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FY 2026 budget overview for NYC Department for the Aging
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez provides an overview of the FY 2026 budget for the NYC Department for the Aging, detailing the total funding and allocations for various core programs and services.
- The FY 2026 preliminary budget projects $554.4 million in funding, with $432 million from city tax levy funds.
- Core program allocations include $263 million for older adult centers, $73 million for home-delivered meals, and $53.2 million for case management.
- Additional allocations include $37.7 million for home care, $17 million for NORC programs, $9.2 million for caregiver services, and $6.1 million for transportation services.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:51:44
To support this important work, our FY '20 '6 preliminary budget projects $554,400,000 in funding, of which 432,000,000 is city tax levy funds.
2:51:58
This includes allocations to core programs you're all familiar with, including the 263,000,000 to support older adult centers, the 73,000,000 for home delivered meals, the 53,200,000.0 for case management.
2:52:14
I refer I refer to these as core programs because they are intrinsically connected to providing meals and food to older adults.
2:52:23
While we don't typically look at home delivered meals or meal programs.
2:52:30
It's just meals.
2:52:31
We look at them as food as medicine.
2:52:33
These are essential services for healthy living, supporting cognitive brain health, and preventing social isolation.
2:52:42
Excuse me.
2:52:43
This work is done by older adult clubs, home delivered meals, and our case management service providers.
2:52:50
They combat poverty and financial insecurity while also connecting older adults to in home services which address their needs when struggling with the daily activities of living.
2:53:03
They are essential essential to a community care plan.
2:53:07
The alternative is institutional care, which we all know is rather costly.
2:53:12
There are also allocations of 37,700,000.0 to support home care to the homebound elderly adult who are not Medicaid eligible, which allows older adults to age in place, the communities in which they help build, and 17,000,000 for NOC programs which provide similar services at OACs other than but other than meals for recreation and combating social isolation, but also includes some nursing services.
2:53:44
Finally, 9,200,000.0 for caregiver services supporting the 1,300,000 caregivers and their care receivers in their city in this city.
2:53:54
And 6,100,000.0 for transportation services allowing older adults to be connected to community centers, houses of worship, shopping, and medical appointments.