Prevention Agenda Towards the Healthiest State
This site includes the NYS Department of Health 's ten priorities for preventive health
. Each section describes the objectives and a link to indicators to track these priorities. There is also a section entitled "Prevention Works" that links to articles and to reports (click on return on investment) on the effectiveness of prevention. The section entitled " Community Health Planning Approach" describes the work that local health departments are required to do including a Community Health Assessment and addressing at least two to three prevention priorities.
In the future, the NYS Department of Health expects to populate this site with data and information from county health departments as they make their way through the community health assessment and plan development processes.
To view the site, go to:
http://www.health.state.ny.us/prevention/prevention_agenda/
NYSOFA Officials Deliver Testimony of Issues of Importance to New York's Older Residents
Michael J. Burgess, Director of the New York State Office for the Aging, Laurie Pferr, Executive Deputy and Greg Olsen, Deputy Director of the Division of Policy, Management and Public Information, recently delivered testimony before committees of the New York City and New York State legislative bodies. Director Burgess' testimony focused on New York City's plan to modernize programs and services serving older city residents and Mr. Olsen's testimony addressed geriatric mental health issues and recent activities coordinated by the state to address these issues. Read the complete text of the testimony.
Planning and Zoning Initiative
The NY State Office for the Aging and the State Department of State are pleased to announce an innovative initiative under which guidelines, technical assistance resources, and examples of successful practices related to housing, community design, planning, and zoning will be prepared for towns and cities across the State. View power point presentations from the statewide meeting convened to launch the new initiative on September 4, 2008
Mature Worker Task Force
First annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Mature Worker Task Force which is organized to improve economic development and the economic security of older adults through opportunities that recognize the value of mature workers and also seek to retain, retrain and offer second careers that will fill anticipated areas where there will be a labor deficit. The Mature Worker Task Force will identify and develop sound practices for employing mature workers in the 21st Century. Click here to view the report. Mature Worker Task Force report in PDF format.
Workforce Training and Education Listening Sessions Report Released
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the State Society on Aging of New York (SSA) are pleased to release our joint final report, "Working with Older Adults: Charting the Future of Workforce Training and Education in New York -- Listening Sessions Summary and Next Steps."[View this report in PDF] The Report provides information, strategies, and suggestions obtained from a series of eight Listening Sessions held across New York State between 2006 and 2007 that brought together older adults, faculty and educators, planning and service personnel, state and local government representatives, and advocacy groups to focus attention on the critical issues we face in workforce training and education in order to successfully prepare New York State's diverse workforce to interact and work with older adults and their families.