Q&A
Department of Aging budget and older adult center contracts
7:46:38
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Council Member Farías discusses the Department of Aging budget with OMB Director Jiha, focusing on the decrease in funding due to expiring federal pandemic-related funds and concerns about older adult center contracts. The conversation covers RFP timelines, funding sources, and potential impacts on service providers.
- NYC's aging fiscal 2025 budget decreases by $72.9 million to $421.1 million in fiscal year 2026
- Uncertainty about the timing and funding levels for new older adult center contract RFPs
- $4.3 million in federal funding beyond 2024 comes from the Older Americans Act
- Concerns raised about aligning budget with service center leases and renewals
Amanda Farías
7:46:38
Just quickly for the Department of Aging, within the executive plan, NYC's aging fiscal 2025 budget is 4494,000,000, decreasing by 72,900,000 to 421.1 in fiscal year 2026.
7:46:54
This is largely due to the expiration of federal pandemic related funding, which totals 44,400,000 in fiscal year 24 and 68,200,000 in fiscal year 25.
7:47:06
The current older adult
Diana Ayala
7:47:07
center contracts are set to expire at the end
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of the calendar year.
7:47:08
When will
Amanda Farías
7:47:08
the new RFP be at the end of the calendar year.
7:47:11
When will the new RFP be issued?
7:47:13
And I know speaker Adams asked a couple questions around this as well.
Jacques Jiha
7:47:18
I don't know.
7:47:18
Let me let me I would have to get back to you.
7:47:21
Would I have to get, find out from the agency exactly when the new RFP would be issued?
Amanda Farías
7:47:25
Okay.
7:47:26
And do we know if it'll be issued at a lower amount due to the expiration of the federal stimulus funds?
Jacques Jiha
7:47:30
Find out from ZIFTA.
7:47:31
Let me find out from ZIFTA.
Amanda Farías
7:47:33
Okay.
7:47:34
And it's also our understanding that all the pandemic level related federal funding must be used by the end of December 2024, but we're seeing 4,300,000 in federal pandemic related budget codes for fiscal years 2027 and 28.
7:47:48
What's the source of this funding, and what is budgeted beyond the expiration date of the calendar year?
Jacques Jiha
7:47:54
Yeah.
7:47:54
This one is, for the, this one expires beyond, 2024.
7:47:59
This is not part of the state and local, relief.
7:48:02
This is, like, called, the older American act.
UNKNOWN
7:48:06
Okay.
Jacques Jiha
7:48:06
And it expires, sometimes, beyond 2026.
Amanda Farías
7:48:12
Got it.
7:48:12
And just quickly on OMB's, are you are they considering an increase to NYC aging's capital budget?
7:48:20
If show if so, are there any details?
7:48:22
If not, why not?
Jacques Jiha
7:48:25
I don't have I I haven't I don't recall seeing a new need coming from to me from the from JifDA, but I will have to talk with my my staff to see whether or not there's some need that I haven't seen.
7:48:38
But so far, I've not seen anything that they're coming
Amanda Farías
7:48:41
from Jiftar.
7:48:41
Thank you for that.
7:48:42
I do wanna express that I had a meeting with a bunch of the different providers recently.
7:48:46
They did express that the alignment of where the money is showing in our in in the budget right now doesn't quite align with their rental leases, their service center leases, and their projections might actually impact whether or not they will be able to issue renewals at some of the centers.
7:49:09
So I really urge you folks to consider
UNKNOWN
7:49:11
Okay.
Amanda Farías
7:49:12
That take that into consideration on whether or not we show that f y 26 gap, or if those have to be pushed out into the outer years to ensure that our centers, based off of their contracts and their leases, are able to renew those and keep doors open.
