NORC'S
The NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities) Supportive
Services Center, Inc. (N-SSC) was founded in 1996 by a group of
leaders in the fields of housing, medicine, social services, law,
mental health, education, gerontology and other professions and
interests. This followed on a period of extensive development
of several NORC supportive service programs as part of NORC housing
sites founded in New York State.
The Board of Directors of the N-SSC are recognized leaders who
are committed to further development of this unique enterprise
as an important new organizational tool to assist housing developments
in responding to the special needs and problems of senior citizens
in their housing.
The N-SSC is a non-profit organization structured as a cooperative
enterprise which offers technical consultative services to housing
companies, both public and private, throughout the USA. Efforts
are made to assist such housing companies, towns and other municipalities
to develop supportive service programs for their senior citizen
residents. Housing organizations have taken an equity stake in
capitalizing the organization.
The services offered to the seniors through these unique programs
make it possible for seniors to remain in their existing housing
which most seniors prefer and benefit from surrounded by family
and friends in a familiar environment. Since NORCs are intergenerational
communities, these programs tend to strengthen services for families
and children as well as seniors.
The N-SSC provides educational seminars, information materials
and training programs to housing companies or other entities which
express an interest in meeting the social and health needs of
seniors and wish to strengthen their communities by provision
of much needed on-site services and programs.
The NORC Supportive Services Center provides the following services:
For further information
or to set up an appointment call Nat Yalowitz, President and CEO
at 212-673-3901.