Community Board #13 Newsletter
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The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
is designed to provide low-income seniors with access to locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Those who are eligible are provided coupons to redeem fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farmers’ markets and farm stands. The program’s purpose is to promote improved nutrition through increased consumption of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables and expand sales at famers’ markets and farm stands.
How to Apply
- To participate, sign-up at the local senior center or congregate meal site
- Seniors who meet the following eligibility requirements can apply for coupon booklets:
- Are 60 years of age or older; and earning either
- $1,986/month (for a one-person household); or
- $2,686/month (for a two-person household); or
- $3,386/month (for a three-person household).
If an older adult meets both the age and income eligibility, he/she may do one of the following:
- Contact 311 for the older adult center (formerly known as senior center) closest to their home
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Go online to 311 and search for an older adult center or congregate meal site
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Visit www.nyc.gov/aging for a list of distribution sites
Additional Program Information
- SFMNP coupon booklets are distributed on a first come first served basis
- Coupons cannot be used after November 30, 2021.
- Each participant will receive one coupon booklet with 5 coupons worth $4 each. Farmers are not permitted to give change for purchases less than $4.
- Upon receipt, coupon booklet may be redeemed at any time at participating farmer market/stand.
- Fruits and vegetables grown locally and sold at participating Farmer’s Markets may only be purchased. Plants, citrus and tropical fruits are not permitted for purchase with SFMNP coupon booklets. Fresh cut herbs may be purchased, but only if they will be used for cooking or flavoring. Processed food may not be purchased with SFMNP checks. Jack-o-lanterns and similar products also may not be purchased, per program rules.
- A proxy or power of attorney may go to markets to make the purchase for eligible older adults.
- Social distancing should be practiced and masks should be worn at all times at markets and stands.
- Coupons cannot be used to purchase food online.
Resources
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CON EDISON PAYMENT PROGRAMS CAN HELP
CUSTOMERS & THE REGION EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC
Company Seeking to Work with Customers,
Offering Payment Plans, Other Help
NEW YORK – Con Edison wants to help the region’s resurgence from the Covid-19 pandemic by working with customers struggling to pay their bills.
Con Edison encourages customers who are behind on their bills to make payment arrangements or seek assistance from government programs such as the Emergency Rental Assistance Program or the NYS COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program. Visit conEd.com/CovidHelp for information.
All customers are eligible for a payment agreement regardless of prior payment history. Customers can go to conEd.com/PaymentPlans for information. Customers who meet certain conditions below may qualify for special protections.
Residential Customers
If you are a residential customer and contact us to affirm you experienced a change in financial circumstances as a result of Covid-19 starting on or after March 7, 2020:
· We will not disconnect your service for non-payment through Dec. 21, 2021.
· You will be eligible for a payment agreement that requires no down payment, late fees, or penalties. If you are already on a payment agreement, you can request a new one.
Residential customers can also receive certain low-income discounts if they qualify.
A customer will be enrolled automatically if an agency notifies Con Edison that the customer receives benefits from an eligible program. Learn more at conEd.com/BillHelp.
A residential customer who is not yet enrolled can submit documentation to verify that he or she receives benefits from one of these programs. E-mail us at LowIncomeRate@coned.com, fax to (212) 844-0110, or mail a copy of your documentation to Con Edison, PA Central, 4 Irving Place, 9th Floor, Box 13, New York, N.Y. 10003.
Commercial Customers
Under state law, a commercial customer’s service will not be disconnected for non-payment through Dec. 21, 2021 if the customer confirms a change in financial circumstances starting on or after March 7, 2020 because of the pandemic, and:
- You are a small-business customer with 25 or fewer employees, and
- You are not a publicly held company, or a subsidiary thereof, and
- You are not a seasonal, short-term, or temporary Con Edison customer, and
- You are not a high-energy use customer as defined by the New York State Public Service Commission, and
- You do not have the resources available to pay your bill
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TO EVERYONE WHO NEED VACCINATION RIGHT NOW
FEMA is asking for your help in getting people vaccinated at the
New York City Brooklyn and Queens Community Vaccination Centers.
Their mission is to speak with organizations like yours and provide direct information concerning the vaccination process and the opportunities to get people vaccinated at the New York City Vaccination Centers in Brooklyn (Medgar Evers College) and Queens (York College).
They are looking at ways to help underserved populations from the age of 16 years old and older in accordance with the Governor’s Vaccination Program.
I would ask that you solicit your members/congregants who wish to be vaccinated and develop a list of names, telephone numbers, and zip codes where they live and provide that list to our contact at FEMA, Kimberly Grisham (kimberly.grisham@fema.dhs.gov).
They will then have staff at the vaccination centers call them directly, register them on the NY DOH website, and provide you and the individuals a specific date for vaccination of your choosing.
They can only offer this through April 27th due to the limited time to secure the first vaccine and schedule and administer the second vaccine dose before the intended end date of the New York City Community Vaccination Centers.
If your organization is interested, please contact right now Kimberly Grisham at
Kimberly Grisham
Voluntary Agency Liaison|Recovery Division | FEMA Region II
Mobile: (202) 702-5826
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