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Tompkins County Chapter Town Halls – 125th Assembly District candidates addressed Senior Issues
The Tompkins County Chapter of StateWide presented two virtual town halls by the candidates running for the New York State 125th Assembly District representing Tompkins and Cortland counties. You can view the videos (below). Wednesday, October 21, 1-2 PM: Republican...
NYS Office for the Aging Announces Launch of New Online Tool to Help Older New Yorkers and Other High-Risk Individuals Protect Themselves from COVID-19
Public-Private Partnership between New York State Office for the Aging, BellAge, Inc., and Association on Aging in New York CV19 CheckUp Tool Developed by BellAge Offers Individualized Support Options to Help Reduce Risk and Enhance Quality of Life for High Risk New...
Update Regarding COVID-19 & SNAP: New York State to Distribute “Emergency Allotment” SNAP benefit to Certain SNAP Households in September.
Emergency Allotments (EA) for SNAP recipients were authorized by Congress under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) previously approved NYS’s plan to distribute EA...
New Guidelines Make it Easier to Visit an Adult Care Facility (Assisted Living)
Visits to adult care facilities can now resume once there have been 14 days without a new case of COVID-19, if the facility has filed a visitation plan with the NYS Dept. of Health and meets other criteria. Facilities were shut down to visitors this spring, and when...