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Providers Urge State Funding for Nonprofit Guardians to Fill Growing Guardianship Gap
Summary
Nonprofit legal and social-service groups told lawmakers that New York’s guardianship system lacks publicly funded guardians and proposed a $15 million statewide nonprofit guardianship program to ensure representation for incapacitated adults who lack family or money to pay private guardians.
Nonprofit guardianship providers and advocates told the joint legislative hearing that New York lacks enough safe, accountable guardians for adults who cannot make decisions and have no family or financial means to secure help.
Speakers described the current court-driven guardianship process under Article 81 of New York’s Mental Hygiene Law. A judge may appoint a guardian after a hearing, but there is no statewide mechanism to ensure an appropriately trained guardian is available for low-income adults. Many…
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