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Outreach and education strategies for kinship care support services
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Council Member Hudson inquires about NYC Aging's outreach and education strategies for kinship care support services. Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez discusses current efforts and future plans.
- Currently, there is no targeted outreach specifically for kinship care support services
- NYC Aging is planning to develop an education and outreach program for caregivers, which would include kinship care
- The commissioner emphasizes the need for a massive public education campaign around caregiving due to the growing number of older adults and caregivers
- Any educational and engagement campaign would need to be complemented by corresponding services
- Funding for kinship care resources is now absorbed under the general caregiving program budget
Crystal Hudson
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How does DFTA ensure older adults are aware of these kinship care support services?
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What outreach and education is there for this program?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:48:55
Give me that question again.
0:48:56
I was Yeah.
Crystal Hudson
0:48:57
How do you ensure older adults are aware of these kinship care support services?
0:49:02
Are you doing any outreach or education on the program?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
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Any targeted outreach at this time?
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No.
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We are not.
0:49:11
We are hoping to do a education and outreach program for caregivers, and
Crystal Hudson
0:49:21
and and that would include, you know, kinship care also.
0:49:25
Okay.
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And are any funds still included in DFTA's budget for the GRC as of the fiscal twenty twenty six preliminary plan?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
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Targeted for GRC, no.
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That has been absorbed into other program areas.
Crystal Hudson
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Okay.
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Can you clarify then which funding streams currently support kinship care resources?
0:49:50
Kinship care resources would be
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
0:49:52
absorbed under our caregiving So it's everything, you know, whatever we have in our care what's allocated for our caregiving program.
0:50:01
That's what where the money would be.