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Older Adult Programs See Budget Boost—But Not Enough to Keep Up With Aging Population, Providers Say

July 18, 2024

Another organization that offers meals and other care to older New Yorkers, Encore Community Services, echoed this. “One meal a day, five days a week, […]

TDF, NOW NYC, Chelsea Groups Unite Against Times Square Theater District Casi-NO!

June 18, 2024

No Times Square Casino Coalition members include: 54 Below American Bus Association Audience Rewards Bar Centrale Broadway Cares-Equity Fights Aids Chekpeds Council of Chelsea Block […]

No AC at NYC senior center ahead of potential heat wave

June 18, 2024

Encore Community Services’ older adult center on 49th Street, which has been in operation for nearly 50 years, has a broken elevator and HVAC system […]

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Durbin, Gillibrand, Graham Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Allow Victims Of Age Discrimination To Seek Justice And Accountability | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois

June 14, 2024

The legislation is endorsed by AARP, Lift Our Voices, American Association for Justice, National Employment Law Project, Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Hamilton- Madison House, VNS […]

The 2024 Nonprofit Trailblazers

May 20, 2024

Jeremy Kaplan in 2018 took the reins at Encore Community Services, a nonprofit organization serving midtown Manhattan’s older adult community.

NEW POLL: 71% Of Midtown Voters Oppose Opening A Casino In Times Square

May 15, 2024

No Times Square Casino Coalition members include: 54 Below American Bus Association Audience Rewards Bar Centrale Broadway Cares-Equity Fights Aids Chekpeds Encore Community Services Hell’s […]

Albany Urged to Prioritize Senior Services as New York’s Elderly Population Grows

April 27, 2024

That’s why local aging service providers like Encore Community Services give older New Yorkers, like us, opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have.

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Construir un mejor Nueva York para los adultos mayores requiere la colaboración del Estado

April 9, 2024

Es por eso por lo que los proveedores de servicios para el envejecimiento locales como Encore Community Services brindan a los neoyorquinos mayores, como nosotros, […]

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Adams boosts pay for 80,000 human services workers – Caribbean Life

March 21, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams last Thursday announced a US $741 million investment for an estimated 80,000 human services workers employed by non-profit organizations […]

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NYC expands meal delivery service for seniors as more fall into poverty

February 28, 2024

Georges Pierre, a dispatching coordinator with Encore Community Services, a nonprofit focused on helping older adults, has been delivering meals to seniors for the last […]

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Crains: At a Glance

February 5, 2024

The city Department for the Aging has awarded Encore Community Services a $2 million contract extension to provide home-delivered meals to seniors throughout the city. […]

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Chesed Day at The Shefa School

January 25, 2024

Students collaborated with Encore Community Services and Union Settlement to deliver hot meals to participants in Midtown and on the Upper East Side. Other students […]

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