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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Closure of Grandparent Resource Center and integration of services
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez explains the closure of the Grandparent Resource Center (GRC) and how its services have been integrated into existing NYC Aging programs. This change was made to improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
- GRC services were formally incorporated into NYC Aging's caregiving programs
- Enhanced victim and crime prevention services were added to the elder justice contract
- Kinship caregivers can now access the same services through the current caregiving programs, Older Adult Centers, elder justice providers, and connections to resources at partner agencies
- The integration aims to better serve former GRC participants and expand access to services
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
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New York City agency expanded kinship care services previously provided by the now closed grandparent resource center and formally enveloped them into incorporated them into our caregiving programs.
0:15:05
As with all our programs and services, NYC Aging continues to evolve and refine what we provide for kinship caregivers through enhanced victim and crime prevention services in our elder justice contract.
0:15:18
A broader citywide network of older adult center programs and led leveraging the breadth of the NYC cabinet for older New Yorkers which are within our partners.
0:15:30
We have found that expanding these services met the needs of older adults through our existing resources and better serve kinship caregiver participants of the former GRC.
0:15:42
Kinship caregivers can access the same services and connections to programming they receive from the standalone GRC unit within the current caregiving programs.
0:15:52
OAC, elder justice providers, and connections to resources at partner agencies.
0:15:59
I understand that today's hearing also is to discuss the introduction of November which would create a kinship care program with NYC aging to support older adults providing full time care for minors who are not their biological child.