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Great free opportunity to hear about where the state is and where it is going in regards to senior care in NYS.
Be sure to register for the Virtual Town Hall Meeting February 4!
Thank you to our sponsors - EZaccessMD, UltraMobile Imaging, Blossom: Modern Home Care Solutions of Western New York, The Village at Mill Landing and Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP.
Come visit us at the Rochester Public Market treat of treat event! We will be here from 4:30 to 7pm
Switch to us today for the best Pooled Trust experience in New York State. 585-441-9214.
Happy Birthday Americans with Disabilities Act! 31 years old today but so much further to go to make our world fully inclusive.
Meet your spenddown with a Pooled Income Trust give us a call today. 585-441-9214.
Tired of your current Pooled Trust switch to us by 7/31/2021 to have your setup fee waived. 585-441-9214.
We are back up and running! Give us a call for all your transportation, Pooled Trust, Benefits, or Representative payee need 585-441-9214.
RG&E is doing some emergency work outside of our building and we are without power. Currently our phones are down.
Great news for our clients The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) announced on Monday that all New Yorkers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive the maximum allowable level of food benefits for April.
Wishing you and safe and happy St. Patrick's Day!
We are down in Hornell today setting up a few trusts. If you want to set up a home visit to complete your trust paperwork give us a call today at 585-441-9214. Distance is not an issue for us.
Our phones are back working! Give us a call at 585-441-9214 got all your Medicaid and Pooled Trust needs!
Our move is complete but unfortunately our phones are not up and running yet. Spectrum has given us an expected repair time of 2/2 between 3-5pm. We will keep you up to date but until then call us on our cells at 507-2245 (Matt) or 434-7127 (Chris).
Community First Care is excited to announce that we purchased a new building and will be moving in the next week! Our new address will be 229 Empire Blvd. Rochester NY 14609.
This building is accessible, has meeting rooms, a large parking lot and plenty of office space for us to grow into! It will allow us to grow our programs and add staff when the need arises. The building will also make it easier for people to access us as it is close to Highway 590 and has RGRTA route 103 and 42 buses drive right past it.
Huge thank you to our clients and donors who are making this dream a reality for us! Also a thank you to our Realtor Laura LaManna for assisting us with this process.
Community First Care Organization is excited to announce that we now have two notaries on our staff. We are able to notarize the Joinder Agreements for our clients. We are also able to notarize any documents you need in our office. Stop by or give us a call today! 585-441-9214
Happy Veterans Day to all of the Veterans out there!
Community First Care Organization Statement on Monroe, Erie, and Onondaga County moving to Yellow alert for Covid:
Community First is monitoring the situation with Covid-19 in our communities and continues to put in place the best practices to keep our staff and clients healthy and safe. Community First Care Organization is an essential business and will remain open and serving our communities and clients throughout this public health emergency.
Home Visits:
At Community First Care Organization we believe that achieving the necessary benefits to help you remain in the community of your choosing is of upmost importance and will continue to visit you in your home to assist you receiving the benefits you need to remain independent. While we are meeting with you in your home all individuals must remain masked at all time and social distancing of 6 feet will be adhered to when space allows. We plan to continue to offer home visits throughout this public emergency regardless of what color alert we are in. Receiving Medicaid and home health services is confusing and unnecessarily complicated and receiving these benefits so our clients can avoid being unnecessarily placed in a Nursing Home is of upmost importance to us.
Office Visits:
Drop in, walk in, and unscheduled appointments at our offices will be suspended ongoing while we are in the different color stages of the emergency. This is so that we are able to meet proper social distancing requirements at all times in our office. Appointments will still occur on a scheduled basis in our office and if you wish to set one up please call us at 585-441-9214. There will be limited ability for us to meet your needs if you make an unscheduled visit to our office but will do everything, we can to meet your needs safely.
Pooled Trust Payments and Representative Payments:
There will be no interruption to the payment of your bills if you are enrolled in our Pooled Trust or Representative Payee Program. This is an essential service and there will be no change to this throughout this public health emergency.
If you have any other questions or concerned please call us at 585-441-9214 and please remember to stay masked, stay apart, and most of all stay safe.
Are you in need of a Pooled Trust to meet your Mediciad Spend Down. Give us a call today at 585-441-9214 to set up a pooled trust with us today so that you can save your money!
The staff here at Community First Care wishes you and your family a great weekend. It is shaping up to be beautiful weather and we hope you are able to take some time to enjoy it!
8.7 million Americans are at risk of missing out on the $1,200.00 stimulus payment. These individuals are missing out on the funds due to incomplete information at the Treasury Department because these individuals are not tax payers and not benefit receivers. These 8.7 million are assumed to be in the really low income category or citizens. If you did not receive a stimulus payment you only have until September 30th to use the non-filer tool at the IRS website to receive this income. If you need help or have questions give us a call today at 585-441-9214 for no a cost advisement session.
The group consists of people who do not normally file tax returns, and are likely to be “very low-income” and most in need of the money.
Today is National Voter Registration Day. Are you set to have your voice heard on November 3rd!
https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus attention on the importance of registering to vote and voting in our
Reminder: Those who receive SSI or SSDI and have a dependent child(ren) need to complete the following action by September 30th to receive the $500.00 payment as part of the stimulus package passed earlier this year. You must enter their info into the non-payer filing tool on the IRS website, use the link below. Payments are expected to be completed in mind in October. Give us a call at 585-441-9124 with any questions.
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here
Steps to receive the Economic Impact Payment if you haven't filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019, and aren't receiving Social Security, SS Disability Income or Railroad Retirement benefits. This payment is also referred to as "stimulus checks" or "coronavirus relief."
Stop by today to sign up for a Pooled Trust to meet your spend down!
Anyone with information or who might have seen the couple is asked to call 911 or the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at (585) 737-0557.
Community First Care Organization's office is closed today to honor Labor Day but will be open tomorrow to meet you Pooled Trust and Representative Payee needs.
September is Spinal Cord Injury awareness month. We want you to be aware that if you have a spinal cord injury and live in the greater Rochester area, we're here to help you live a great life!
Today is national recruit a poll worker day. If you are interested in make a few extra dollar consider signing up today. This year more than ever is there a need for poll workers because of the extra challenges that COVID brings. find out more at https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote
Each state recruits poll workers differently. Typically signing up to be a poll worker is done with your local election office. In some places this is a county election office but it may also be a registrar or clerk at the county or local level.
There is a free meal opportunity today at A Meal & More at Christ Church Rochester, 141 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. Every Sunday between 1 and 2:30 they offer a takeout meal to anyone without regard to race, gender, age, religion, or income.
Are you frustrated about the visitor policy at your loved ones nursing home or are you nervous that you may find yourself placed in one? There are alternatives to nursing home placements for every individual. The care you need is available to be received at home. If you are curious how to access these services give us a call today and one of our Elder and Disability Service experts can work with you today. 585-441-9214.
Imagine going nearly six months without seeing your aging parent or grandparent in person. That’s the reality for so many families with loved ones inside nursing homes across New York right now.
Happy Senior Citizen Day to all of the seniors in our community who makes our community a great place to live!
We are here to help you find your way through the Medicaid rules maze. Give us a call today 585-441-9214.
Community First Care Organization thanks the individuals who have served our country and takes a moment to recognize the approximate 1.8 million Americans who have received the Purple Heart award on Purple Heart Day.
Don't navigate the maze that is getting Medicaid eligibility alone. Give us a call today for our no fee unless you receive Medicaid guarantee today at 585-441-9214.
Happy Parents day to all of the Parents (fur parents count) out there from Community First Care Organization!!
Like a pooled trust a burial trust is a great way to reduce your countable resources for Medicaid eligibility. Unlike a pooled trust a burial trust can only be used for burial expenses where a pooled trust can be used for anything that benefits you. Learn more about burial trusts with the article below. Learn more about pooled trusts by giving us a call today at 585-441-9214.
Learn the pros and cons of using an irrevocable funeral trust to qualify for Medicaid.
A disappointing story out of Batavia today but it shows the importance of doing your research on trustee for you trust account. A funeral home is accused of misappropriating $525,000 of clients trust funds.
Community First Care Organization carries both a bad behavior bond of up to $10,000 (able to be accessed by clients in the event your funds are misappropriated) and is audited by independent auditors annually to give you the piece of mind that your funds are safe and secure and will only ever be used for your benefit.
If you are a current irrevocable trust holder, either pooled trust individual trust or prepaid burial trust, at another organization please check to make sure they have these safeguards in place.
All of us here at Community First Care hope that the victims are able to recover their funds and that Medicaid does not hold these resources against them when they do to recertify.
A Batavia funeral home owner is facing a litany of charges after the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office says he used more than $525,000 that was supposed to be for pre-paid funeral arrangements for other purposes.
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