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Eliminating Local Funding for Medicaid
The state's unusual requirement for substantial local government financing of Medicaid places an inequitable burden on taxpayers in less affluent communities, according to this report by the Citizens Budget Commission. Because Medicaid provides health care services primarily to the poor, low‐income counties pay a disproportionately large portion of Medicaid costs relative to their population size and wealth. (December 13, 2011)

Combating Nursing Home Abuse and Poor Care
A report released today by the Long Term Care Community Coalition indicates that the state has levied fines against 12 nursing homes for substandard care and other safety issues in the last three months. Fines range from $4,000 to $24,000. The state also took other actions against 13 nursing homes for causing resident harm or putting them in immediate jeopardy over the same period. (December 1, 2011)

Homeless Shelter Population Hits New Highs
According to this report by the Coalition for the Homeless, 41,204 homeless people slept in the municipal shelter system at the end of October - the first time ever that the shelter population has reached that level. There were also an all-time record 16,934 children bedding down in municipal homeless shelters, a 10 percent increase since May alone. (November 10, 2011)

Local Investment by Banks Declines
In spite of a $38 billion increase in local deposits at the city's 20 largest banks over the past two years, reinvestment in the city's communities by those banks declined by $4.4 billion according to this new report by the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development. (September 29, 2011)

Unemployment Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
As many as half of all foster youth who leave the foster care system each year are not connecting to the world of work, leading to high rates of homelessness and even incarceration, according to this report by the Center for an Urban Future. (September 8, 2011)

Harlem Independent Living Center (upper Manhattan)

Brooklyn Center for Independent Living
The Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc. is a non-profit, grass roots organization operated by a majority of people with disabilities since 1956. They are dedicated to guaranteeing the civil rights of people with disabilities.
New York City Department of the Aging
The city's Department for the Aging makes it easy to find local senior centers, check on the status of Senior Citizen Rent Increase Applications, and learn about other services available to the city's elderly. Some content is available in Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Group Day Care Directory
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Bureau of Day Care provides this directory of daycare service providers in all 5 boroughs. Also provides records from site visits and compliance checks.
Queens Independent Living Center
The Queens Independent Living Center is an organization dedicated to freedom and full participation in society for people with disabilities through empowerment, universal access through education and advocacy.

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