NY Connects and HIICAP services for seniors and disabled residents
Greene County
Summary
The Hearthstone Care contract now covers Level II personal care — help with bathing, dressing, toileting and walking — at $35 an hour, with an extra $2 an hour for the seven remote Mountain Top towns where help is hard to find.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
County pays the $35/hour contract rate (plus $2/hour Mountain Top supplement); total cost depends on service hours used.
Homebound seniors in the Mountain Top towns who need hands-on personal care at home.
The small number of seniors who relied on the shopping bus will need to switch to delivery or other options.
Mentions & discussions (4)
County Services - Committee Meeting — October 13, 2026
The Hearthstone Care contract now covers Level II personal care — help with bathing, dressing, toileting and walking — at $35 an hour, with an extra $2 an hour for the seven remote Mountain Top towns where help is hard to find.
County Services - Committee Meeting — September 14, 2026
Human Services is retooling senior transportation — the old senior busing contract ended and seniors are getting free Greene County Transit passes while the county plans a medical shuttle to Albany Med and CMH. There's also an ongoing dispute with the Athens Senior Club over early building access.
County Services - Committee Meeting — July 13, 2026
NY Connects helps anyone disabled or over 60 connect to services from eviction help to in-home care, home-delivered meals, and medical plan enrollment. The county keeps the program running through a $191,087 agreement with the Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium, paid with pass-through grant money.
Greene County Legislature - Regular Legislature Meeting No. 5 — May 20, 2026
May was proclaimed Older Americans Month, and the county honored five seniors: Kathie Callan (Outstanding Contribution), Carol Pfister (Senior Citizen of the Year), Gordon Mosher, Joyce Andreassen, and the senior community at large. More than one in five county residents is 65 or older.
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