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Council Member Hudson's Q&A on kinship care best practices and legislative recommendations
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Council Member Crystal Hudson engages in a Q&A session with Bryan Ellicott-Cook from SAGE regarding kinship care programs and potential improvements to the proposed legislation.
- Ellicott-Cook mentions the success of SAGE's caregiving program as a potential model.
- Recommendations include better defining chosen family structures and providing LGBTQ+ inclusive service training.
- The discussion highlights the importance of recognizing diverse family structures and supporting trans and non-binary caregivers.
Crystal Hudson
1:15:03
I do have a couple questions for you both, though.
1:15:06
Are there best practices or successful models from other jurisdictions or organizations that you believe could be adapted here in New York City with regards specifically to this bill or program?
Bryan Ellicott-Cook
1:15:20
I would say that the commissioner did bring up that the caregiving program that is established was sort of added to that.
1:15:28
So those models do work.
1:15:31
They can be modeled the same way.
1:15:33
Off the top of my head don't know of a jurisdiction that does it currently but the caregiving program at Sage has been very successful.
Crystal Hudson
1:15:41
Okay.
1:15:41
And then are there other services, supports or modifications you would recommend including in the legislation to better serve older adult kinship caregivers and ensure that the program is responsive to their evolving needs?
1:15:54
I don't know if there's anything in either of your longer testimonies that would address that?
1:15:59
No?
Bryan Ellicott-Cook
1:15:59
Mine mine does.
1:16:01
Appreciate that question.
1:16:03
I did add recognizing Trojan family structures in my testimony especially now given the federal administration.
1:16:12
I think it's important that this piece of legislation better define chosen family structures to make sure that that is protected as well as continuing to provide LGBTQ plus inclusive service training.
1:16:25
That remains to crucial ensuring housing and legal protections and also directly supporting trans and non binary caregivers now more than ever.
Crystal Hudson
1:16:36
Okay, great.