NYS needs a Kinship Legal Network to help grandparents and others who help keep kids out of nonrelative foster care.?New York State Assembly, please add funding to support the network in the one-house bill of the New York State Senate Carl Heastie Kinship Navigator New York State Executive Chamber
Center for Elder Law & Justice
法律服务
Buffalo，NY 1,647 位关注者
Using the legal system to help people live independently and with dignity.
关于我们
The Center for Elder Law & Justice is a non-profit civil legal aid provider, serving older adults, people with disabilities and low income populations. We provide full legal representation to individuals in eight Western New York Counties We also operate a statewide Senior Legal Advice Helpline staffed by attorneys 1-844-481-0973, who can provide brief legal advice and referrals to any NYS older resident. In 2020 we directly served 10,416 people, provided community education to 5,171 people and educated 3,009 professionals. CELJ provides trustee services through the WNY Coalition Pooled Trust in several counties (along with project partners People Inc., and Key Bank) managing over 12 million in fiduciary assets. CELJ also acts as court-appointed legal guardian in cases of elder abuse, or where there is no suitable family member able to assist. Our mission is to use the legal system to improve the quality of life for our clients and to help them live independently and with dignity. We have three office locations: Buffalo, New York (Erie County) 853-3087 Lockport, New York (Niagara County) 878-9297 Dunkirk, New York (Chautauqua County) 261-3275
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https://www.elderjusticeny.org
Center for Elder Law & Justice的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 法律服务
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- Buffalo，NY
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1978
- 领域
- volunteer、legal services、eviction defense、health care advocacy、elder abuse prevention、consumer、foreclosure、kinship care legal services和policy advocacy
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Center for Elder Law & Justice员工
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As elder abuse continues to rise, the federal government pulled the RFP for the abuse in later life grant (which we received). https://lnkd.in/g2ZbPiM2
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Important read from our friends at The John A. Hartford Foundation
?? READ | The Community Aging in Place: Advancing Better Living for Elders, or CAPABLE program helps #OlderAdults live independently by combining home modifications with personalized support from nurses and occupational therapists. Despite challenges with #Medicare coverage, this initiative is making a meaningful impact on #aging in place. Read more from Joanne Kenen in The Washington Post's "Shoring up people’s ability to age safely in their homes": https://ow.ly/JUS250VhEQp Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | KFF Health News | Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN
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Adequately funded guardianship services could save Medicaid 80 Million per year according to this report from Project Guardianship, but NYS does not appropriately fund nonprofits that take on this role. New York State Assembly Majority please take the lead from the New York State Senate Democratic Conference and add funding for these crucial, and cost-effective services in the final budget. https://lnkd.in/eZkS3zkG
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Thank you Office of the New York State Attorney General for protecting consumers. https://lnkd.in/gAG_WZNG takes-action-protect-new-york-consumers-and-small
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In today's edition of the Buffalo News, CELJ Managing Attorney Lindsay Heckler says, “They’re listening to some pretty horrific stories and other concerns, and the volunteers and staff ombudsmen go out of their way to advocate for and really push forward positive changes." April N.M. Baskin Rebecca Seawright Gustavo Rivera Liz Krueger https://lnkd.in/gFfDFtiy
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Center for Elder Law & Justice转发了
The new reports make one thing very clear: Unless something changes, large numbers of the country’s nonprofits will be financially crippled or forced to shut down. Given our society’s reliance on many of these organizations to hold together what’s left of America’s social safety net, the results would be disastrous for millions of Americans in need.
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Our CEO , Karen Nicolson (she/her) told Newsday Media Group "All too often, by the time we discover elder financial exploitation, it is too late to do much about it. Once the funds are removed from the victim’s bank account, that money is gone, either sent to a foreign country, or immediately spent by the perpetrator.” https://lnkd.in/grjMcx-3
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While fraud and waste due exist, an 880 billion dollar cut to Medicaid is not about finding the cheaters. In fact, every state already has a Medicaid Fraud unit to stop fraud These cuts will hurt seniors, children and persons who are disabled. Nearly 7 million in NY alone. https://lnkd.in/gpkT64ZG