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ADVOCACY
WORKS!
June 22, 2007
$25.3 MILLION IN RESTORATIONS AND NEW
INITIATIVES
SENIOR CENTER RENT PARTY & NEW HIV INITIATIVE
A SUCCESS!
| Service |
Restoration |
New Funds |
| Meals |
$4.55 million (35 cents more a meal) |
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| Vans |
$4.0 million ($7800 per vehicle) |
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| Rent |
$1.25 million |
$ 2 million (total - $3.25 million
available) |
| Safe Streets/Elderly Crime |
$ 547,000 (was originally funded at $2.2
million) |
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| HIV and Older Adults |
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$ 1 million (through DOH, $640,000 city
and $360,000 state draw down funds) |
| NORCs |
$1 million |
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| Geriatric Mental Health |
$1.7 million |
$1 million |
| Healthy Aging |
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$1 million |
| Cultural Activities |
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$1.1 million |
| AGE Scholarships |
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$ 50,000 |
| City Council Discretionary Funds |
$5.6 million |
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| BP discretionary funds |
$533,000 |
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WHAT YOU CAN DO:
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Send thank you letters – see
below
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Share these advocacy
successes with seniors. Remember – 400 seniors came to City Hall on May
2nd and 200 seniors came to the Bronx Senior Budget forum on June 1st.
Hundreds more sent in senior center “rent party” cups and made calls to
Councilmembers. We couldn’t have won these funds without senior advocacy.
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Let DFTA and your
Councilmembers know your agency’s rent needs. It is important that
Councilmembers know how these funds help seniors in their district. Invite
them to the center to thank them. CSCS submitted a list based on responses
to our rent survey. Your agency should follow up with DFTA regarding rent
needs.
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Healthy Aging Initiative –
CSCS will update you on how these funds will be spent. Discuss how your
agency would use these funds with your Councilmember. The funds are intended
for health and wellness programs at senior centers.
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AGE Scholarships – CSCS
will administer a program to provide scholarships for MSW students planning to
work in gerontology. More information will follow in the fall.
IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO THANK YOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED SENIOR SERVICES
SEND SENIOR CENTER “RENT PARTY” CUPS
STATING –
“THANKS FOR THE $3 MILLION FOR SENIOR CENTER RENTS.” HAVE SENIOR SIGN NAME AND
ADDRESS ON CUP.
LETTERS FROM YOUR AGENCY ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT TO SEND –
MODEL LETTER
agency letterhead
date
Councilmember __________________,
On behalf of the seniors we serve, we would like to thank you for restoring
funds for senior meals, vans and rent. The new funding for rent, HIV and older
adults and other programs will greatly benefit seniors in your district. Our
agency needs $______ in rent funds (if needed).
Thank you for your strong support of services to older New Yorkers.
Sincerely,
Director Board President
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THANK SPEAKER
CHRISTINE QUINN AND
COUNCILWOMAN MARIA DEL CARMEN ARROYO, AGING CHAIR
You can use the model letter
and send to:
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Honorable Christine Quinn
Speaker, City Council of New York
City Hall
New York, New York 10007 |
Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo
Chair, Committee on Aging
384 E. 149th St., 3rd Ave., Suite 300
Bronx, NY 10455 |
For further information,
please contact Bobbie Sackman, (212) 398-6565, x226 or bsackman@cscs-ny.org
CSCS – THE POWER OF AGING!
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