Lola & Saul Kramer Senior Services Agency Inc

The neighbor to neighbor (n2n) program identifies needs and provides a full range of programs and services to enable older adults in 12 gated communities. These services are social and recreational activities, education programs, referral to medical, homecare, legal and financial services, access to preventive healthcare services, support for family caregivers and transportation for shopping and events. The just checking program provides care management services in the home. The program has been operational since 2000 and was originally designed to preserve people at home and avoid institutional care.

The kosher meals on wheels program was developed in response to an unmet need in the community. Delivery is provided by volunteers and is available to the homebound elderly within a specific geographical area. Meals are kept to a nominal cost, which is actually priced to be below the cost of preparing and plating the meal. Almost all of the 31,282 home-delivered meals are delivered by a dedicated corps of volunteers who willingly give their time and services for this program. For many meals on wheels recipients, this is the one nutritious, fortified meal they receive daily, and because of an inferior public transportation system and their own inability to drive, this program is a lifeline that enables these meal recipients to remain living independently in the community. This program serves 166 clients.

Homebound mitzvah program - this program brings the high holidays and passover to homebound members of the jewish community. Volunteers prepare and deliver meals, dvd's of services, religious items and prayer books to members of the community. A complete meal, including all the trimmings and a dvd religious service is provided so that jewish seniors, who are unable to prepare a traditional meal, can continue to celebrate cultural traditions that they have experienced their entire life. This program served 2,366 meals during the current year.promise fund - the promise fund is a grant allocation from the promise foundation a 501 c (3) organization. The program is designed to provide patient navigation services and diagnostic assessments as needed to patients. The program emphasizes providing assistance to low income minority and underserved populations with limited access to the existing health care network. The goal of the program is to promote early detection and provide education in those communities that typically present with stage iii and stage iv cancers.