NORCs

The Lincoln Square NORC serves residents of the Amsterdam Houses, Amsterdam Addition and Lincoln Amsterdam House, most of whom have lived there for more than 30 years.

The West Side NORC is located in three neighboring affordable housing cooperatives in the area of Columbus Avenue and 94th Street.

The Isaacs Center, now part of Goddard Riverside, operates an NORC Program at 415 E 93rd Street serving residents of the Isaacs/Holmes public housing community. In addition, the NORC Program at the Taft Center, located at 1365 5th Avenue, serves residents of the Taft/Johnson public housing community. We will be updating our website soon to include more detailed information about these program sites.

Social workers at each NORC provide case management and health care information, plus classes, social activities and trips. An advisory committee of residents contributes to program development.

The NORC model emerged in the mid-1980s to provide support to people aging in place along with their neighbors. NORCs tap into the combined power of public and private funding, housing partnerships, philanthropies, corporations, community stakeholders and residents to offer the services tenants need. Without this support, many older adults would have to move into assisted living or nursing home facilities before it’s necessary.

Services:

• case management and assistance 
• health management and assistance 
• nurse checkups 
• support groups 
• help applying for and maintaining benefits 
• movies 
• social activities 
• exercise classes 
• current events discussion group 
• live entertainment 
• multigenerational events 
• nutrition education 
• holiday events 
• educational workshops

The West Side NORC is grateful for the support of New York Foundation for Eldercare.