QUESTION
What is the funding for case management in the NYC Department for the Aging's budget for fiscal year 25? Are new clients still being accepted despite budgetary concerns?
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The NYC Department for the Aging budgets $44.4 million for case management in fiscal year 25, and clarifies there is no pause in accepting new clients, just a process delay.
- The Department for the Aging allocates $44.4 million for case management in fiscal year 25.
- As of January, there are 776 clients waiting for full case management.
- There is no official pause in case management, but a detailed process including an initial telephone assessment.
- Immediate needs like home delivered meals are addressed promptly, while other services undergo a full assessment process.
- There is an acknowledgment of some delays in processing, but it is not described as a pause.
Crystal Hudson
1:07:12
The recently released PMMR indicated there was a pause on the intake of new case managed and clients due to budgetary constraints.
1:07:19
This is a vital program that assists older adults in getting connected to needed services and resources.
1:07:25
What is the current funding amount for case management in NYC Aging's budget for fiscal 24, fiscal 25, and the out years?
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:07:33
For I can speak to you about 25, it's 44,400,000.
1:07:39
I just want to be Sorry.
1:07:41
44.4.
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4 mil.
1:07:43
Thank you.
1:07:44
Alright.
1:07:44
It's for case management.
1:07:48
There and we have as of January, we have about 70, 70, 776 clients for waiting for case for full case management.
1:07:59
I just wanna be real clear again, and we've had this discussion back and forth over the years.
1:08:05
There is no pause in case management.
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What there is is in the process.
1:08:11
You get the first telephone assessment to determine what your needs are, so every client gets that assessment.
1:08:18
So what your emergency needs are.
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And if your emergency service is is home delivered meals, that gets immediately turned on.
1:08:25
Where there is is a delay or if it's not even a pause, it is just a process of getting the full assessment for all the other services.
Crystal Hudson
1:08:37
But but there are some people who are
Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez
1:08:40
waiting for that process.
Crystal Hudson
1:08:41
Right.
1:08:42
Right.