Q&A
NYC Aging's referral structure and services for deed theft victims
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Penney Vachiraprapun explains NYC Aging's referral structure and services for older adults who are victims of deed theft.
- NYC Aging has a specific referral structure for deed theft cases
- The Elderly Crime Victim Resource Center handles cases where the perpetrator is a stranger
- The Elder Justice Unit manages cases where the perpetrator is a trusted individual
- Legal services providers are available to assist older adults
- The agency prioritizes connecting older adults to legal services as soon as possible, as deed theft is often discovered late
Penney Vachiraprapun
0:30:11
So our agency has, a specific referral structure for deep theft.
0:30:15
We have our, elderly crime victim resource, center as well as our elder justice units.
0:30:21
So when an older adult victim of deed theft comes in and the deed theft was, was was done by a stranger, the elder elderly crime victim resource center would handle that.
0:30:34
If it's done by a trusted individual, then the elder justice, unit would handle that.
0:30:39
And the difference there is that the ECVRC is direct services, so that's our staff managing that and making sure that there are connections and referrals to support the older adult.
0:30:49
And then the elder justice unit is, a contract management unit.
0:30:53
So, the cases would be, sent over to providers.
0:30:56
In addition, of course, we have our legal services, providers, and the most important thing we found with regard to deep theft, among older adults is, as you mentioned with mister Castro, oftentimes, folks aren't finding out about these these, these thefts and and frauds, on their property until much later.
0:31:15
So our our our priority is to connect older adults to, legal services as soon as possible.
Crystal Hudson
0:31:21
And is there a public awareness campaign in place to educate older adult homeowners about deed theft and their rights as property owners?
