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Mission Statement:
Project FIND's one mission is to provide low- and moderate- income and homeless older adults on Manhattan's West Side with the basic support and services they need to enrich the quality of their lives and live independently in the community for as long as possible. |
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History:
In 1967, the National Council on Aging established Project FIND as part of a federal demonstration project designed to develop a national picture of the elderly poor. More than 50,000 senior citizens responded to questionnaires created for the program, which was the first major effort in the United States to study the lives of low-income older adults, identify their greatest needs, and investigate the resources available to them. |
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| In New York City, the results of the survey were staggering. Thousands of seniors were identified as living in unsafe conditions, isolated, ill, hungry and often suffering from malnutrition. In 1969, when the demonstration project ended, a group of dedicated, grassroots community activists joined Project FIND leaders and founded and incorporated FIND Aid for the Aged, Inc. Today, Project FIND in New York City is the only one of the original 13 demonstration programs that survives. |
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