CSCS: Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC, Inc.

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aging network survey documenting less capacity to serve seniors - April 2010

21st CENTURY SENIOR CENTERS: CHANGING THE CONVERSATION, A Study of New York City’s Senior Centers

February, 2010

CSCS released the largest grassroots, community-based, senior center ever done nationally. The study engaged senior center staff, older adults and stakeholders in New York City to discuss the future of senior centers. The Methodology, Literature Review and References can be found in the Technical Report / Executive Summary

21st Century Senior Centers: A Presentation by Igal Jellinek, Bobbie Sackman and Wanda Wooten

News Alerts and Advocacy

State Member Items Needed for Senior Services
7/16/10

24 Senior Centers Restored
7/01/10

UPDATE ON STATE MEMBER ITEMS
7/13/10

List of Governor Paterson’s state member item vetoes
7/08/10

$22 million cut to DFTA in FY11 City Budget
6/30/10

Advocacy Works – Title XX Restored!
6/14/10

CSCS testimony on the Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act
4/09/10

Advocacy Day 2010 a Huge Success
05/12/10 / / $44.2 million cut chart from DFTA

DFTA list of 50 senior centers closing

City to close 50 Senior Centers and cut home care hours
4/26/10

Elder Abuse Programs Must Be Saved
3/31/10

Gotham Gazette

Assemblymembers Sign-on Letter Opposing Title XX cuts
3/29/10

Sign On Letters for State Assemblymembers and Senators to Oppose Title XX Cuts to Senior Centers
3/12/10

Connect the Dots: $85.4 million proposed state and city cuts to DFTA
2/25/10

Devastating City Cuts to DFTA
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2/08/10

Charter Senior Centers
09/02/09

An initiative establishing “charter senior centers” to open opportunities for senior centers across the city to