§ 209. Naturally occurring retirement community supportive service\nprogram. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Older adults" shall mean persons who are sixty years of age or\nolder.\n (b) "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit agency\nspecializing in housing, health or other human services which serves or\nwould serve the community within which a naturally occurring retirement\ncommunity is located.\n (c) "Health indicators/performance improvement" shall mean a survey\ntool, database, and process that provides grantees with performance\noutcomes data.\n (d) "Eligible services" shall mean the following services provided by\na classic or neighborhood NORC program, or in coordination with other\nentities, including, but not limited to: person centered planning, case\nassistance, care coordination, information and assistance, application\nand benefit assistance, health care management and assistance, volunteer\nservices, health promotion and linkages to prevention services and\nscreenings, linkages to in-home services, health indicators/performance\nimprovement, housekeeping/chore, personal care, counseling, shopping\nand/or meal preparation assistance, escort, telephone reassurance,\ntransportation, friendly visiting, support groups, personal emergency\nresponse systems (PERS), meals, recreation, bill paying assistance,\neducation regarding the signs of elder abuse or exploitation and\navailable resources for a senior who is a suspected victim of elder\nabuse or exploitation, or identity theft, chemical dependence counseling\nprovided by credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors as\ndefined in paragraph three of subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of the\nmental hygiene law and referrals to appropriate chemical dependence\ncounseling providers, and other services designed to address the needs\nof residents of classic and neighborhood NORCS by helping them extend\ntheir independence, improve their quality of life, and maximize their\nwell-being.\n (e) "Naturally occurring retirement community", "classic naturally\noccurring retirement community" or "classic NORC" shall mean an\napartment building or housing complex which:\n (1) was not predominantly built for older adults;\n (2) does not restrict admissions solely to older adults;\n (3) (A) at least forty percent of the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; and\n (B) in which at least two hundred fifty of the residents of an\napartment building are older adults or five hundred residents of a\nhousing complex are older adults; and\n (4) a majority of the older adults to be served are low or moderate\nincome, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment.\n (f) "Neighborhood naturally occurring retirement community" or\n"neighborhood NORC" shall mean a residential dwelling or group of\nresidential dwellings in a geographically defined neighborhood or group\nof contiguous neighborhoods which:\n (1) was not predominantly developed for older adults;\n (2) does not predominantly restrict admission to older adults;\n (3) (A) in a non-rural area, has at least thirty percent of the\nresidents who are older adults or the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; (B) in a rural area, has at least twenty percent of the\nresidents who are older adults or the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; and\n (4) is made up of low-rise buildings six stories or less and/or single\nand multi-family homes, provided, however, that apartment buildings and\nhousing complexes, including those that exceed six stories, may be\nincluded.\n (g) "Rural areas" shall mean counties within the state having a\npopulation of less than two hundred thousand persons including the\nmunicipalities, individuals, institutions, communities, programs, and\nsuch other entities or resources as are found therein; or, in counties\nwith a population of two hundred thousand or more, towns with a\npopulation density of less than one hundred and
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