- Home care funding is sought from the state, not included in the department's budget request.
- The department focuses on addressing a shortfall in state funding, advocating for a fair share based on the population.
Crystal Hudson
1:12:41
Okay.
1:12:44
Okay.
1:12:44
You have the other numbers for home care and caregiving?
Jose Mercado
1:12:47
So currently for caregiving, we ask for 7,000,000.
1:12:51
7,000,000 Okay.
1:12:52
For case management, we ask for 6.3.
1:12:54
The commission is correct.
Crystal Hudson
1:12:55
6.3, you said?
1:12:56
Yep.
1:12:56
Okay.
Jose Mercado
1:12:57
For transportation, we ask for an additional 600 $604,000.
Crystal Hudson
1:13:03
Sorry.
1:13:03
Can you just move the microphone a little closer?
Jose Mercado
1:13:05
For transportation, we ask for an additional
Crystal Hudson
1:13:07
$604,000.
1:13:09
604.
1:13:10
Okay.
1:13:11
And how did they
Jose Mercado
1:13:12
asked for we we asked we didn't ask for home care because home care is something they were basically trying to get the state to fund.
1:13:20
Okay.
1:13:20
Okay.
1:13:20
They're also I mean, if you heard the test into the testimony, you remember that there's the cola piece that we're trying to get them to fund?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:13:25
We're trying to get the cola.
1:13:27
We're trying to get the the salary parody.
1:13:29
Okay.
1:13:36
But I I I I don't wanna be out of order here.
Crystal Hudson
1:13:41
That's okay.
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:13:41
But I need to say that these services Over time, these serve these services are paid 3 quarters of all of the aging services, Masslemento, more or less.
1:13:57
Are funded by city tax levy.
1:14:00
Right?
1:14:01
Where we have a real shortfall, I mean, a real shortfall that we can see.
1:14:06
Is in state funding.
1:14:09
And we need to really strongly advocate that we get the fair share of our state funding.
1:14:16
And we've been at that, and we've met with all of our assembly members and key state senators.
1:14:24
To basically say New York is being shortchanged Right.
1:14:28
In terms of if it were populate it's based on population, we would be getting 47% of the funding.
1:14:35
With those federally designated dollars that come through the state.
Crystal Hudson
1:14:39
Wait.
1:14:39
Sorry.
1:14:39
You're saying we're only receiving 47%.
1:14:42
Yeah.
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States others coming through.
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:14:45
They will dispute and they'll say it's 45%, I'll take 45%.
Crystal Hudson
1:14:50
Okay.
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:14:50
But where what we're receiving is far less than that for the state money, where the federal money that they just are passed through, we get our fair share, somewhat of our fair share.
1:15:03
But with the state funding itself, we are getting woefully underfunded.