NEW YORK STATE

MASTER PLAN FOR AGING

Interim Report

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Challenges Underscoring the Need for the MPA ............................................................................. 5
MPA Process and Progress To-Date ......................................................................................................... 7
Emerging Potential Proposals .................................................................................................................... 9

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This report (the “Interim Report”) fulfills the reporting requirements of section 5.d of Executive
Order 23, Establishing the New York State Master Plan for Aging. The Emerging Potential
Proposals section outlines the current index of potential proposals considered and put forth by
the subcommittees and workgroups to date. These potential proposals will be reviewed by the
Stakeholder Advisory Committee and the MPA Council to inform the Final Advisory Report and
the Final MPA report, which will also need to balance available resources, implementation
requirements, and other key factors in formulating the Final Master Plan for Aging report.
The authors would like to recognize the visionary leadership of Governor Hochul and the staff of
the Executive Chamber in enacting EO 23, and the contributions of the dedicated staff of the
NYS Department of Health and the Office for the Aging, the NYS Department of State, the
Office of the Chief Disability Officer, the NYS Long Term Care Ombudsman, the DOH and
NYSOFA Offices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Office of Public Health, and the NYS
Public Health and Health Planning Council’s Ad-Hoc Committee to Lead the Prevention
Agenda.

This report was developed primarily through the work of the hundreds of stakeholders who
participated in the MPA workgroups. For nearly a year, the workgroup members contributed
countless hours to developing ideas for addressing the needs of older adults and people with
disabilities. Their work, summarized in this report, forms the basis for the ongoing work of the
MPA to define the next era of aging and long-term care policy for the state, to ensure older New
Yorkers can live fulfilling lives, in good health, with freedom, dignity and independence to age
in place for as long as possible.

Executive Summary

This Interim Report is the second progress report on the development of New York State’s
Master Plan for Aging (“MPA”). The report summarizes the challenges the MPA aims to
address, an update on the process and stakeholder involvement thus far, and a list of emerging
proposals developed by the eight subcommittees – made up of stakeholders and state agency
partners.
Since Executive Order No. 23 was signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on November 4, 2022, the
New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) and the New York State Office for the Aging
(“NYSOFA”) have assembled state agency leads, subject matter experts and partners from across
the State to develop proposals for policies and programs that will ensure all New Yorkers are
able to age with dignity and independence in their community of choice. Many of the emerging
proposals build on and recognize the strengths and opportunities that derive from an increasingly
aging population.
As of the writing of this report, this undertaking has resulted in:
 Assembling more than 430 total members, representing experts from the field of aging,
medicine, transportation, technology, housing, organized labor, home care, State and local

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 government, and more. To ensure inclusivity in the MPA’s proposals, these representatives
include members from historically disadvantaged or underserved groups including BIPOC
(Black, Indigenous and People of Color) communities, rural communities, and the disability
community, among others; and
 Convening more than 640 total meetings since EO 23 was signed. These meetings serve to
advance the goals of the MPA and work toward the development of a final set of proposals.
Meetings include:
o 6 State Agency Council meetings with the MPA’s 22 State agency and government
partners.
o 6 Stakeholder Advisory Committee meetings.
o 61 subcommittee meetings, representing the work of 8 subcommittees (discussed
herein).
o More than 550 workgroup meetings, representing the work of 34 distinct workgroups.
o 6 roundtables and 22 town halls or listening sessions to ensure input from the public
and industry leaders is taken into consideration.
The Preliminary Report of the MPA was issued in August 2023 and identified ten pillars as
organizing concepts: (1) housing access and community development, (2) informal caregiver and
workforce support, (3) affordability of basic necessities, (4) access to services in and engagement
with historically disadvantaged communities, (5) modernization and financial sustainability of
healthcare, residential facilities, and community-based aging network service providers, (6)
social engagement of older adults, (7) promoting health and access to services and supports in
rural communities, (8) combating elder abuse, ageism, and ableism, (9) technology access and
development, and (10) prevention, wellness promotion and access.
Since then, workgroups have developed proposals touching on these pillars – recognizing the
need to break down silos across different subjects. The MPA has also gathered feedback from
industry leaders and the public via roundtables, town halls, listening sessions, and a public
survey. The next phase of the MPA will move beyond identifying challenges and developing
initial policy proposals, to an analysis of policy, operational, and fiscal feasibility as well as a
prioritization of final proposals.
The information reflected in this report is a result of the thousands of hours of professional and
personal time that was dedicated to this process by the stakeholders, work group members, all of
their organizations and the community at large. Their dedication, and generous provision of
institutional and historical knowledge, and passion for the field made this work possible. We are
appreciative, and DOH and NYSOFA remain committed to working with State and local
partners, stakeholders and the public to provide updates on the MPA’s progress and incorporate
feedback.

Introduction

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On November 4, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 23 - Establishing
the New York State Master Plan for Aging (the “EO”), led by the Department of Health (DOH)
and the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA). The EO provides a process for
drafting guidance for the MPA and is the first step towards building a comprehensive roadmap of
proposals to meet the needs of all New Yorkers as they age.
Building on New York State’s status as the first state in the nation to officially receive AARP’s
age-friendly designation, the MPA aims to help coordinate existing and new state policies and
programs for older adults and their families, while also addressing challenges to aging with
dignity and independence. Accordingly, the MPA seeks to improve and address: communication,
coordination, caregiving, service disparities, wellness, community design, long-term care
financing and care models and programs that support healthy longevity and community
engagement.
The final MPA report will provide a comprehensive set of proposals for consideration by the
Governor to help build upon and improve systems of services and supports for aging and long-
term care. Proposals will be organized around short-, medium- and long-term goals, and take into
account urgency, impact, fiscal implications - including return on investment, and challenges to
implementation, as well as the ability to advance key priorities. Proposals will include
legislative, administrative and regulatory proposals at the state and local levels, as well as
proposals for public-private partnerships. This ensures a commitment at every level to engage
society in rising to meet the challenges and opportunities of ensuring New York’s future as an
outstanding place to grow up and grow old - a community that rises to the moral obligation of
caring for its most vulnerable members.
This Interim Report is the second progress report on the development of New York State’s MPA.
The report summarizes the work the MPA aims to focus on, an update on the process and
stakeholder involvement thus far, and a list of potential proposals developed by the
subcommittees – made up of stakeholders and state agency partners. Proposals will continue to
be developed by the stakeholder and agency participants in order to shape the State’s Master
Plan for Aging.

Challenges Underscoring the Need for the MPA

Today, the State has a variety of siloed systems for supporting the needs of aging New Yorkers.
In light of projected demographic changes that will increase demands on these systems, the State
must develop a statewide, coordinated plan to support aging New Yorkers. The State’s projected
demographic changes are likely to result in an increased demand for both community-based and
skilled long-term care services and supports (LTSS). The effects of these demographic changes
are already being felt through capacity issues in aging and long-term care services, declining
informal caregiving arrangements and volunteers, and increases in unmet needs for supports and
services. The State must take action to meet this increasing demand, including ensuring that
those that are suited to age in place can do so safely in home and community settings. Being able

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to age in place both respects the desires of many older adults, as well as often having the benefit
of being a less costly method of care.

Another significant challenge associated with the projected demographic changes will be the
availability of a workforce to support the provision of needed care. In 2010, the number of
working age individuals was equal to those over the age of 65, but since then, the number of
New Yorkers over the age of 65 has grown while that of working age New Yorkers has declined.
The over-age-65 population is growing in every county of the State. According to a report
published by AARP in partnership with the Center for Urban Justice, the fastest rates of growth
in the over-65 population from 2011 to 2021 have occurred in Monroe County (+64 percent),
Saratoga County (+50 percent), Onondaga County (+43 percent), Queens County (+39 percent),
Dutchess County (+37 percent), New York County (+36 percent), and Orange County (+36
percent). In fact, the growth of New York’s older adult population is outpacing overall
population growth in the State’s 19 largest counties and most of its largest cities, including
Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, Albany, and New York City. According to Woods and Poole
Economics, Inc., individuals aged 60 and over will make up over 25% of the populations in 50
counties in the State by 2030 and over 30% in a third of counties.
These demographic changes also strain the State’s more than 4.1 million “informal”—unpaid—
caregivers. These caregivers provide the bulk of services and supports to their loved ones. While
caregivers can be any age, older caregivers, such as spouses and adult children, may also be
managing their own health conditions or functional limitations. According to AARP, caregivers
are in growing need of direct services and supports (respite, support groups, training, Social
Adult Day Services, etc.) as well as indirect services and supports (those that take pressure off a
caregiver, i.e., shopping assistance, transportation, nutrition support, etc.) to sustain their role.
Without the support of these invaluable caregivers, whose services, if valued at current market
rates, equal roughly $39 billion, there would be an untenable strain on the rest of New York’s
health system. Many caregivers also continue to work despite the round-the-clock nature of
providing care to a loved one. Health and long-term care systems rely on these caregivers and
community-based programming to prevent more costly care paid for through Medicaid.
Implementing a service infrastructure that sustains these services and supports is necessary to
meet increasing demand due to demographic changes.

The Master Plan for Aging also presents an opportunity to better harness the contributions of an
aging population. Currently, New York has the fourth-largest population of older adults in the
country. Older adults in New York are an integral part of local economies and the State’s
healthcare system. New Yorkers aged 50 and over account for the majority of spending on
healthcare, durable and non-durable goods, utilities, motor vehicles and parts, financial services,
household goods – supporting 5.9 million jobs in the state and generating $72 billion in state and
local taxes. This doesn’t include the previously mentioned value of caregiving contributions
made by informal caregivers in New York, who are disproportionately over the age of 50. Many
Older New Yorkers continue to contribute to the workplace, generating $482 billion in wages
and salary. NYSOFA’s 2023 statewide needs assessment survey, with over 23,000 responses

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from people over 60 across the state, found that many older adults plan to continue working into
their mid-70’s. Moreover, like all New Yorkers, New York’s older adults would prefer to
continue aging in and working near their homes, and in their home state – 62% of new
entrepreneurial ventures are begun by those over the age of 60, and 80% of New York State
Retirement System payouts stay in the State.

The Master Plan for Aging must also confront the reality of rapidly growing Medicaid spending
on long-term care. Between FY2023 and FY2024, the total Medicaid Global Cap grew by $2.1
billion of state share, a growth rate of 8.0%, while the state share of fee-for-service long term
care spending and managed long term care spending grew by $1.7 billion, a growth rate of
14.4%, or more than 75% faster than overall spending growth. In order to ensure Medicaid’s
spending trajectory remains sustainable, the State must rigorously evaluate the efficacy and
efficiency of existing and new long-term care programs and policies. The State must ensure that
the right balance of services – including preventative services and services addressing the social
determinants of health – are available to support aging New Yorkers, and must equally ensure
that the State’s limited resources are deployed in support of those New Yorkers most in need.

MPA Process and Progress To-Date

The MPA process has both generated initial ideas and served as a forum for stakeholders to
provide input and build consensus around their proposals. Accordingly, the MPA process has
engaged a spectrum of NYS agencies, forming the MPA Council, that can be found in Appendix
B. A Stakeholder Advisory Committee has been formed to advise the MPA Council on ideas and
perspectives to be taken into consideration in the development of the Master Plan for Aging. This
group includes a range of non-governmental stakeholders includes, but is not limited to,
representatives from organized labor, researchers in medical and non-medical fields, leaders of
community organizations, and executives of businesses engaged in home care, real estate
services, transportation, and technology; a list of these stakeholders can be found in Appendix
C. The MPA process includes voices from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color)
communities, rural communities, the disability community, and other historically disadvantaged
or under-served groups.
In the initial months of its operations, the MPA governing bodies convened, as directed by the
EO, created and populated eight subcommittees intended to do the bulk of the drafting of the
proposals that would constitute the MPA, and began a series of initiatives to solicit public
engagement in the process. The subcommittees, in turn, established workgroups to focus on
specific topics recommended by their members. A list of the subcommittees and their
workgroups can be found in Appendix D and Appendix E. Early on, several topics repeatedly
came up during subcommittee and workgroup discussions – these issue areas were turned into a
series of pillars to guide the MPA work.

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In February 2023, the Stakeholder Advisory Committee reviewed and agreed upon the following
set of goals, establishing aspirational achievements for the MPA to accomplish in ten years. The
goals are:

 Significantly transform communities and community design to promote healthy aging

across the lifespan;
 Establish programs - residential, medical and social - which engage with the barriers to
historically underserved, marginalized and minority communities receiving equal levels
of care;
 Incorporate behavioral health as a primary element of geriatric medical care that is
integrated with other interventions;
 Be instrumental in developing regulatory reforms and funding structures for senior
housing (supportive, affordable, or otherwise integrated into Home and Community
Based Services);
 Engage community and religious organizations in combatting social isolation, in
partnership with social workers and medical providers;
 Expand the availability of programs, particularly adult day care and primary medical
care, in minority communities that are currently underserved relative to state averages;
 Establish career development pipelines and incentives that expand the population of
nurses and home health and personal care aides, relative to the growth of the older adult
population in the State;
 Provide adequate training, workforce support and community-services for family
caregivers;
 Ensure an adequate supply of personal care aides, home health aides and nurses with
necessary cultural competencies, or provided an adequate population of interpreters to
assist nurses and home care aides;
 Support the development of transportation support services and networks that enable
older adults to access needed services regardless where they live;
 Propose and have the Legislature pass a series of laws providing for stronger elder abuse
and fraud protections, including investment in elder-specific dedicated ombudsmen,
investigators and guardians;
 Establish early detection programs, a screening and a reporting system for Alzheimer’s
and other dementia disorders that every medical provider in the state is aware of and into
which they can properly guide each of their patients; and
 Strengthen programs for educating older adults regarding their insurance options and
benefits and providing ongoing advising regarding the functioning of their insurance
coverage.

In order to meet these goals, each subcommittee and their respective workgroups met to develop
initial ideas. Additionally, ideas were gathered from public input and engagement through
hosting town halls and listening sessions across the State, roundtable discussions with industry
leaders, and the issuance of a public survey that launched at the 2023 State Fair and closed
February 2024, garnering over 10,000 responses. These initial ideas highlight the fragmented
nature of current systems of long-term care, aging services, and healthcare delivery, as well as
the lack of a coordinated approach between healthcare and aging services and community-based
organizations.

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This report consolidates and summarizes the ideas gathered from the subcommittees and public,
to be considered by the Stakeholder Advisory Committee and MPA Council. The proposal
summaries are organized according to the pillars developed in the Preliminary Report and
overlapping proposals have been combined. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee will review
the full proposals and will sort them into a cohesive set of priorities for the MPA Council. The
MPA Council will then assess the operational, policy, and fiscal feasibility of the proposals to
develop a final set of proposals to be considered by the Governor for the final issuance of New
York’s Master Plan for Aging.

Emerging Potential Proposals

The previous phases of the MPA drafting process focused on soliciting ideas and
feedback, and produced the foundational material for developing the final MPA. The following
section lists potential proposals that have been considered to date, emerging from the MPA
subcommittees and their respective workgroups, public feedback (e.g., town halls, listening
sessions), and roundtables with industry leaders. In future phases of the MPA drafting process,
the Stakeholder Advisory Committee will evaluate the proposals for completeness and will
organize them by priority. The MPA Council will assess the proposals for feasibility, and will
translate feasible proposals into actionable plans that balance available resources,
implementation requirements, and other key factors in formulating the final Master Plan for
Aging report to be delivered to the governor.

THIS REPORT Advisory Report Final MPA Report

Interim Report

•Potential proposals •List of proposals, •Formal policy

for consideration consolidated and proposals issued by
from prioritized by the the MPA Council,
subcommittees, Stakeholder Advisory based on the
workgroups, Committee priorities in the
roundtables and Advisory Report
town halls

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 List of MPA Proposals
I. Informal Caregiver and Workforce Support and Modernization of
Community-Based Aging Network Service Providers
Support Community-Based Aging Services
Establish budget parity for aging services by increasing access to resources for
community-based services including statewide funding opportunities and capital funding
programs, expansion of Medicaid provider licensure to the network of community-based services
providers, and innovative financing programs (i.e., social impact bonds) to ensure that all New
Yorkers can age in their community of choice.
Peer-to-Peer Legacy of Care Mentorship Program
Institute a demonstration pilot for the peer-to-peer Legacy of Care Mentorship Program
within home care service provider agencies statewide, in which seasoned home care staff will
mentor newly hired staff over a six-month period, with the aim of boosting retention rates and
enhancing job satisfaction. The proposal includes a proposed structure for the program and
compensation for the mentors.
Require Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Training
Improve Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia care by requiring applicable training for
nursing home and assisted living staff. This proposal also includes a series of measures to
improve available training in dementia care.
Procurement of Regional Direct Training Centers to Increase Accessibility and Availability of
Training
Direct the Department of Health (DOH) to procure Regional Direct Care Training
Centers (Centers) throughout NYS to increase access and availability to training. The proposal
includes the regulatory framework for operating the training centers.
Establish Regional Caregiver Support Hubs
Have DOH procure Regional Caregiver Support Hubs. Hubs will facilitate support
services for individuals training to become direct caregivers and will provide assistance in
navigating changes to benefits that result from caregivers achieving full-time employment (i.e.
where their employment results in them losing eligibility).
SkillSpring Program to Bolster the Direct Care Workforce

Recommendations to expand the SkillSpring program to prepare care workers to serve

older adults and provide health care jobs to young, low-income New Yorkers. The proposal also
includes partnerships with the Department of Health Regional Direct Care Training Centers to
certify the program’s students.

Support Immigration Reform to Expand the Paid Caregiver Workforce

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 Expand the paid caregiver workforce through immigration reform by amending the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to recapture unused permanent employment-based visas
to fill health care workforce shortages. Modifications include classifying direct care professions
as Schedule A shortage occupations, creating a temporary work visa for low-skill workers, and
establishing a legalization program for qualifying foreign-born workers.
Regulatory Reform to Support Direct Care Workforce Recruitment
Establish financial investment in workforce recruitment and provide education about the
direction of the new facility model. This proposal includes recommendations to decrease
educational barriers, review safety, efficacy and requirements of technicians and assistants, and
promote flexible career ladder opportunities.
Establish the Statewide Caregiver Peer Support System
Establish or expand statewide caregiver peer support system(s) based on successful peer
support programs to support the needs of caregivers. Successful models to replicate or expand
include the Family Essential Care Program (FEP), Pfc. Dwyer Veteran Peer to Peer Program,
Alzheimer’s Association Peer Support, Living Communities Caregiver Coaching Program, and
OPWDDs Family Education Support Groups.
Develop a Caregiving Toolkit
Create a caregiving toolkit that promotes caregiver services and supports to leadership of
non-profits, community organizations, and faith-based organizations. This proposal includes
collaboration with the Office of Faith and Non-Profit Development Services to disseminate the
toolkit, build on the faith-based respite network, engage with the faith-based registry, and expand
direct caregiver services delivered by volunteers.
Workforce Development Center for Professional Development in Gerontological and Geriatric
Education
Create a pilot program for schools with an active aging program or specialization in place
and create a workforce development center for professional development in gerontological
education. The program would include the development of relevant, aging-focused curricula,
track learning opportunities, and efforts to expand the program into other interested schools.
Strengthen the Direct Care Workforce Through Reforming the Credentialing Infrastructure
Establish a revised training and credentialing infrastructure for direct care workers that
allows for portability across long-term care settings. Revise current training curriculum to create
a foundational direct care worker training program with the goal of establishing a recognized
universal direct care worker credential.
Anti-Discrimination of Caregivers in the Workplace
Produce a model working caregiver education training program to inform working
informal caregivers of their rights and resources in the workplace. This proposal also includes a
call to prohibit discrimination based on caregiver status.

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Education of Informal Caregivers in the Workplace
Improve education of informal caregivers in the workplace by requiring workplace
training on caregiving and caregiver rights. This proposal also includes recommendations to
produce a model working caregiver education training program.
Establish Caregiver Coordinating Commission
Establish a Governor-appointed Caregiver Coordinating Commission to coordinate
statewide planning, development, and implementation of caregiver support services for informal
family caregivers. This Commission will incorporate caregiver feedback, analyses of respite
programs and best practices, and develop an annual report.
Caregiver Tax Credit and Reimbursement Program
Create a caregiver tax credit to be paid directly to the caregiver and a reimbursement
program for caregiving expenses to offset expenses such as home safety modifications, medical
equipment, hiring of home health aides, etc.
Establish Administrative Infrastructure to Support Kinship Caregivers
Support kinship caregivers through identifying unmet needs and providing assistance by
establishing Interagency Council on Kinship Care and Kinship Legal Network leveraging the
existing Kinship Navigator program to collect data and recognize trends as a means to identify
success stories, identify unmet needs related to housing, mental health access, financial
assistance, childcare and respite care for kinship caregivers, including systemic challenges and
solutions, and to document the benefit of the program.
Person-Centered Service Delivery Direct Care Workforce Training
Revise assessment, care planning, and direct care worker training infrastructure to reflect
person-centered principles. Adjustments will include convening experts to identify the
comprehensive needs of long-term care service recipients, engaging local authorities and
resources, and updating assessment tools to consider inclusivity and psychosocial needs.
Funding and Recognizing NYSCRC in State Law
Codify the duties and responsibilities of NYS Caregiving and Respite Coalition
(NYSCRC) to establish the program in state Elder Law, focused on advocacy, networking,
public education, caregiver training, increasing access to respite, and assisting family caregivers
in accessing respite care services.
Expand Workforce Development Initiative
Consider budgetary and regulatory actions that would expand workforce development
services and job training for older adults through the Department of Labor’s Workforce
Development Initiative to better maintain and find employment and/or start encore careers.
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 Expand the Any Care Counts – NY campaign statewide to include development of
engagement kits, training on community access points for education and website for continued
engagement of caregiving population.
NYS Working Caregiver Initiative and Pilot
Establish pilot program supporting working caregivers for up to five businesses with
findings used to inform a newly established Caregiver Coordinating Commission (see proposal
MPA2024R63), legislative actions, and dissemination plans beyond the pilot businesses.
Support for Nursing Educators
Increase the number of nurse educators – school faculty and clinical preceptors – in NYS
by expanding scholarship and loan forgiveness programs, consideration of tax incentives for
those serving as clinical nurse preceptors and facilitating private-educational partnerships that
would offer joint appointments for clinical educators/faculty.
Increase Advertising to Recruit More Caregivers
Consider regulatory and budgetary actions that would enhance current activities under
Workforce Investment Organization funding and related programing for the recruitment and
retention of healthcare workers.
Assess Appropriate Respite Care and Social Adult Day Services Wages
Through budgetary and regulatory actions, as well as advocacy to the federal
government, improve wages received by Respite and Social Adult Services employees.
Incentivize Geriatric Specialties
Develop mechanisms to provide incentives that support those interested in entering the
fields of geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry, such as scholarships, loan forgiveness, or additional
provider reimbursement add-ons for serving specialized populations. The proposal includes
incorporating geriatric-specialty-focused elements into existing loan forgiveness programs.

II. Modernization and Financial Sustainability of Healthcare and Residential

Facilities
Nursing Home Capital Assistance
Recommendations to provide a flexible approach to nursing home capital improvements
by a combination of updates to existing regulatory requirements and metrics. The proposal also
includes an evaluation of industry interest in developing specialty care units, and a statement of
principle regarding grant program utilization.
Facilitating Nursing Home Reform Efforts

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 Create a more home-like environment through the development of the Green House or
other small house-type facilities and the renovation of other facilities to facilitate the creation of
a home-like environment. The proposal also includes recommendations to update regulatory
requirements in order to facilitate complementary transformations to the nursing home industry.
Reactivate and Modify the Voluntary Residential Health Care Facility Rightsizing
Demonstration Program
Modify and reactivate the Voluntary Residential Health Care Facility Rightsizing
Demonstration Program to incentivize facilities to voluntarily give up unneeded beds and ensure
appropriate placement through further expansion of alternate levels of service and save Medicaid
funds. Proposed modifications would include loosening regulations around reactivation,
providing a financial incentive for decertification, and expanding the program.
Adult Care Facility (ACF) Voucher Demonstration
Create a limited demonstration program modeled on the successful Special Needs
Assisted Living Voucher Demonstration Program for persons with dementia aimed at preventing
or delaying the need for more costly, higher-level care. The program would provide a sliding-
scale subsidy for ACF residents who are at risk of nursing home care due to depleted resources
and to individuals not eligible for Medicaid or SSI but in need of Adult Day Health Care
services.
Diversifying Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Services
Diversify long-term care facility services to encourage high quality and person-centered
specialized clinical services. This includes expansion of Adult Care Facilities/Assisted Living
and Adult Day Health Care access, expansion of access to and improved clinical expertise in
psychiatric, mental health, and behavioral health services for long-term services and supports
providers, and the revision of regulations that complicate compliance with staffing mandates.
Improve Nursing Home Quality Incentive Pool
Create a robust Nursing Home Quality Incentive Pool through reallocation of funding
from the Vital Access Provider pool to offset changes to nursing home quality incentive pool.
Recommendations for increased investment in improved nursing home quality include collective
stakeholder input, additional metrics for staff, and investments in workforce training.
Interagency Integration of Social and Healthcare Services
Establish an interagency office to develop a plan to fully integrate social and healthcare
services for New Yorkers of all ages based on research and available data on positive outcomes.
In cross-sector partnerships, state agency members will develop shared goals to assess the effects
of ageism and foster sustainable health and social care alignment.
Expanding Flexibility for Long-Term Care Facilities
Reduce regulatory and programmatic barriers through creating a sustainable, person and
quality centric Assisted Living Model for the future, developing one uniform licensure category

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for assisted living, and increasing financial support for transitioning nursing homes to other care
models. Allow Adult Care Facilities to add Assisted Living Program (ALP) beds.
Hospice and Palliative Care Support and Reform
Improve and preserve the quality and availability of hospice and palliative care.
Recommendations include reestablishment of the Hospice and Palliative Care Education and
Training Council, development of a Regulatory and Certificate of Need Task Force, funding for
a stakeholder statewide coalition, offering an interdisciplinary palliative care benefit for
qualifying Medicaid recipients regardless of location, and recognizing Physician Assistants as
Hospice Attendings.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities Oversight Reform
Encourage the growth of Continuing Care Retirement Communities by consolidating
oversight to the Department of Health, updating the priority reservation fee deposit, and
reallocate state resources to the DOH to support expanded oversight. This proposal includes
alternative opportunities to reduce barriers to growth, all of which align with the
recommendations to reduce oversight and improve CRCCs ability to effectively serve their
populations.
Adult Day Health Care Family Caregiver Program
Increase and incentivize Adult Day Health Care programs through regulatory reforms
that address reimbursement and financing, expanded staffing, innovative partnerships with other
service providers including with transportation providers, and encourage pilot programs that
integrate adult day services.
Review and update ADL Requirements for Medicaid in-home services
Consider regulatory reforms related to current ADL requirements for in-home services
covered by Medicaid and develop a universal eligibility tool to ensure accurate, timely, and
quality assessment of eligibility of needed in-home services to ensure coverage regardless of
payor source.
Elevate Integrated Care Programs
Create ways to upscale service delivery to the most integrated settings possible by
incorporating enrollees who receive services through provider programs without coordination
and aging individuals receiving OPWDD services into more comprehensive programs such as
PACE without disenrollment or automatic exclusion from their current program, their care can
be more holistically coordinated.
Support PACE Expansion and Enrollment
Consider regulatory, budget and programmatic actions to implement that would increase
Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) enrollment by increasing accessibility and
awareness of PACE.

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Medicaid Rate Reform
Consider reforms to Medicaid reimbursement across long term service and support
providers, including facility-and-home-based providers, through examination and adjustments to
SSI/SSP, rate methodology, and episodic payment system policies.
Coordination of Homecare and Aging Services at OMH Housing Through 1115 Waiver
Create a demonstration program for individuals being discharged from hospitals
participating in the evidence based care transition demonstration. The demonstration would
coordinate home care and aging services for individuals with co-occurring LTC and mental
health and/or substance use needs who are transitioning back to or newly being transitioned to
community-based OMH housing.
Assisted Living Reform
Combine accreditation programs and regulatory reforms to drive higher quality care and
improved access to specialized services at assisted living residences. Encourage integration,
including digital systems, into larger network of care providers.

III. Prevention, Wellness Promotion and Access

Evaluate Payor Support for Preventive Services and Supports
Consider regulatory and programmatic actions to, on an annual basis, analyze policy
decisions that affect the delivery of Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for
Medicaid Managed Care, Managed Long Term Care and Fee for Service (FFS) for consideration
of support for LTSS that defer, delay and eliminate the need for Medicaid long-term care with an
annual report that recommends methods for greater integration of services and payors across the
DOH and SOFA landscape.
Prevention and Geriatrics Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Establish a blue-ribbon commission to develop Continuing Medical Education content on
prevention and geriatric medicine to increase provider awareness of contemporary best practices.
The proposal additionally provides details on the membership of the commission, the target
audience for the content, and content distribution.
Food As Medicine promotion
Build an integrated social care delivery system through resource allocation, regulatory
and statutory actions with a focus on health equity to enable aging service providers, the existing
AAA network, and local health departments to provide Food As Medicine interventions tailored
to each community to be scaled statewide over a decade.
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 Review and engage in an update of the PRI Screening Tool in consultation with
appropriate partner agencies and stakeholders with the goal of reflecting the current acuity-based
Medicaid reimbursement system and an evolving health information technology landscape,
increase efficiencies and better integrate into the State HIT and exchange framework the aging
and LTC services providers.
Promotion of the Annual Wellness Visit
Undertake programmatic and educational efforts, and consideration of innovative
partnerships between community-based and health service providers to provide better awareness
and utilization of Annual Wellness Visits with primary care providers to create or update a
personalized prevention plan.
Public Education and Awareness
Establish public awareness campaigns regarding best practices for addressing the
following health issues or needs: Falls, Diabetes, Hypertension, The importance of physical
activity, Nutrition benefits (including SNAP, the Elderly Simplified Application Process, and the
Restaurant Meals Program), Malnutrition Prevention and Awareness, Advance care planning
(particularly end-of-life), Caregiver education, Brain health, Adult Abuse and Scams, and
Generalized prevention.
Ecosystem Demonstration Pilot
Establishes a partnership among NYSOFA, DOH and the Department of State to create
local teams to facilitate better coordination across health systems, local health departments,
primary and specialty providers, and Area Agencies on Aging. Includes a recommendation that
initial demonstrations be located in counties that have at least one health system certified as an
Age-Friendly Health System.
Support Services for Older New Americans
Support older new Americans by funding trusted community benefit organizations in the
Older New Americans network. Target organizations would provide case management support,
referrals, and information and translation services in a way that overcomes existing linguistic and
cultural barriers.
Firearm Retirement Plan
Provide education and active engagement of older adults to facilitate better firearm
safety. Include mental health and suicide prevention in a program of engagement for firearm
owners.
Support Older Adults Aging in Place in OMH Licensed and Permanent Housing
Proposes a formal collaboration among DOH, the Homecare Association of NYS, OMH
Housing Providers and Advocacy groups to address challenges for accessing needed services in
OMH housing.

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Community Immunization Program
Support increasing vaccination rates. The proposal includes a combination of partnerships
and studying the most effective ways to encourage vaccination.
Prevention Curriculum
Develop a Prevention curriculum for elementary, middle and high schools. Additionally
facilitates social interactions via volunteer programs, and provides exposure and encouragement
for caregiving careers.
More Effective Care Integration Through Plans
Introduce a care mandate that incorporates mental, behavioral and physical health for
managed care plans. The proposal includes a plan to work with CMS for the needed program
changes.

IV. Housing Access and Community Development

Addressing Housing Supply
The proposal includes reforms that encourage new construction or adaptive reuse of
existing buildings, pilots accessory dwelling units (ADUs), recommends zoning ordinance
revisions, and suggests housing models for senior and “missing middle” housing.
Eviction Prevention
Ensure people can stay in their homes and avoid eviction. Recommendations include
reviewing budgetary opportunities to provide a state-funded housing voucher or a state funded
plan for housing assistance for New York’s lowest-income seniors, modeled after the Senior
Citizen Rent Increase Exemption and providing legal assistance to all older adults, individuals
with disabilities, and their caregivers facing eviction or foreclosure.
Supporting Community Housing Models
Support different housing models that provide a range of services. This proposal includes
recommendations to create a 5-year Resident Assistant demonstration project, expand the
N/NORC program and senior housing with services model, expand housing models that benefit
people with mental health and substance use disorders and reduce social isolation, and allow for
operators of Family Type Homes for Adult to apply for special licenses to perform specific
duties.
62+ Housing Exemption for Kinship Caregivers
Work with the Division of Human Rights to amend waivers for 62 plus senior housing
developments. The current rules disproportionately impact minorities populations.
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 Review, consolidate and direct policy and budgetary actions to implement improvements
to current programs that maintain or modify homes to be accessible for older adults and people
with disabilities.
Incorporate Age-Friendly Principles Into Community Design
Establish an interagency group responsible for the coordination of community design and
housing solutions. Incorporate or encourage age-friendly principles into community design
through incorporation into state procurement and spending policies, planning for enhanced and
expanded pedestrian infrastructure in and around communities with an aging population as well
as public engagement of older New Yorkers to remain living in, or relocate to, communities with
a higher population density and concentration of jobs, social/medical services, recreational
opportunities, and public transit options.
Funding Infrastructure Upgrades and Investing in Municipalities
Establish a fund for grants to municipalities to make infrastructure upgrades and capital
investments. The proposal includes requirements to encourage local support for capital projects.

V. Affordability of Basic Necessities

Establish a Lifetime Financial Planning Program
Create a Lifetime Financial Planning Program which would be responsible for assisting
New Yorkers in planning their finances throughout their lifetime, including budgeting, financial
literacy, planning for life’s milestones (including retirement), dealing with debt and referrals to
career counseling.
Establishing the Office of Benefits Coordination
Establish a Benefits Coordination Office to streamline existing benefits programs across
the New York State government. The office would document existing benefits and provider
resources, develop a single portal website for benefit identification, and operate a universal
benefits application for streamlined application processes.
Benefits Program Expansion
Increase and expand a variety of existing benefit programs. The proposal recommends
updates to regulatory and programmatic requirements and metrics to increase the number of
enrollees and improve the access and availability of critical health programs.
Increase Utilization of the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC)
Increase utilization of EPIC program by addressing stubborn barriers to enrollment,
access and retention through program oversight and transparency, simplify program
administration, address stigma, improve a lack of adequate outreach and education, as well as
culturally and linguistically competent education and outreach to support application assistance.

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LTSS Finance Reform
Consider a new financing regime to pay for LTSS in the State, focusing on a long-term
care social insurance model. This new program would supplement the existing Medicaid, EISEP,
and private long-term care insurance markets after conducting an actuarial study on LTSS
financing model feasibility, which would consider the types of benefits, who should qualify, how
it should be funded and other variables and concurrent study of LTSS benefit design which
includes cash-only, services-only, and an option between the two and covers all LTSS services,
including examination of anticipated costs for funding of public education and workforce
investments.
Improving Use of Medicare Savings Program
Undertake regulatory, budgetary, outreach and education and programmatic actions that
aim to increase, streamline, and simplify enrollment into the Medicare Savings Program.

VI. Access to Services in and Engagement with Historically Underserved and

Rural Communities
Support Electronic Health Records Adoption
Budgetary considerations for long-term care providers who were not eligible for federal
Meaningful Use funding for electronic health record adoption, and policy and regulatory actions
to increase efficiency, support workforce and partner with systems across the continuum to
ensure seamless care transitions and support technology acquisition and implementation.
Loan Forgiveness for Nurses in Medically Underserved Areas
Expand eligibility for Nurses Across New York by including specific considerations for
serving older adults or within the LTSS field, consideration of eligibility for other titles, and
development of a solicitation of interest related to interest in serving the LTSS population.
Encourage Transportation Network Integration and Growth
Improve scale, efficiency, and capacity of transportation networks by exploring the
expansion of micro transit services to regions with a high percentage of older New Yorkers,
expanding the supply of volunteer drivers, encouraging the coordination of rural transit providers
into a regional entity that can coordinate services, and establishing local transportation and
considerations into existing funding programs and expanded funding opportunities.

VII. Social Engagement of Older Adults

Supporting Social Connection with the US Surgeon General’s Recommendations
Support social connection through the implementation of the U.S. Surgeon General’s ten
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government leadership positions and roles, and collaborative governance across federal, state and
local functions, to prioritize social connection, which would be connected by newly standardized
metrics.
Reduction in Social Isolation Through Peer Model Programming Engagement and Expansion
Conduct public education campaign on peer-to-peer models and connections available,
benefits thereof, and enrollment support combined with establishment of a wellness screening
website that includes a social connections component to provide information on the value of
social connections, strategies to strengthen healthy social connections such as accessing outreach
volunteers, peer services, and other resources. State agencies explore current programs utilizing
peer-to-peer models and how to expand access and utilization and consideration of creation of
state-level position to implement actions and to target older adults not currently accessing aging
services.
Social Isolation and Loneliness in State Policy
Require a social connections component embedded across all state policies and programs,
including: the design and implementation of a standardized data set and monitoring system for
evaluations of social connection interventions statewide; the building of age-friendly social
infrastructure within the community that values the assets of older adults and enables
opportunities for paid work and volunteering; a focus on the built environment to provide spaces
and opportunities to access social engagement; a focus on the community-based programming
designed to create social connection, meaning, and purpose; and the creation of a one-stop-
shopping opportunity for people to obtain a listing of the wide range of opportunities to be
engaged with.
Co-Location of Childcare Services
Co-locate childcare services in facility-based long-term care settings. Establish programs
to encourage interaction between children and appropriately screened and supervised residents.

VIII. Combatting Elder Abuse, Ageism and Ableism

Inclusive Disaster Response and Preparedness
Enhance and promote New York State’s disaster preparedness and response education
opportunities. This proposal includes recommendations to promote the Citizens Preparedness
Corp trainings and strategies for identifying and developing best practices for assisting older
adults and those with access and functional needs during disasters and emergencies.
Improve Guardianship
Establish and fund a statewide Article 81 guardianship program to oversee Article 81
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focusing on education, planning, and providing supports tailored to each individual’s specific
need.
Elder Abuse and Elder Justice Forum
Create a permanent, state government sponsored forum focused on elder abuse and elder
justice for a diverse partnership of representatives to share ideas from both academia and the
field, provide feedback, and encourage evidence-based and culturally responsive strategies to
prevent and intervene in cases of financial exploitation and elder abuse and regularly provide
review and feedback on potential updates to operations, programs and regulations related to elder
abuse and justice.
Challenging Ageism, Ableism and Abuse
Encourages implementing the recommendations contained in the final report of the 2021
New York State Elder Abuse Summit Seeking Solutions: Elder Abuse - Creating a Clear Vision
of Where We Go From Here and examining opportunities for collaboration among agencies on
training and programs addressing ageism, as well as establishing an Elder Justice Coordinating
consisting of state agency representatives working in the realm of elder justice.

IX. Technology Access and Development

Involving the User in the Design and Development of Technology
Develop policies that encourage the technology sector to involve end-users in the design
and development of such technology products, trainings, and support services, including
incentives for companies that include end-user in design and development, establishing
formalized standards for procurements, involvement of end-users in policy development, and
implementation of end-user feedback.
Statewide Uniform Care Platform
Develop, launch, and maintain a statewide, uniform HIPAA compliant care platform
aiming to empower users to proactively help clients receive the care and services, allowing for
benefits and services enrollment based on data analysis, trends, and recommendations generated
by the platform. The platform would replace the current use of individual assessment tools and
data sheets by various programs and allow users to seamlessly coordinate services and benefits
across multiple agencies and programs.
Improve Cognitive Health Data Accessibility
Establish a central repository of HIPAA-compliant cognitive health data to inform
policymaking and resource prioritization in support of optimizing value, equity, inclusion and
effectiveness of cognitive health promotion and care in NYS. The proposal includes an
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Integrate Data and Case Management Across Care Settings
Leverage the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHINNY) in a series
of three pilots to integrate information from medical, behavioral, and mixed payer client data
systems to connect to Qualified Entities such as HIXNY or Healthix to facilitate use of electronic
information from local provider systems. The pilots would prioritize data sharing to facilitate
better transitions across care settings.
Meaningful Access to Technology
Increase efforts to ensure meaningful access to technology for all populations, including
access to the hardware, software, and other equipment necessary to meet needs; an internet
connection with sufficient bandwidth; and the training, support, and skills necessary to use them
delivered in an engaging and culturally component way.
AgeTech and Assistive Technology Incubator
Establish a State-sponsored technology incubator focused on “AgeTech” and assistive
technology. The incubator would be a public-private partnership leveraging State opportunities
to encourage development of needed technologies.

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APPENDIX A
MPA Structure

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 APPENDIX B:
MPA State Agency Council Membership
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Chair
New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), Vice-Chair
Department of State (DOS)
Department of Financial Services (DFS)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Division of Budget (DOB)
Division of Veterans’ Services (DVS)
Empire State Development (ESD)
Faith Based Initiatives – Governor’s Office
Governor’s Chief Disability Officer
Homes and Community Renewal (HCR)
New York City Department of Aging (NYC Aging)
Office for New Americans (ONA)
Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
Office for Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
Office of Emergency Management (DHSES)
Office of Mental Health (OMH)

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 APPENDIX C
Stakeholder Advisory Committee Membership
Jessica Bacher, Pace Land Use Law Center
Stephen Berger, Odyssey Partners
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU
Dr. Thomas Caprio, Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center
Ann Marie Cook, LifeSpan of Greater Rochester
Sara Czaja, PhD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine
Emma DeVito, VillageCare
Ruth Finkelstein, PhD, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging
Dr. Linda Fried, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Doris Green, New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition
Kathryn Haslanger, Jewish Association Serving the Aging
Linda James, Former Kinship Caregiver
Stuart C. Kaplan, Selfhelp Community Services
Scott LaRue, ArchCare
Stephanie Lederman, American Federation for Aging Research
Lora Lee La France, St. Regis Mohawk Office for the Aging
Raj Mehra, Sage
George Nicholas, African American Health Equity Task Force
Allison Nickerson, LiveOn NY
Karen Nicolson, Center for Elder Law and Justice
Wade Norwood, Common Ground Health
Nora O’Brien-Suric, Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
James O'Neal, AARP New York
Dennis Rivera, Former Chairman of Medicaid Re-Design Team
Dan Savitt, VNS Health
Helen Schaub, 1199/SEIU
Timothy Seymour, Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services
Courtney Burke, Sachs Policy Group

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Subcommittees, Workgroups, and Workgroup Focus Areas

Housing, Community Development and Transportation

 Housing
o Zoning
o Financing
o Taxation: Carrots and Sticks
o Affordability
 Community Planning
o Public spaces
o Services
o Smart growth
o Accessibility
 Transportation
o Public Transportation
o Infrastructure
o Paratransit
o Private services

Formal Caregivers
 Recruitment and Training
o Fair pay
o Workforce investment: training, career ladders and technology
o Adequacy of existing training programs
o Rural transportation
o Stackable Credentials
o Specialized training
 Retention, Compensation and Benefits
o Compensation
o Case assignment
o Mentoring
o Childcare
o Regionality
 Scope of Practice and Job Structure
o Scope of practice flexibilities
o Creating opportunities for full-time employment of home care aides
o Career paths
o Specialized training

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 o Database of available positions
o Case assignment
Informal Caregivers
 Kinship Caregiving
o Focused on supports for older adults filling the caregiving role
o Legal issues
o Safety net supports
o Housing challenges
 Caregiver Supports
o Focused on services that assist caregivers with their responsibilities and their
mental health
o DEI issues
o Mental health supports
o Complexity of support systems
o Social Security issues
 Communications
o Targeting informal caregivers to help them self-identify and to publicize available
resources
 Finances
o Engaged with the challenges of caregiving to the caregivers and to employers
o Evaluate market sizing
o Look at regulatory/tax/funding supports for employers of informal caregivers

Economic Security
 Retirement
o This workgroup will focus on financial preparation for retirement and long term
care needs
o Savings programs
o Long term care insurance
o Education and communication
 Benefit Programs
o This workgroup will focus on existing and potential benefit programs to support
the ability of older New Yorkers to secure the basic needs of daily life, as well as
communications and education to ensure that older New Yorkers are aware of the
benefits available to them, and are able to navigate those benefit programs
o Identifying and closing existing gaps between programs
o Streamlining programs where navigation is excessively challenging
 Workforce Protections and Training
o This workgroup will focus on programs and protections to facilitate ongoing
engagement in the workforce for older New Yorkers.
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 o Workforce training
o Education about training and ageism protection resources
o Engagement with employers to develop formal programs for employing older
New Yorkers

Long Term Services and Supports

 End of Life Care
o Hospice, palliative care, and regulatory considerations
o Specific charge to address for-profit hospice
 Levels of Care
o Regulatory reforms to facilitate aging in place and ensuring the most integrated
setting to meet need
 Person-Centered Navigation and Access
o Equitable access to care settings
o Prioritizing person-centered care that is inclusive, integrated and accessible, with
an emphasis on dignity and autonomy
 Payor Structures
o Incentives for quality and preventive care
 Care transitions
o Ensuring access to better transitions within care settings
 Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
o Addressing barriers to PACE enrollment
o Addressing barriers to PACE licensure
 Equitable Facility Transformation
o Modernizing facilities to fit changing needs of older adults

Home and Community-Based Services

 In-Home Services
o Focused on strategies, services and supports to help people age in place in their
homes, especially as activities of daily living become limited.
 In-Community Services
o Focused on services and supports, including those offered by local Area Agencies
on Aging (AAAs), that build community, break-down isolation and help older
people thrive within their community via improved access or congregate settings.
 Critical Partnerships and Systems Building
o Focused on how services can be better integrated within other "systems" and will
probably be coordinated across the other Subcommittee workgroups that are
discussing integration between Medicaid and HCBS.

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  Financial exploitation, scams
o Prevention
o Detection
o Intervention
 Abuse (physical, sexual, neglect, psychological)
o Awareness/communication
o Identifying ways to gather data
 Guardianship/Alternatives to guardianship
o Role of not-for-profits
o Awareness
o Legal structures and mechanisms
 Technology Development; and Access
o Training
o Social isolation
o Design

Health and Wellness

 Promote and sustain physical and mental health, wellbeing and quality of life, including
primary and secondary prevention and self-management of chronic disease
 Access to Medicare and Medicaid annual wellness and prevention benefits &
communication to improve utilization
 Behavioral health and substance use disorders
 Cognitive health, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
 Nutrition and food insecurity

APPENDIX E
Subcommittee and Workgroup Rosters

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Subcommittee 1: Long-Term Care Supports and Services (LTSS)
Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Scott LaRue (ArchCare)
 Pastor George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial UMC)
 Wade Norwood (Common Ground Health)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Shelly Aubertine-Fiebich (OCFS)
 Kimberly Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
 Karen Choens (OMH)
 Karen Walker (DOH)
 Katie Seaward (OASAS)
 Lisl Maloney (OCFS)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Dr. Thomas Caprio (Geriatric Assessment Clinic at Monroe Community)
 Dan Savitt (VNS Health)
 Kathryn Haslanger (JASA)
 Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.)

Other Interested Parties

 Adria Powell (Cooperative Home Care Associates)
 Al Cardillo (NYS Home Care Association)
 Alene Hokenstad (1199SEIU)
 Alicia Pointer (Orange County)
 Amy Haskins (Wayne County)
 Andrea Deepe (Warren Washington Association for Mental Health Inc.)
 Andrew Cruikshank (Fort Hudson Health System)
 Ann Monroe (AARP New York)
 Ann Marie Cook (Lifespan Rochester)
 Ann Marie Selfridge (NYSADSA)
 Annette Horvath (Able Body)
 Ashley Waite(Lewis County)
 Brad Markowitz (Hospice of New York)
 Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York
State)
 Carlos Martinez (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York
State)
 Carrie Roseamelia (DOH)

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 Cheryl Kraus (HPCANYS)
 Christina Foster (HANYS)
 Cindy Lovetro (St. Ann's Community)
 Corinne Carey (Compassion & Choices New York)
 Cristopher Comfort (Calvary Hosp)
 Crystal Collette (NYSOFA)
 Dan Hiem (LeadingAge NY)
 Dan Lowenstein (VNS Health)
 Darius Kirstein (Leading Age New York)
 Dave Jordan (Office for Aging)
 Debi Buzanowski (Saint Peter's Health Partners)
 Diane Gotebiowski (Ever Homecare)
 Doug Hovey (Independent Living, Inc.)
 Dr. Carolyn McLaughlin (Albany Common Council President)
 Dr. Christopher Kerr (Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo)
 Dr. Isabella Park (Northwell Health)
 Dr. Kevin Costello (Albany Med)
 Dr. Tara Liberman (Northwell Health)
 Eric Linzer (New York Health Plan Association)
 Eva Cohen (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS (HPCANYS))
 Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
 Heidi Schempp (Elderwood at North Creek)
 Ian Magerkurth (Welbe Health PACE)
 Ilana Berger (Hand in Hand)
 Jade Gong (Jade Gong & Associates)
 James Rosneman (Andrus on Hudson)
 Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
 Jed A. Levine (CaringKind)
 Jeffrey Farber (New Jewish Home)
 Jill Graziano (Rochester Regional Health)
 Jim Kane (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
 Joe Corwin (GYNHA)
 Joe Pecora (Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA))
 Kevin Christiano (Ashton Place Senior Living)
 Kara Travis (Mountain Valley Hospice)
 Karen Lipson (LeadingAge NY)
 Kendall Drexler (Chenango County Hospice and Palliative Care)
 Kendra Scalia (NY Carning Majority, Hand-in-Hand
 Karen Thornton (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
 Kristin DeVries (NYSHFA|NYSCAL)
 Laura Ehrich (NYS Association of Health Care Providers - HCP)
 Laura Niland (policy arm of national hospice and palliative care organization)
 Linda K.P. Mertz (UAlbany School of Social Welfare and IAP)
 Linda Spokane (Hudson Headwaters)

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 Lindsay Heckler (Center for Elder Law and Justice)
 Lisa Alteri (Capital Health Consulting)
 Lisa Betrus (Bassett Health Network)
 Lisa Newcomb (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
 Lise-Anne Deoul (Sullivan County)
 Lucy Newman (OMH)
 Luke Tobler (NYS PACE alliance)
 Lynn Young (DOH)
 Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
 Marie Rosenthal (Archcare at Terence Cardinal Cooke)
 Mary Gracey-White (Greater New York Health Care Facility Association)
 Mary McLaughlin (Adirondack Health Institute)
 Maxine Smalling (OMH)
 Meg Everett (Leading Age)
 Michael Gelman (Care Connect Mobile)
 Michael King (Jewish Senior Life)
 Michael Rosenblut (Parker Jewish Institute)
 Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
 Michelle Arnot (Gray Panthers NYC)
 Misty Boldt (NASW)
 Nancy Miller (Visions VCB)
 Nancy Speller (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
 Nikki Kmicinski (WNY Integrated Care Collaborative)
 Rachel Tart (Elderwood at North Creek)
 Rebecca LeBaron (Heritage Ministries)
 Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
 Rhenda Campbell (Fort Hudson Home Care)
 Ricky Fortune (SUNY Albany)
 Roxanne G. Tena-Nelson (Greater New York Hospital Association)
 Ruben Medina (RC Solutions Inc.)
 Russell Lusak (Selfhelp Community Services Inc.)
 Shaun Ruskin (CenterLight Health System)
 Sally Dreslin (Step Two Policy Project)
 Sarah Ravenhall (NYS Association of County Health Officials- NYSACHO)
 Stephanie Button (PACE CNY)
 Stephen Hanse (NYSHFA|NYSCAL)
 Stuart Almer (Gurwin Jewish)
 Susan Hollander (OCFS)
 Suzanne Sullivan (SED)
 Tammy DeLorme (Washington County)
 Tara Liberman (Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at
Hofstra/Northwell Health)
 Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)
 Walter Kaltenbach (Always Home Care)

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  Yuchi Young (University at Albany School of Public Health)

LTSS Workgroups
 Care Transitions & Navigation
o Karen Choens (Office of Mental Health) Chair
o Kim Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
o Amy Haskins (Wayne County Department for the Aging)
o Andrea Deepe (Warren Washington Association for Mental Health Inc. )
o Christina Foster (HANYS)
o Dan Savitt (VNS Health)
o Ilana Berger (Hand in Hand)
o Eva Cohen (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS (HPCANYS))
o Karen Thornton (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
o Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
o Mary McLaughlin (Adirondack Health Institute)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance of New York State)
o Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
o Rhenda Campbell (Fort Hudson Home Care)
o Dr. Kevin Costello (Albany Medical Center)
o Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association)
o Dr. Thomas Caprio (Geriatric Assessment Clinic at Monroe Community)
o Laura Ehrich (New York State Association of Health Care Providers)
o Roxanne G. Tena-Nelson (Greater New York Hospital Association) Chair
o Ruben Medina (RCSolutions, Inc)
o Russell Lusak (Selfhelp Community Services Inc.)
 End of Life Care
o Dr. Christopher Kerr (Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo)
o Dr. Kevin Costello (Geriatrics, Albany Medical Center)
o Dr. Thomas Caprio (Geriatric Assessment Clinic at Monroe Community)
o Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association) Chair
o Cristopher Comfort (Calvary Hosp)
o Dan Savitt (VNS Health)
o Kara Travis (Mountain Valley Hospice)
o Kendall Drexler (Chenango County Hospice and Palliative Care)
o Laura Niland (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
o Mary Gracey-White (Greater New York Health Care Facility Assoc.)
 Equitable Facility Transformation
o James Rosenman (Andrus on Hudson)
o Lindsay Heckler (Center for Law and Justice)
o Debi Buzanowski (St. Peter's Health Partners)
o Michael King (Jewish Senior Life)
o Stuart Almer (Gurwin Jewish) Chair
 Levels of Care
o Lisl Maloney (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Andrew Cruikshank (Fort Hudson Health System)

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 o Ashley Waite (Lewis County Public Health Department)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance of New York State)
o Debi Buzanowski (Polaris Health)
o Karen Lipson (LeadingAge NY) Chair
o Kim Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
o Amy Haskins (Wayne County Office for the Aging)
o Andrea Deepe (Warren Washington Association for Mental Health Inc. )
o Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
o Lisa Newcomb (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
o Roxanne G. Tena-Nelson (Greater New York Hospital Association)
o Laura Ehrich (New York State Association of Health Care Providers)
o Lise-Anne Deoul (Sullivan County Office for the Aging)
o Nancy Speller (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
o Tara Liberman (Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of
Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health)
o Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)
 Licensed Professionals
o Carrie Roseamelia (Department of Health)
o Crystal Collette (New York State Office for the Aging)
o Lucy Newman (Office of Mental Health)
o Lynn Young (Department of Health)
o Maxine Smalling (Office of Mental Health)
o Susan Hollander (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Suzanne Sullivan (State Education Department)
o Al Cardillo (Home Care Association)
o Alene Hokenstad (1199SEIU)
o Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
o Annette Horvath (Able Body)
o Cindy Lovetro (St. Ann's Community)
o Cristopher Comfort (Calvary Hospital)
o Dan Lowenstein (VNS Health)
o Diane Gotebiowski (Ever Homecare)
o Dr. Tara Liberman (Northwell Health)
o Karen Choens (Office of Mental Health)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance of New York State)
o Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association)
o Kara Travis (Mountain Valley Hospice)
o Kendall Drexler (Chenango County Hospice and Palliative Care)
o Rhenda Campbell (Fort Hudson Home Care)
o Joe Pecora (Home Healthcare Workers of America) Chair
o Kathryn Haslanger (Center for Elder Law and Justice)
o Linda Mertz (State University of New York, University at Albany)
o Marie Rosenthal (Archcare at Terence Cardinal Cooke)
o Michael Gelman (Care Connect Mobile)
o Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
o Misty Boldt (National Association of Social Workers)

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 o Nancy Miller (Visions VCB)
o Nikki Kmicinski (Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative)
o Rebecca LeBaron (Heritage Ministries)
o Ricky Fortune (State University of New York, University at Albany)
o Sally Dreslin (Step Two Policy Project)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.)
 Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
o Ian Magerkurth (Welbe Health PACE)
o Jade Gong (Jade Gong & Associates)
o Jill Graziano (Rochester Regional Health)
o Linda Spokane (Hudson Headwaters)
o Luke Tobler (New York State PACE Alliance) Chair
o Scott LaRue (ArchCare)
o Shaun Ruskin (CenterLight Health System)
o Stephanie Button (PACE Central New York) Chair
 Payor Structures
o Ann Monroe (AARP New York)
o Dan Hiem (LeadingAge NY)
o Darius Kirstein (Leading Age New York) Chair
o Eric Linzer (New York Health Plan Association)
o Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
o Jim Kane (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
o Joe Corwin (Greater New York Hospital Association)
o Kristin DeVries (New York State Health Facilities Association| New York State
Center for Assisted Living)
o Lisa Betrus (Bassett Health Network)
o Lisa Newcomb (Empire State Association of Assisted Living)
o Meg Everett (Leading Age)
o Michael Rosenblut (Parker Jewish Institute)
o Stephen Hanse (New York State Health Facilities Association| New York State
Center for Assisted Living)
o Ilana Berger (Hand in Hand)
o Tara Liberman (Northwell Health and Donald and Barbara Zucker School of
Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health)
o Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New
York State)

Subcommittee 2: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Kathryn Haslanger (JASA)
 Allison Nickerson (LiveOn)

State Agency Council Representatives

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  Katie Seaward (OASAS)
 Kim Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
 Shirley Paul (Faith Based Initiatives, Governor’s Office)
 Christopher Smith (OMH)
 Julie Hovey (OCFS/NYSCB)
 Nicole Haggerty (OMH)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 James O’Neal (AARP)
 Ann Marie Cook (Lifespan at Greater Rochester)
 Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.)
 Emma DeVito (Village Care)
 Nora OBrien-Suric (AARP)
 Timothy Seymour (Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services)

Other Interested Parties

 Alexandra Roth-Kahn (UJA-Federation of New York)
 Anderson Torres (RAIN Total Care)
 Ann Cunningham (Rochester Oasis)
 Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
 Annette Horvath (Able Body Homecare Agency of NY, Inc.)
 Bill Ferris (AARP New York)
 Bob Blancato (Elder Justice Coalition)
 Bobbie Sackman (Caring Majority)
 Britt Burner (Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.)
 Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York
State)
 Carol Deyoe, (NYS Association of Health Care Providers)
 Catherine James (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Central NY Chapter)
 Cheryl A. Kraus (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
 Cynthia L. Cary Woods (Upstate Oasis)
 Daniella Labate Covelli (New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
(NYAPRS))
 Denise Figueroa (Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley)
 Dr. Carolyn McLaughlin (Albany Common Council President)
 Erica Tomlinson (Hamilton County)
 Ericka Reyes (Optimum Choice Services Inc.)
 Erika Flint (Health Workforce Collaborative)
 Francis Colon (The Jewish Board)
 Ginger Hall (Jefferson County)
 Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
 Jackie Maclutsky (OCFS)
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 Jennifer Michella (Upstate Oasis)
 Jennifer Schranz (Alzheimer's Association)
 Joanne Taylor (Senior Helpers Westchester)
 Jocelyn Groden (NYC Aging)
 Joe Pecora (Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA))
 Karen McGraw (Neighbors of Northern Columbia County)
 Kathleen Strack (Franklin County)
 Katie Seaward (OASAS)
 Lauren Wetterhahn (Inclusive Alliance IPA Inc)
 Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
 Loretta Zolkowski (Human Services Leadership Council)
 Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez (NYC Aging)
 Lois Celeste (Saratoga Senior Center)
 Lou Pierro (Pierro, Connor & Strauss)
 Lyndi Scott-Loines (Allegany County)
 Meg Everett (LeadingAge NY)
 Meghan Schobert (Parkview Health Services)
 Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
 Misty Boldt (NASW)
 MJ Okma (SAGE - Advocacy & Services for LGBTQ+ Elders)
 Nancy Harvey (Service Program for Older People)
 Nancy Speller (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
 Nicholas Stella (Jzanus Home Care)
 Nikki Kmicinski (Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative)
 Pascale Leone (Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY))
 Phil Di Sorbo (Saratoga Senior Center)
 Randy Klein (Vesta)
 Rebecca Heller (The Bridge)
 Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
 Renee Christian (Home Care Advocate)
 Robbie Felton (Intus Care)
 Ruben Medina (RC Solutions Inc.)
 Sarah Ravenhall (NYS Association of County Health Officials- NYSACHO)
 Shelley Madore (Office of Chief Disability Officer)
 Sue Ruzenski (Helen Keller Services)
 Susan Hollander (OCFS)
 Susan Stamler (United Neighborhood Houses NY)
 Tammy Ryan (Community Home Healthcare)
 Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)
 Vicky Hiffa (NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council)
 Walter Kaltenbach (Always Home Care)
 Yuchi Young (University at Albany School of Public Health)
 Steven Hornsby (The Jewish Board)

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HCBS Workgroups
 Critical Partnerships & Systems Building
o Carol Deyoe, (NYS Association of Health Care Providers)
o Nora OBrien-Suric (Health Foundation for Western & Central New York)
o Ann Marie Cook (LifeSpan of Greater Rochester)
o Catherine James (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
o Denise Figueroa (Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley)
o Emma DeVito (Village Care)
o Jean Chirico (Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State)
o Lauren Wetterhahn (Inclusive Alliance IPA Inc)
o Loretta Zolkowski (Human Services Leadership Council)
o Phil Di Sorbo (Saratoga Senior Center)
o Rebecca Heller (The Bridge)
o Steven Hornsby (The Jewish Board)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
o Vicky Hiffa (Developmental Disabilities Planning Council)
o Yvonne Ward (Glatt Health)
o Christopher Smith (Office of Mental Health)
o Kim Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
o Cynthia L. Cary Woods (Syracuse Oasis)
o Nancy Speller (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
o Pascale Leone (Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY) Chair
o Tammy Ryan (Community Home Healthcare)
o Timothy Seymour (Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services)
o Karen Walker (Department of Health)
o Anderson Torres (RAIN Total Care)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS)
o Cheryl A. Kraus (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
o Nicholas Stella (Jzanus Home Care)
o Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
o Robbie Felton (Intus)
o Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)

 In-Community Services
o Kim Hill (Office of the Chief Disability Officer)
o Ann Cunningham (Rochester Oasis)
o Bob Blancato (Elder Justice Coalition)
o Cynthia L. Cary Woods (Syracuse Oasis)
o Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
o Misty Boldt (National Association of Social Workers)
o Nancy Harvey (Service Program for Older People)
o Julie Hovey (Office of Children & Family Services /NYS Commission for the
Blind)
o Ann Marie Cook (LifeSpan of Greater Rochester) Chair
o Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
o Bill Ferris (AARP New York)

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 o Bobbie Sackman (Caring Majority)
o Catherine James (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
o Denise Figueroa (Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley)
o Emma DeVito (Village Care)
o Lauren Wetterhahn (Inclusive Alliance IPA Inc)
o Karen Walker (Department of Health)
o Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
o Lyndi Scott-Loines (Allegany County)
o Meg Everett (LendingAgeNY)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
o Tammy Ryan (Community Home Healthcare)

 In-Home Services
o Julie Hovey (Office of Children & Family Services /NYS Commission for the
Blind)
o Karen Walker (Department of Health)
o Nicole Haggerty (Office of Mental Health)
o Anderson Torres (RAIN Total Care)
o Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
o Bill Ferris (AARP New York)
o Bobbie Sackman (Caring Majority)
o Britt Burner (Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS)
o Carol Deyoe, (NYS Association of Health Care Providers) Chair
o Cheryl A. Kraus (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
o Daniella Labate Covelli (New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Services (NYAPRS) )
o Francis Colon
o Joanne Taylor (Senior Helpers Westchester)
o Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
o Lyndi Scott-Loines (Allegany County)
o Meg Everett (LendingAgeNY)
o Meghan Schobert (Parkview Health Services)
o Nancy Speller (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
o Nicholas Stella (Jzanus Home Care)
o Pascale Leone (Supportive Housing Network of New York)
o Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
o Robbie Felton (Intus)
o Tammy Ryan (Community Home Healthcare)
o Timothy Seymour (Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services)
o Traci Allen (The Alliance of TBI & NHTD Waiver Providers)
o Walter Kaltenbach (Always Home Care)
o Yuchi Young (University at Albany School of Public Health)

Subcommittee 3: Informal Caregivers

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Subcommittee Lead and Co-Lead
 James O’Neal (AARP)
 Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Christopher Smith (OMH)
 Kathryn Simpson (OMH)
 Julie Kelleher (OCFS)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
 Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition)

Other Interested Parties

 Aaron Carlson (Hearts and Hands: Faith in Action, Inc.)
 Alexandra Drane (ARCHANGELS)
 Ann Marie Selfridge (NYS Adult Day Services Association)
 Bill Gustafson (Alzheimer Association)
 Carolina Hoyos (NYC Aging)
 Colette Phipps (Westchester County Dept. of Senior Programs and Services)
 David McNally (AARP New York)
 Debra Tackett (Clinton County)
 Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
 Elana Kieffer (The New York Academy of Medicine)
 Emily Hinsey (Grantmakers in Aging)
 Ira Copperman (Transplant Recipients International Organization)
 Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
 Jed Levine (CaringKind)
 JulieAnn Calareso (Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea)
 Katie Mahar (DOH)
 Kenneth M. Genewick (Health Foundation of Western and Central NY)
 Kim LaBarge (DOH)
 Lindsay Heckler (Center for Law and Justice)
 Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
 Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez (NYC Aging)
 Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
 Meg Boyce (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association- Hudson Valley Chapter)
 Michelle Stefanik (DOH)
 Rae Glaser (NYS Kinship Navigator)
 Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)

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  Sarah Stephens Winnay (ARCHANGELS)
 Shelly Aubertine-Fiebich (OCFS)
 Rimas Jasin (Presbyterian Senior Services)
 Zach Becker (ESD Central)

Informal Caregivers Workgroups

 Caregiver Supports
o Katie Mahar (Department of Health)
o Kim LaBarge (Department of Health)
o Michelle Stefanik (Department Of Health)
o Julie Kelleher (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Alexandra Drane (ARCHANGELS)
o Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
o Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition)
o Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
o Elana Kieffer (The New York Academy of Medicine)
o James O’Neal (AARP New York)
o Jed Levine (CaringKind)
o JulieAnn Calareso (Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea)
o Rebecca Preve (Association on Aging in New York) Chair
o Ken Genewick (Health Foundation of Western and Central NY)
o Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)
o Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
o Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
o Meg Boyce (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
o Rimas Jasin (Presbyterian Senior Services)

 Communication Strategies
o Kathryn Simpson (Office of Mental Health)
o Colette Phipps (Westchester Dept. Senior Programs and Services)
o Emily Hinsey (Grantmakers in Aging)
o Ira Copperman (Transplant Support Organization)
o Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association)
o Karen DeBell (Office of Mental Health)
o JulieAnn Calareso (Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea)
o James O’Neal (AARP New York)
o Ken Genewick (Health Foundation of Western and Central NY)
o Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)
o Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
o Rimas Jasin (Presbyterian Senior Services)
o Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition) Chair

 Finances
o Alexandra Drane (ARCHANGELS) Chair
o Michael Roy (Department of Health)

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 o Bill Gustafson (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
o David McNally (AARP New York)
o Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
o Sarah Stephens Winnay (ARCHANGELS) Chair
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
o Michelle Stefanik (Department Of Health)
o Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
o Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition)
o Liz Loewy (Eversafe)

 Kinship Caregivers
o Karen DeBell (Office of Mental Health)
o Shelly Aubertine-Fiebich (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Carol McCarthy (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Randi Kowalski (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Debra Tackett (Clinton County Health Department)
o Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
o Jessica Marie Canale (Cornell Cooperative Extension, Dutchess County)
o Laura Weaver (Catholic Charities Family and Community Services)
o James O’Neal (AARP New York)
o Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)
o Rae Glaser (NYS Kinship Navigator) Chair
o Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition) Chair

Subcommittee 4: Formal Caregivers

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Helen Schaub (1199/SEIU)
 Dennis Short (1199/SEIU)
 Dan Savitt (VNS Health)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Tom Brooks (OCFS)
 Barbara Guinn (OTDA)
 Lucy Newman (OMH)
 Rachel Baker (OPWDD)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Pastor George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial UMC)
 Doris Green (New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition)
 Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)

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Other Interested Parties
 Adria Powell (Cooperative Home Care Associates)
 Al Cardillo (Home Care Association)
 Alexandra Drane (Archangels)
 Alyssa Herman (New Jewish Home)
 Amanda Waite (Fort Hudson Health System)
 Andrea Thomas (Home Care at Sunnyside Community Services)
 Ann Marie Selfridge (New York State Adult Day Services Association)
 Ann Mary Ferrie (VNS)
 Anthony Lareau (OCFS)
 Bobbie Sackman (Caring Majority)
 Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS)
 Carlos Z. Martinez (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS)
 Carolina Hoyos (NYC Aging)
 Colleen Rose (Rochester Regional Health)
 Courtney Burke (Rockefeller Institute)
 David McNally (AARP New York)
 Dana Politis (Department of Labor (DOL)
 Diane Darbyshire (LeadingAge New York)
 Emily Hinsey (Grantmakers in Aging)
 Erica Salamida (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
 Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
 Ilana Berger (Hand in Hand)
 Jeanne Chirico (Hospice and Palliative Care Association of NYS)
 Jed Levine (CaringKind)
 Jodi M. Sturgeon (Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute)
 Joe Pecora (Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA))
 John Reilly (Northwell Health)
 Julie Kelleher (OCFS)
 Kathy Febraio, (President and CEO, NYS Association of Health Care Providers
 Kevin Howell (The Anchor Group)
 Len Statham (New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) )
 Lisa Alteri (Capital Health Consulting)
 Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
 Lori Frank (The New York Academy of Medicine)
 Laurie Thomson (Department of Labor (DOL)
 Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
 Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
 Monique Hodges (Baltic Street AEH )
 Nancy Miller (New York Vision Rehabilitation Association)
 Rebecca LeBaron (Heritage Ministries)
 Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
 Renee Christian (Home Care Advocate)

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  Richard Marchese (Woods, Oviatt, Gilman LLP)
 Robert Gibson (Department of Family Services)
 Walter Kaltenbach (Always Home Care)

Formal Caregivers Workgroups

 Recruitment and Training
o Carol Rodat (Department of Health)
o Dana Politis (Department of Labor)
o Elizabeth Furth (Department of Labor)
o Laurie Thomson (Department Of Labor)
o Lucy Newman (Office of Mental Health)
o Tom Brooks (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Alyssa Herman (New Jewish Home)
o Bill Gustafson (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer's Association Chapters)
o Courtney Burke (Rockefeller Institue)
o David McNally (AARP New York)
o Doris Green (NYS Caregiving and Respite Coalition)
o Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
o Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
o Rebecca LeBaron (Heritage Ministries)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
o Kathy Febraio (NYS Association of Health Care Providers) Chair
o Diane Darbyshire (Leading Age)

 Retention, Compensation and Benefits

o Robert Gibson (Department of Family Services)
o Al Cardillo (Home Care Association)
o Alexandra Drane (Archangels)
o Andrea Thomas (Home Care at Sunnyside Services)
o Ann Mary Ferrie (VNS Health)
o Bobbie Sackman (Caring Majority)
o Bryan O’Malley (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS -
CDPAANYS)
o Colleen Rose (Rochester Regional Health)
o Diane Darbyshire (Leading Age)
o Ilana Berger (Hand in Hand)
o Jed Levine (Caring Kind)
o Kathy Febraio (NYS Association of Health Care Providers)
o Lisa Alteri (Capital Health Consulting)
o Lori Frank (NY Academy of Medicine)
o Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez (NYC Aging)
o Rebecca Preve (Aging NY)
o Renee Christian (Home Care Advocate)
o Diane Darbyshire (Leading Age) Chair
o Carol Rodat (Department of Health)

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  Scope of Practice
o Julie Kelleher (OCFS)
o Amanda Waite (Fort Hudson Health System)
o Erica Salamida (NYS Coalition of Alzheimer’s Association Chapters)
o (Pastor) George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church)
o Nancy Miller (NY Vision Rehabilitation Association)
o Richard Marchese (Woods and Oviatt)
o Jodi Sturgeon (PHI) Chair
o Carol Rodat (Department of Health)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)

Subcommittee 5: Health and Wellness

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Dr. Linda Fried (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health)
 Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford (NYU School of Global Public Health)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Patricia Zuber Wilson (OASAS)
 Maureen Spence (DOH/OPH)
 Alexis Arnett (OCFS)
 John Hartigan (DOH/AI)
 Katie Seaward (OASAS)
 Audrey Erazo-Trivino (OMH)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)
 Kathryn Haslanger (Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA))
 Nora OBrien-Suric (Health Foundation for Western and Central New York)
 Timothy Seymour (Herkimer County Dept. of Social Services)
 Lora Lee La France (St. Regis Mohawk Office for the Aging)
 Pastor George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial UMC)
 Allison Nickerson (LiveOn NY)

Other Interested Parties

 Adesuwa Watson (Suffolk County)
 Al Cardillo (HCA)
 Andres Vives (Hunger Solutions)
 Ann Cunningham (Rochester Oasis)

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 April Feld (Stony Book Medicine)
 Beth Finkel (AARP New York)
 Beth Shapiro (Citymeals on Wheels)
 Bethany Munn (Jefferson County)
 Bill Gustafson (NYS Coalition of Alz. Association Chapters)
 Brittany Gambini (Stony Book Medicine)
 Camille Hoheb (DOH)
 Carlos Martinez (Bridges)
 Carol Basford (St. Lawrence County Public Health Dept.)
 Dr. Carolyn McLaughlin (Albany Common Council President)
 Chris Maylahn (DOH/OPH)
 Claire Proffitt (Schenectady County)
 Cynthia L. Cary Woods (Upstate Oasis)
 Damali Wynter (NYS Dept. Agriculture and Markets) designee
 Dan Egan (Feeding NYS)
 Daniel Chen (Jamaica Hospital/Flushing Hospital)
 David Hoffman (University at Albany School of Public Health)
 Debbie Pantin (Outreach)
 Diane Devlin (Wayne County)
 Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
 Elizabeth Galle (Columbia County)
 Elizabeth Walen (Albany County)
 Elizabeth Watson (Schuyler County)
 Emerson Ea (NYU)
 Emily Franzosa (Bronx VA)
 Fern Finkle (Elder Law and Special Needs Section, New York State Bar Association)
 Francine Lombardi (DOH)
 Fred Riccardi (Medicare Rights Center)
 Glenn Liebman (Mental Health Association in New York State)
 Hailee Gilmore (DOH/OHEHR)
 Harvey Rosenthal (New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services)
 Heather Warner (Delaware County)
 Heidi Bond (Otsego County)
 Ilyssa Meyer (ZocDoc)
 Ingrid Werge (OASAS)
 Ira Frankel (Jamaica Hospital/Flushing Hospital)
 Dr. Irina Gelman (Nassau Co)
 Jackie Berman (NYC DFTA/NYC Aging)
 Jason Stowell (Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo)
 Jeanette Estima (Citymeals on Wheels)
 Jennifer Michella (Upstate Oasis)
 Jeremy Powers (Adirondacks ACO)
 Jo-Ann Yoo (Asian American Federation)
 Joe Pecora (Home Healthcare Workers of America (HHWA))

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 John Coppola (New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers,
Inc.)
 Jolene Munger (St. Lawrence County)
 Dr. John Reilly
 Dr. Joshua Chodosh (New York University)
 Dr. Judith A. Salerno (New York Academy of Medicine)
 Dr. Robert Wahler (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
 Karen DeBell (Division of Adult Services OMH)
 Kari Johnson (50 Forward Mohawk Valley)
 Kelly Ann Anderson (DOH)
 Krista Hesdorfer (Hunger Solutions New York)
 Kristi Lyn Ladowski (Stony Book Medicine)
 Lacey Trimble (DMH Orange County)
 Laura Churchill (Greene County)
 Lisa Alteri (Capital Health Consulting)
 Lisa Camp (Saratoga Regional YMCA)
 Lisa Graf (Wayne County Dept. of Social Services)
 Livia Santiago-Rosado (Dutchess County)
 Lori Frank (The New York Academy of Medicine)
 Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez (NYC Aging)
 Luke Sikinyi (NY Association of Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Services Inc.)
 Lynn Young (DOH)
 Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
 Dr. Maria T. Carney (Hofstra University/Northwell Health)
 Maria Mahar (Onondaga County)
 Mark Meridy (Generations- DOROT)
 Martha Petteys (Alliance of NYS YMCAs)
 Dr. Martha Sullivan (Citywide Behavioral Health Coalition for Black Elders Inc.)
 Martin Cahill (VP Westchester Council of the Blind)
 Mary Moller (Albany Guardian Society)
 Meghan Shineman (NYC Aging)
 Maryfran Wachunas (Rensselaer County)
 Maureen Henry (Columbia University Medical Center)
 Michelle Barber (New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
 MJ Okma (SAGE - Advocacy & Services for LGBTQ+ Elders)
 Nancy Dingee (Schoharie County)
 Nancy Hahn (Suffolk County)
 Nancy Harvey (Service Program for Older People)
 Nancy Miller (New York Vision Rehabilitation Association)
 Natasha Pernicka (The Food Pantries for the Captial District)
 Norman Reiss
 Patricia Yang (NYC Health and Hospitals)
 Patty Simonson (Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo)
 Peter Buzzetti (Chemung County)

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 Renee Fillette (Dutchess Outreach)
 Richard Ball (NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets)
 Samara Daly (DalyGonzalez)
 Sarah Cohen (Stony Book Medicine)
 Sarah Ravenhall (New York State Association of County Health Officials (NYSACHO))
 Sarah Sanchala (NYC Aging)
 Sebrina Barret (ACL)
 Dr. Sherlita Amler(Westchester County)
 Susan Lee (Stony Book Medicine)
 Susan Medina (Tioga County)
 Suzanne Fields (Stony Book Medicine)
 Dr. Thalia Porteny (Columbia School of Public Health)
 Tammy Ryan (Community Healthcare)
 Tina McDougall (Washington County)
 Tobi Abramson (Geriatric Mental Health NYC DFTA/NYC Aging)
 Tracy Sinnott (DOH)
 Vicky Hiffa (NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council)

Health and Wellness Workgroups

 Nutrition and Food Insecurity
o Alexis Arnett (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Damali Wynter (New York State Agriculture and Markets)
o Hailee Gilmore (Department of Health/Office of Health Equity and Human
Rights)
o Adesuwa Watson (Suffolk County Department of Health Services)
o Andres Vives (Hunger Solutions)
o Bethany Munn (Jefferson County Office for the Aging)
o Claire Proffitt (Schenectady County Public Health Department) Chair
o Dan Egan (Feeding New York State)
o Diane Devlin (Wayne County Public Health Department)
o Dr. Irina Gelman (Nassau County Health Department)
o Elizabeth Watson (Schuyler County Public Health Department)
o Jeanette Estima (Citymeals on Wheels)
o Krista Hesdorfer (Hunger Solutions New York)
o Linda James (Lifespan of Greater Rochester)
o Lora Lee La France (St. Regis Mohawk Office for the Aging)
o Maria Mahar (Onondaga County Department of Mental Health) Chair
o Michelle Barber (New York State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
o MJ Okma (SAGE USA)
o Natasha Pernicka (The Food Pantries for the Captial District)
o Peter Buzzetti (Chemung County Public Health Department)
o Rebecca Preve (AgingNY)
o Kelly Ann Anderson (Department of Health)

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 Promote & Sustain Physical and Mental Health, Wellbeing and Quality of Life
o Audrey Erazo-Trivino (Office of Mental Health)
o Brittany Gambini (Stony Brook Medicine)
o Camille Hoheb (Department of Health)
o Francine Lombardi (Department of Health)
o John Hartigan (Department of Health)
o Maureen Spence (Department of Health/Office of Public Health)
o Allison Nickerson (LiveOn)
o Ann Cunningham (Rochester Oasis)
o Carlos Martinez (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance of New York State)
o Cynthia L. Cary Woods (Syracuse Oasis)
o Dr. Linda Fried (Columbia University) Chair
o Dr. Robert Wahler (State University of New York, University at Buffalo)
o Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
o Dr. Sherlita Amler (Westchester County Health Department)
o Fern Finkle (Elder Law and Special Needs Section, New York State Bar
Association)
o Heather Warner (Delaware County Public Health Department)
o Jackie Berman (New York City Department for the Aging)
o Jeremy Powers (Adirondacks ACO)
o Jo-Ann Yoo (Asian American Federation)
o Jolene Munger (St. Lawrence County Public Health Department)
o Kari Johnson (50 Forward Mohawk Valley)
o Kelly Ann Anderson (Department of Health) Chair
o Kristi Lyn Ladowski (Stony Book Medicine)
o Laura Churchill (Greene County Public Health Department)
o Lisa Alteri (Capital Health Consulting)
o Lisa Camp (Saratoga Regional YMCA)
o Livia Santiago-Rosado (Dutchess County Health Department)
o Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez (New York City Department for the Aging)
o Mark Meridy (DOROT)
o Martha Petteys (Alliance of New York State YMCAs)
o Martha Sullivan (Citywide Behavioral Health Coalition for Black Elders Inc.)
o Maryfran Wachunas (Rensselaer County Public Health Department)
o Maureen Henry (Columbia University Medical Center)
o Nancy Miller (New York Vision Rehabilitation Association)
o Norman Reiss
o Pastor George Nicholas (Lincoln Memorial UMC)
o Patricia Yang (New York City Health and Hospitals)
o Samara Daly (DalyGonzalez)
o Sarah Cohen (Stoney Brook Medicine)
o Susan Medina (Tioga County Public Health Department)
o Timothy Seymour (Herkimer County Department of Social Services)
o Tina McDougall (Washington County Public Health Department)

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o Meghan Shineman (New York City Department for the Aging)
o MJ Okma (SAGE)

 Access to Medicare & Medicaid Benefits

o Al Cardillo (Home Care Association)
o April Field (Stony Brook Medicine)
o Beth Finkel (AARP New York) Chair
o Beth Shapiro (Citymeals on Wheels)
o Elizabeth Galle (Columbia County Public Health Department)
o Emerson Ea (New York University)
o Emily Franzosa (Bronx VA)
o Fred Riccardi (Medicare Rights Center)
o Ilyssa Meyer (ZocDoc)
o Ira Frankel (Jamaica Hospital/Flushing Hospital)
o Kathryn Haslanger (Jewish Association Serving the Aging)
o Lisa Graf (Wayne County Department of Social Services)
o Mary Moller (Albany Guardian Society)
o Nancy Dingee (Schoharie County Office for the Aging)
o Nora OBrien-Suric (Health Foundations of Western and Central New York)
Chair
o Dr. Maria Carney (Hofstra University/Northwell Health)
o Jeremy Powers (Adirondacks ACO)
o Meghan Shineman (New York City Department for the Aging)
o Susan Lee (Stony Brook Medicine)
o Suzanne Fields (Stony Brook Medicine)

 Cognitive Health
o Lynn Young (Department of Health)
o Tracy Sinnott (Department of Health)
o Bill Gustafson (New York State Coalition of Alz. Association Chapters)
o Daniel Chen (Jamaica Hospital/Flushing Hospital)
o David Hoffman (State University of New York, University at Albany)
o Dr. Josh Chodosh (New York University)
o Dr. Judith Salerno (New York Academy of Medicine)
o Dr. Maria Carney (Hofstra University/Northwell Health)
o Dr. Thalia Porteny (Columbia University)
o Glenn Liebman (Mental Health Association of New York State)
o Jennifer Michella (Syracuse Oasis)
o Lori Frank (The New York Academy of Medicine) Chair
o Marcella Goheen (Essential Care Visitor)
o Vicky Hiffa (New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council)
o Lora Lee La France (St. Regis Mohawk Office for the Aging)
o Nancy Hahn (Suffolk County Public Health Department)
o Tina McDougall (Washington County Public Health Department)

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o Drew Velting (Gray Panthers NYC)
o Ingrid Werge (Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services)
o Karen DeBell (Division of Adult Services Office of Mental Health)
o Katie Seaward (Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services)
o Patricia Zuber Wilson (Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services)
o Debbie Pantin (Outreach)
o Dr. John Reilly (Northwell Health)
o Heidi Bond (Otsego County Public Health Department)
o John Coppola (New York Associates Alcoholism) Chair
o Lacey Trimble (Orange County Department of Mental Health) Chair
o Luke Sikinyi (New York Association of Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Services
Inc.)
o Meghan Shineman (New York City Department of Aging)
o Nancy Hahn (Suffolk County Public Health Department)
o Nancy Harvey (Service Program for Older People)
o Sebrina Barret (Administration for Community Living)
o Tobi Abramson (New York City Department for the Aging, Geriatric Mental
Health)
o Alexis Arnett (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Adesuwa Watson (Suffolk County Department of Health Services)

Subcommittee 6: Housing, Community Development and Transportation

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
 Imran Cronk (Ride Health)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Brett Hebner (HCR)
 Janet Ho (DOT)
 Noah Rayman (ESD)
 Paul Beyer (DOS)
 Julie Kelleher (OCFS)
 Mary Ellen Brown (OMH)
 Julie Duncan (OMH)
 Shelly Aubertine-Fiebich (OCFS)
 Ross Farrell (DOT)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Kathryn Haslanger (JASA)
 Wade Norwood (Common Ground Health)

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 Allison Nickerson (LiveOn)
 Jessica Bacher (Pace University)

Other Interested Parties

 Aaron Carlson (Hearts and Hands)
 Andrea Harris (Fern Transportation)
 Andrea Montgomery (St. Lawrence County)
 Ann McHugh (The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) )
 Annalyse Komoroske Denio (LeadingAge)
 Barry Kaufmann (NYS Alliance for Retired Americans)
 Belinda Hoad (NYS Mobility Managers Association)
 Bob Zerrillo (NYS Public Transit Association)
 Bridget McBrien (The Jewish Board)
 Cara Longworth (ESD-Long Island)
 Carrie Ward (Capital Region Transportation Council)
 Chris Maylahn (DOH/OPH)
 Chris Pangilinan (NYC Transit)
 Courtenay Loiselle (HCR)
 Darby Nagpaul (Sullivan Co DOH)
 David Hoglund (Perkins Eastman)
 Doris Carbonell-Medina (LISC)
 Doug Hovey (Independent Living, Inc.)
 Elana Kieffer (The New York Academy of Medicine)
 Eric Alexander (Vision Long Island)
 Erika Sherwood (Hearts and Hands)
 Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
 Hannah Weiss (Corporation for Supportive Housing)
 Holly Rhode-Teague (Suffolk County)
 Jackie Maclutsky (OCFS)
 Jennifer Rodriguez (Livingston County)
 Jessica Bacher
 Jessica Mathew (MTA)
 Jill Peckenpaugh (US Committee for Refugees and Committees Albany)
 Jo-Ann Yoo (Asian American Federation)
 Jordana L. Maisel (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
 Kathleen Farrell Strack (Franklin County)
 Laura Haynes (DOT)
 Linda Hoffman (New York Foundation for Senior Citizens)
 Linda Redlisky (Rafferty & Redlisky, LLP)
 Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
 Maclain Berhaupt (DOH)
 Margo Downey (Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority)
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  Marc Jahr (Forsyth Street Advisors)
 Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
 Mark Fuller (DePaul)
 Mark Streb (NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition)
 Martin Cahill (VP Westchester Council of the Blind)
 Michael Seereiter (Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation)
 Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
 Nancy Williams-Frank (Broome County)
 Nate Storring (Project for Public Spaces)
 Patricia Hernandez (The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH))
 Randy Klein (Vesta Health Care)
 Robyn Haberman (AARP New York)
 Ron Roel (AARP New York)
 Sarah Ravenhall (NYS Association of County Health Officials- NYSACHO)
 Sasha Yerkovich (Canopy of Neighbors)
 Sebrina Barret (ACL)
 Steve Piasecki (Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY))
 Vicki Been (New York University School of Law)
 William P. McDonald (AARP)

Housing, Community Design, and Transportation Workgroups

 Community Planning
o Shelly Aubertine-Fiebich (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Julie Kelleher (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Jessica Mathew (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
o Mary Ellen Brown (Office of Mental Health)
o Noah Rayman (Empire State Development)
o Darby Nagpaul (Sullivan County)
o Elana Kieffer (New York Academy of Medicine)
o Holly Rhode-Teague (Suffolk County)
o Jo-Ann Yoo (Asian American Federation)
o Linda Hoffman (New York Foundation for Senior Citizens)
o Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
o Mandy Walsh (Delaware County)
o Nate Storring (Project for Public Spaces)
o Ron Roel (AARP New York)
o Ruth Finkelstein (Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College)
o Sasha Yerkovich (Canopy of Neighbors)
o Paul Beyer (Department of State) Chair
o Julie Duncan (Office of Mental Health)
o Annalyse Komoroske Denio (LeadingAge)
o Ann McHugh (The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS)
o Doug Hovey (Independent Living)
o Eric Alexander (Vision Long Island)

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 o Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
o Michael Seereiter (Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation)
o Robyn Haberman (AARP New York)
o Sebrina Barret (Association of Community Living)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services) Chair

 Housing
o Maclain Berhaupt (Department of Health)
o Brett Hebner (Home and Community Renewal)
o Courtenay Loiselle (Home and Community Renewal)
o Jackie Maclutsky (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Julie Duncan (Office of Mental Health)
o Cara Longworth (Empire State Development- Long Island)
o Annalyse Komoroske Denio (LeadingAge)
o Ann McHugh (The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS)
o Barry Kaufmann (NYS Alliance for Retired Americans)
o Bridget McBrien (The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS)
o David Hoglund (Perkins Eastman)
o Doug Hovey (Independent Living)
o Eric Alexander (Vision Long Island)
o Hannah Weiss (Corporation for Supportive Housing)
o Jessica Bacher (Pace University)
o Kathryn Haslanger (Jewish Association Serving the Aging)
o Linda Redlisky (Rafferty & Redlisky, LLP)
o Marc Jahr (Forsyth Street Advisors)
o Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
o Mark Streb (NYS Neighborhood Preservation Coalition)
o Michael Seereiter (Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation)
o Patricia Hernandez (The Corporation for Supportive Housing)
o Rebecca Heller (The Bridge NY)
o Robyn Haberman (AARP New York)
o Sebrina Barret (Association of Community Living)
o Steve Piasecki (Supportive Housing Network of New York)
o Stuart Kaplan (Selfhelp Community Services)
o Vicki Been( New York University School of Law) Chair

 Transportation
o Janet Ho (Department of Transportation)
o Ross Farrell (Department of Transportation)
o Laura Haynes (Department of Transportation)
o Paul Beyer (Department of State)
o Chris Pangilinan (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
o Aaron Carlson (Hearts and Hands)
o Andrea Harris (Fern Transportation)
o Andrea Montgomery (St. Lawrence County)
o Belinda Hoad (NYS Mobility Managers Association)

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 o Bob Zerrillo (NYS Public Transit Association)
o Carrie Ward (Capital Region Transportation Council)
o Jordana L. Maisel (University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
o Kathleen Farrell Strack (Franklin County)
o Laura Haynes (Department of Transportation)
o Margo Downey(Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority)
o William P. McDonald (AARP)
o Imran Cronk (Ride Health) Chair
o Eric Alexander (Vision Long Island)
o Jessica Mathew (Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
o Barry Kaufmann (NYS Alliance for Retired Americans)
o Darby Nagpaul (Sullivan County)
o Holly Rhode-Teague (Suffolk County)
o Lindsay Miller (New York Association on Independent Living)
o Doris Carbonell-Medina (LISC)
o Erika Sherwood (Hearts and Hands)

Subcommittee 7: Economic Security

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Courtney Burke (Rockefeller Institute)
 Stephen Berger (Odyssey Partners)

State Agency Council Representatives

 Allison Gold (DFS)
 Barbara Guinn (OTDA)
 Elizabeth Furth (DOL)
 Jillian Kirby (DOB)
 Benjamin Pomerance (DVS)
 Andy Sink (OMH)
 Katie Seaward (OASAS)
 Audrey Erazo-Trivino (OMH)
 Rachel Ingalsbe (NYS Tax and Finance)

Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives

 Dennis Rivera (MRT)
 Dr. Ruth Finkelstein (Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College)
 Karen Nicolson (Center for Elder Law and Justice)

Other Interested Parties

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  Allison Cook (Better Aging and Policy Consulting)
 Amanda Lothrop (DOH)
 Anita Mattison (Allegany County)
 Barry Kaufmann (NYS Alliance for Retired Americans)
 Christian Gonzalez-Rivera (Hunter College)
 Colette Phipps (Westchester County Dept. of Senior Programs and Services)
 Denise Shukoff (Lifespan Rochester)
 Diana Caba (Hispanic Federation)
 Dr. Oxiris Barbot (United Hospital Fund)
 Erin Killian (Elder Justice NY)
 Fred Riccardi (Medicare Rights Center)
 Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
 Heidi Pasos (ESD Capital District)
 June Hanrahan (Oneida County)
 Kristen McManus (AARP New York)
 Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
 Maria Alvarez (NY Statewide Senior Action Council)
 Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
 Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
 Nancy Dingee (Schoharie County)
 Richard Gottfried (Former NYS Assembly Health Chair)
 Shannon Tucker (DFS)
 Tara Anne Pleat (Wilenski Pleat Law)
 Valerie Bogart (NY Legal Assistance Group)

Economic Security Workgroups

 Workforce Engagement, Protections and Training
o Andy Sink (Office of Mental Health)
o Katie Seaward (Office of Addiction Services and Supports)
o Elizabeth Furth (Department of Labor)
o Christian Gonzalez-Rivera (Hunter College)
o Dr. Ruth Finkelstein (Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College)
o Erin Killian (Elder Justice NY)
o Karen Nicolson (Center for Elder Law and Justice) Chair

 Retirement
o Benjamin Pomerance (Department of Victim Services)
o Shannon Tucker (Department of Financial Services)
o Allison Cook (Better Aging and Policy Consulting)
o Colette Phipps (Westchester Dept. Senior Programs and Services)

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o Ginger Lynch Landy (Argentum)
o Kristen McManus (AARP New York)
o Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
o Michele O'Connor (Argentum)
o Nancy Dingee (Schoharie County)
o Courtney Burke (Rockefeller Institute) Chair
o Tara Anne Pleat (Wilenski Pleat Law)
o Stephen Berger (Odyssey Partners)

 Benefit Programs
o Amanda Lothrop (Department of Health)
o Audrey Erazo-Trivino (Office of Mental Health)
o Barbara Guinn (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance)
o Denise Shukoff (Lifespan Rochester)
o Fred Riccardi (Medicare Rights Center) Chair
o Maria Alvarez (NY Statewide Senior Action Council)
o Richard Gottfried (Former NYS Assembly Health Chair)
o Valerie Bogart (New York Legal Assistance Group)
o Dennis Rivera (Medicaid Redesign Team)
o Allison Cook (Better Aging and Policy Consulting)
o Rachel Ingalsbe (NYS Tax and Finance)

Subcommittee 8: Safety, Security and Technology

Subcommittee Lead and Co-lead
 Raj Mehra (Sage)
 Ruth Finkelstein (Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College)
State Agency Council Representatives
 Katie Egglefield (OVS)
 James Clancy (DSHES)
 Heidi Hayes (DOH)
 Elizabeth Alowitz (OMH)
 Rachel Baker (OPWDD)
Stakeholder Advisory Committee Representatives
 Ann Marie Cook (Lifespan Rochester)
 Karen Nicolson (Center for Elder Law and Justice)
 Sara Czaja (Center on Aging and Behavioral Research at Weill Cornell Medicine)

Other Interested Parties

 Allison Gold (DFS)

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 Annette Esposito (OCFS)
 Arlene Markarian (FCA)
 Anthony Lareau (OCFS)
 Bob Blancato (Elder Justice Coalition)
 Bob Heppenheimer (Guardianship Corp)
 Dr. Carolyn McLaughlin (Albany Common Council President)
 Corey Haertel (Center for Elder Law & Justice)
 Deborah Ball (Deborah S. Ball, Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Estate Administration
Law Firm)
 Deborah Riitano (Albany County)
 Denise Shukoff (Lifespan Rochester)
 Elvira Fardella-Roveto (St Mary’s Healthcare System for Children)
 Erin Mitchell (AARP New York)
 Ethan Heimowitz (Emerest Connect)
 Jackie Maclutskey (OCFS)
 Jenee Alleman-Goodman (Helen Keller National Center)
 Jesslyn Holbrook (CELJ)
 Joan Levenson (NYS Unified Court System)
 Josh Siliano (CELJ)
 Lindsay Counts (Financial inclusion and Empowerment)
 Julie Kelleher (OCFS)
 Kevin Howell (The Anchor Group)
 Lise Hamlin (Hearing Loss Association of America)
 Lisl Maloney (OCFS)
 Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
 Marie Cannon (Erie County)
 Mark Castiglione (Capital District Regional Planning Commission)
 Marin Gibson (SIFMA State Government Affairs)
 Mary Moller (Albany Guardian Society)
 Nancy Miller (Visions)
 Ronald Long (Aging client services consultant)
 Ruthanne Becker (The Mental Health Association of Westchester Inc.)
 Sabrina Jaar Marzouka (Dutchess County)
 Sarah Duval (Elder Justice NY)
 Sheng Guo (Office of Court Administration)
 Susan Hollander (OCFS)
 Steven Dahlberg (Center for Elderly law and Justice)
 Stephanie Lederman (American Federation for Aging Research)
 Steve Lovi (Empire State Association of the Deaf)
 Tammy Lawlor (Miller & Milone, P.C.)

Safety, Security and Technology Workgroups

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 Financial Exploitation and Abuse
o Allison Gold (Department of Financial Services)
o Katie Egglefield (Office of Victim Services)
o Lindsay Counts (DFS-Financial inclusion and Empowerment)
o Ann Marie Cook (Lifespan at Greater Rochester) Chair
o Allison Laubacher (Brighton PD)
o Arlene Markarian (Family & Children Association)
o Denise Shukoff (Lifespan Rochester)
o Erin Mitchell (AARP New York)
o Josh Siliano (Center for Elder Law & Justice)
o Liz Loewy (Eversafe)
o Marin Gibson (SIFMA State Government Affairs)
o Sarah Duval (Elder Justice NY)
o Steven Dahlberg (Center for Elder law and Justice)
o Stephanie Lederman (American Federation for Aging Research)
o Joan Levenson (NYS Unified Court System)
o Mary Moller (Albany Guardian Society)
o Anothny Lareau (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Jackie Maclutsky (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Annette Esposito (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Susan Hollander (Office of Children and Family Services)

 Technology Development and Access

o Rachel Baker (Office for People with Developmental Disabilities)
o Ethan Heimowitz (Emerest Connect)
o Karen Nicolson (Center for Elder Law and Justice)
o Mary Moller (Albany Guardian Society) Chair
o Nancy Miller (Visions)
o Sabrina Jaar Marzouka (Dutchess County)
o Dr. Sara Czaja (Center on Aging and Behavioral Research at Weill Cornell
Medicine)
o Azaleea Carlea (Project Guardianship)
o Liz Loewy (Eversafe)

 Guardianship / Alternatives to Guardianship

o Elizabeth Alowitz (Office of Mental Health)
o Bob Heppenheimer (Guardianship Corp)
o Jesslyn Holbrook (Center for Elder Law and Justice) Chair
o Joan Levenson (NYS Unified Court System)
o Tammy Lawlor (Miller & Milone, P.C.)
o Arlene Markarian (Family & Children Association)
o Lisl Maloney (Office of Children and Family Services)
o Julie Kelleher (Office of Children and Family Services)

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