Office for the Aging

County, State, and Federal Resources

Resource City Phone
Administration on Aging and the Older Americans Act (202) 619-0724
Appointing Your Health Care Agent in New York State  
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services    
Consumer to Community-Based Long Term Care  
Department of House & Urban Development, Buffalo (716) 551-5755
Department of House & Urban Development, New York City (212) 264-0777x3723
Department of Veterans Affairs   (800) 827-1000
Do Not Call Registry   (888) 382-1222
Eldercare Locator (National)   (800) 677-1116
Federal Information Center   (800) 688-9889
Food and Drug Administration   (888) 463-6332
Genesee County Government    
Genesee County Veterans Services Agency Batavia (585) 343-8216
Health Care Fraud Help (Inspector General)   (800) 447-8477
Health Care Proxy Law: A Guidebook for Health Care Professionals
Immigration and Refugee Assistance   (800) 566-7636
Internal Revenue Service - US Department of Treasury (800) 829-1040
Legal Services Corporation   (202) 295-1500
Medicare and Medicaid Services Helpline   (800) 633-4227
Medicare Rights Center (MRC)   (800) 333-4114
National Center on Elder Abuse    
New York State Attorney General's Office   (800) 771-7755
New York State Elderly Pharmaceutical InsuranceProgram (EPIC) (800) 332-3742
New York State Health Department    
New York State Medicaid Helpline    
New York State Office for the Aging    
Nursing Home Quality Initiative (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)    
NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care    
NY State Veterans Nursing Home Batavia (585) 345-2000
NYS Banking Department Consumer Services   (877) 226-5697
NYS Banking Department Holocaust Claims Processing Office   (800) 695-3318
NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (800) 522-4369
NYS Crime Victims Board   (518) 457-8727
NYS Crime Victims Board, Buffalo   (716) 847-7992
NYS Department of Insurance   (800) 342-3736
NYS Department of Labor   (518) 457-9000
NYS Department of State   (518) 474-4750
NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, Tax Forms   (800) 462-8100
NYS Department of Tax and Finance, Tax Questions   (800) 225-5829
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal   (518) 473-2526
NYS Division of Human Rights   (718) 741-8400
NYS Division of Veterans' Affairs   (518) 474-6784
NYS Division of Veterans' Affairs, Benefit Counseling   (888) 838-7697
NYS Education Department, Albany Library for the Blind   (518) 474-5935
NYS Education Department, NYS Talking Book & Braile Library (800) 342-3688
NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions   (518) 474-3817
NYS Education Department, To Report Professional Misconduct or Unlicensed Practice (800) 442-8106
NYS Office of Mental Health   (800) 597-8481
NYS Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities    
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation   (518) 474-0456
NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Information   (800) 342-3009
NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Temporary Assistance (Employment) (518( 474-9222
NYS Partnership for Long Term Care Insurance Help Line   (888) 697-7582
NYS Public Service Commission Albany (800) 342-3377
Office of New York State Attorney General    
Patient's Right - New York State Department of Health    
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)    
Seamless Transition Home    
Senior Citizens Hotline   (800) 342-9871
Social Security Administration   (800) 772-1213
VA WNY Healthcare System Batavia (585) 297-1000
Veterans ONline APPlication