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Methods of informing older adults about kinship care resources
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez describes how NYC Aging informs older adults about existing kinship care resources, especially those who are not digitally connected.
- The aging network, including nonprofit organizations, is funded to do outreach and education.
- NYC Aging has 12 agencies providing referral services, with two per borough (except Staten Island, which has one).
- There are three citywide agencies with specific target populations: LGBTQIA+, Asian American Pacific Islander, and people with disabilities (particularly visually impaired).
- Aging Connect is mentioned as a resource for information and referrals.
Crystal Hudson
0:26:01
Okay.
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Can you describe the ways in which NYC Aging informs older adults about existing kinship care resources especially those who are not digitally connected?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:26:13
As I've testified in other hearings, everyone in the aging network, the nonprofit aging network, It's it's part of a larger part of a larger network of services.
0:26:26
Everyone has is funded to do an outreach and education plan and everyone is then connected to all of our services and we also have Aging Connect.
Crystal Hudson
0:26:40
How many sources do you have?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:26:42
How many?
0:26:44
Referral sources.
0:26:45
We have 12 agencies, right?
0:26:49
There is two per borough except Staten Island.
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There's only one.
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And then we have three citywide agencies, one that have target populations.
0:26:58
One for LGBTQAI, and then there is another one for Asian American Pacific Islander, and then there's another one focusing on the people with disabilities, particularly visually impaired.