The People's Money (2024-2025)
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Voices For Others
- Do you have specific Neighborhood(s) in mind?
- Flatbush, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights
- Which group(s) does your idea focus on? Select as many as apply.
- Older Adults
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
- Seniors need help navigating social service systems like home health aide applications. They need needs assessments that ask what they need and doesn't assume / Social service professionals can't reach people who don't come to senior centers. They often have to rely on community members' kindness for resources they can't use or get.
- What is the solution to the challenge?
- Helps seniors navigate Government systems & bureaucracy, completes applications, has needs assessment that helps seniors figure out what they need & how to get it. Community members that step in to fill those gaps in service get a stipend & support & training to help complete forms, access to social work, and some fun @ homeor community events like going to plays.
- Please provide your Zip Code
- 11226
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