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Provides personal care, housekeeping/chore services, and case management for the frail elderly.

Provides assistance to help older adults ages 60 and older who are not Medicaid eligible and their families delay or avert costly and premature placement in nursing facilities. Services include case management services and non-medical supportive services which can include aide service for light housekeeping and personal care as well as respite. A consumer directly model, where the care receiver hires someone they know, is also offered.

Provides weatherization services to homeowners and renters in Onondaga and Oswego counties who meet the New York State HEAP guidelines. Services provided may include, but are not limited to, insulation of walls, cleaning or replacement of furnaces, weather stripping, and other energy saving measures.

The Cortland Rotary Breakfast Club, in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging, helps homeowners with spring clean-up chores. The Rotarians choose an evening or a Saturday between late April and early June to volunteer to rake lawns, prune shrubs, take down storm windows, clean gutters and do other manageable tasks. Projects are done on a first-come, first-served basis with as many requests as possible being honored. Request an application form with the type of work needed in early March from the Area Agency on Aging. Deadline is usually in early April and is determined by the Rotary Club.

2010 Census: 872 Population (Chenango Co); 872 Population (Madison)

Helps low-income and elderly residents of Delaware County to weatherize their homes to save energy costs. Includes: insulating, weather-stripping, sealing leaks, preventing drafts, caulking, replacing broken glass, and puttying windows. Furnaces and boilers may be tested and examined, cleaned and tuned, or repaired or replaced.

Volunteers help the elderly, handicap and low income families with major home repairs such as roof repair, heating, hot water heaters and ramp construction.Homeowners OnlyAll Taxes and mortgage payments must be up to date

Offers home repair and modification assistance to homeowners to eliminate health and safety threats.

Low-interest loans for down payments, closing costs, repairs, and help securing USDA loans for purchases/repairs. Currently, amounts up to $10,000 may be borrowed starting at 3.5%, repayable over a period of up to 10 years. Other loan funds may also be available for additional purchase/repair assistance.

Offers a deferred loan up to $20,000 to cover the expenses associated with home repair to income eligible homeowners

ACRHA offers several Home Repair Programs, such as: AHC Home Improvement Grant, Revolving Loan Fund, RESTORE, HOME Program, and USDA 504 Loan/Grant.

Social Services promotes self-sufficiency by providing financial and social services to eligible County residents.Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) are SNAP recipients aged 18-64 who are able to work and don't have a dependent child in their household. They can only receive SNAP benefits for a limited time (3 months in a 36-month period) unless they meet certain work requirements or have an exemption. These work requirements generally involve working or participating in a work program for at least 20 hours per week (80 hours per month). There have been a lot of "skimming" problems with EBT cards - it is recommended that people lock their cards if they are not using them and unlock when they go to use them.Below is the link to the EBT Skimming Scam - there is a way to lock EBT cards and this link lets clients know how to do it.EBT Scam Alert | OTDA

Small Repair Program: up to 35 hours per household per year of health and safety-related maintenance and small repair services to low-income elderly (60+), disabled people, and single heads of household with dependents, all eligible clients must own the home they live in. who own the home they live in. INHS pays for labor, and in many cases also pays for materials. Low-income elderly receive priority. Veterans with service-related disabilities are also eligible at higher income levels.Home Rehabilitation: Access to Home Rehabilitation: makes home alterations to help low-to-moderate income, disabled and/or frail elderly homeowners avoid institutional care. Modifications can include ramps, handicap accessible kitchens and bathrooms, widened doorways for wheelchairs and stair and platform lifts. Veterans with service-related disabilities are also eligible at higher income levels. Available throughout Tompkins County, including the City of Ithaca. NYS Rehabilitation: forgivable or due on sale loans paying up to the full cost of major housing repair/rehabilitation projects such as new wells, septic systems, roofs, weatherization, electrical and plumbing. Geared to low-income homeowners;

Offers furnace testing, repair or replacement, insulation, caulking, weather-stripping and other energy conservation measures.