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RAICES News
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The Spanish Speaking Elderly
Council-RAICES is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization incorporated
in New York State. Funding is received in part from the NYC Department
for the Aging, the NYC Department of Mental Health, the New York State
Office for the Aging and the Brooklyn Borough President's Office.
Additional funding is received from the United Way, private foundations,
corporations and individual contributions. Raices Casa BienEstar (Outpatient Licensed Mental Health Clinic) scored FIRST out of 52 other programs in three out of four areas and second in the last category in the FY07-Mental Health – MHSIP Adult Consumer Survey conducted by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The surveys assessed the following individual areas: (1) overall satisfaction, (2) access to services, (3) quality/appropriateness of services, and (4) consumer reported outcomes.
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AGE IN ACTION 2008
On
Thursday,
May 8, 2008 the NYC Department for the Aging ("DFTA") brought together thousands of older New Yorkers, prominent elected
officials and a host of speakers and entertainers for a day of music,
dancing and fun at Flushing Meadows Corona Park for its Age in
Action 2008 annual healthy and creative aging celebration. Appearances included actor Dominic Chianese (aka Uncle Junior Soprano), Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., and our very own Raices Astoria Senior Center Band and Dancers.
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Meeting the special needs of minority and low income older adults |
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The
Spanish Speaking Elderly Council-RAICES ("RAICES") was first developed as a volunteer advocacy senior citizen council
in 1978 by retired Hispanic senior citizens
led by Mr. Homero Rosado (pictured with wife, Doña Juanita), who saw the need for an organization
which would provide services, educate and organize the Latino, minority and low
income aged. RAICES, in it's thirty years of existence, continues to disseminate
information on successful practices and techniques for serving the isolated,
hard to reach, inner city, and impoverished elderly through it's various
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RAICES
ASSISTS OVER 800 SENIORS & DISABLED IN FILING
STIMULUS
REBATE RETURNS Shortly after President Bush announced the news that seniors, retirees and the disabled receiving a minimum of $3000 in Social Security benefits were entitled, the RAICES staff were up to the challenge. How to announce, inform and file the required tax form in a proper and orderly fashion not just to the senior clients of their respective centers, but to share the news with the community to assist all seniors and disabled retirees. Not surprisingly, RAICES' managers, programs directors, case assistants and staff met and coordinated a plan that included prep and training. Letters and flyers were distributed, posters made and placed strategically at all sites, followed by daily announcements. Within three days, all RAICES sites began preparing 1040s for their clients and neighbors. We are proud to report that as of April 15, 2008, the RAICES team successfully assisted in filing over 800+ returns and continuing (yes the deadline has been extended). A special thanks to the United Way, CSCS, and Ms. Darrell Weinberg from the Internal Revenue Service for permitting our Antonio Barrios to speak, assist and share our experience during their March 25, 2008 "Stimulus Rebate" Presentation to an audience of city-wide senior center directors.
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SENIOR CENTER
CULTURAL INITIATIVE CREATES ARTISTS AT
RAICES SENIOR CENTERS Last year, the Department for the Aging, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Council of the City of NY announced "bringing the breadth of cultural experiences" to adults attending senior center programs through it's Senior Center Cultural Initiative. Five Raices senior centers were allocated funding for this new initiative. For 13 weeks, members of the Raices Astoria Senior Center, Raices Corona Senior Center, and Raices Gowanus Senior Center teamed up with Marquis Studios and participated in this new initiative and... well you see for yourself what creative new artists we have at our centers...
Raices Corona Senior Center
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Astoria Senior Center
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