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Current caregiving support services offered by NYC Aging
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Council Member Hudson inquires about the current caregiving support services offered by NYC Aging, particularly those that have replaced the former Grandparent Resource Center and Kinship Program.
- NYC Aging now offers caregiving support services through contracted community-based providers
- These services are available to caregivers taking care of older adults and to older adult caregivers caring for youth
- The program serves the same population as the previous DFTA Kinship Program and Grandparent Resource Center, but not necessarily the same individuals
- There are 12 contracted providers offering these services across the city
- The commissioner cannot confirm if the same individuals from the GRC are being served by the new program
Crystal Hudson
0:45:05
Okay.
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Currently, NYC Aging offers caregiving support services to caregivers who are taking care of older adults to older adult caregivers who are caring for youth.
0:45:18
This program is operated by contracted community based providers.
0:45:23
Does this program serve the same population that was served by the previous DFTA Kinship Program and Grandparent Resource Center?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:45:32
By the same population, it would because it's neighborhood based, I would assume that it is the same population.
0:45:40
I cannot attest to the fact that it's the same individuals.
Crystal Hudson
0:45:44
You said you cannot attest to that?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:45:45
Cannot attest to the fact that it might be the same individuals.
0:45:48
Okay.
0:45:49
By the way, I was just given information that it's all CTL funding.
Crystal Hudson
0:45:55
Okay.
0:45:55
That's what I thought.
0:45:56
Thank you.
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Does DFTA currently utilize its contracted provider network to provide services to kinship caregivers?
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And how many providers provide this service?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:46:08
The same as I said, it was absorbed into the caregiving program.
Crystal Hudson
0:46:12
So those 12 that you mentioned?
0:46:13
Right.
0:46:14
Okay.
0:46:21
Can you share the fiscal twenty twenty five budget for the contracts associated with these services?
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And do you know if it's baselined?