{"id":2652,"date":"2016-10-19T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nyforseniors\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2016-10-06T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T00:00:43","slug":"how-to-know-if-youre-living-in-a-naturally-occurring-retirement-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nyforseniors\/how-to-know-if-youre-living-in-a-naturally-occurring-retirement-community\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know if You&#8217;re Living in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is NORC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NORC-SSP\u2019s are naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program. These communities are housing complexes or apartment buildings with a high population of seniors. They offer specialty health and social services for communities elderly population. NORC\u2019s are not strictly inhabited by seniors, nor were they purposely developed to be senior-only communities; Instead, communities become NORC\u2019s once more than 50% of the residents are elderly or when 2,500 residents are over the age of 65. To be a NORC, buildings or complexes must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be an apartment building or housing complex that was constructed with government assistance (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aging.ny.gov\/NYSOFA\/Programs\/CommunityBased\/NORC-NNORC.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">x<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a majority of the residents receiving low to moderate incomes (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aging.ny.gov\/NYSOFA\/Programs\/CommunityBased\/NORC-NNORC.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">x<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is NNORC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NNORC\u2019s are neighborhood naturally occurring retirement communities. While similar to NORC, NNORC\u2019s are neighborhoods instead of buildings or complexes. According to the Office for Aging website, to be an NNORC, a neighborhood must: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contain residential buildings or complexes that are in a geographically-defined neighborhood. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have no more than 2,000 people 60 or older reside in, at least, 40% of the neighborhood units.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be made up of low-rise buildings, six stories or less in height, single- or multi-family homes that were not originally built for elderly persons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be open to all people, not just the elderly population. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(source:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aging.ny.gov\/NYSOFA\/Programs\/CommunityBased\/NORC-NNORC.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aging.ny.gov\/NYSOFA\/Programs\/CommunityBased\/NORC-NNORC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Progams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NORC and NNORC\u2019s programs and services can include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service coordination<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case assistance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case management <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counseling <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health assessment and monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home delivered meals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transportation <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socialization activities <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homecare facilitation and monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, NORC and NNORC programs are helping over 19,000 seniors in New York. To find out whether or not your community is a NORC or NNORC, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/a125-egovt.nyc.gov\/egovt\/services\/service_query.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To learn more about NORCs and NNORC\u2019s, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aging.ny.gov\/NYSOFA\/Programs\/CommunityBased\/NORC-NNORC.cfm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is NORC? NORC-SSP\u2019s are naturally occurring retirement communities supportive service program. These communities are housing complexes or apartment buildings with a high population of seniors. They offer specialty health and social services for communities elderly population. 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