Who is Timothy Cardinal Dolan visiting in Yonkers?

The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center got a visit on Thursday from Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The head of the Archdiocese of New York stopped by the Yonkers-based nonprofit to bring attention to the issue of aging out of long-term medical care as part of his ongoing “Lenten Visits,” according to a press release.

All of the children at the center have chronic medical conditions but state regulations require that they leave the facility by age 22. The center – which has received funding from Sisters of Charity – is seeking to build a new $45 million center to provide continuity of care for their medically complex conditions. About 30 percent of the center’s residents die within 14 months of aging out due to the lack of proper care, according to the press release.

“These are still young people,” Dolan said in a press release, “and the older they get here the more they’re beloved and the more they’re an example to the other kids that come in, so if we can keep them in this embrace it will be so much better for them, so we have to work on that.”

A previous version of this article incorrectly described the long-term care provided by the center.

FPWA is hosting its third Courageous Conversations Conference on April 10. The event will include a conversation of how poverty and trauma influence the work of nonprofits. Alan van Capelle, CEO of the Educational Alliance, will be the keynote speaker at the event. There will also be a panel discussion on the “intersections of trauma-informed care,” according to a press release.

Panelists will include Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes, pastor at Double Love Experience; Mayra Lopez, senior director of trauma-informed programing at Good Shepherd Services; Stanley Richard, executive vice president at the Fortune Society; and Shari Brink, president of the Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center.

It’s all going down from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the NYU Kimmel Center, located at 60 Washington Square South in Manhattan. RSVP for the free event here.

The Brooklyn Community Foundation has launched a new initiative to help older people. The Brooklyn Elders Fund has $10 million in seed money and will aim to “promote the care and welfare of older adults” in the borough, according to a press release. It will do this by seeking new approaches to caring for this growing population. The goal is to speak to more than 100 elders and then organize two roundtable discussions with policy experts. “Following analysis of this community engagement, BCF will release their funding strategy in the fall,” a spokeswoman said. “No specifics are currently available on what those new and proven approaches will be, as that is what will be in the strategy.”

NYN Media caught up with one leading nonprofit advocate as she roamed the halls of the state Capitol on Wednesday. A number of human services nonprofits’ priorities remain in limbo as the April 1 state budget deadline approaches. This includes a cost-of-living adjustment for direct services workers, funding for census outreach, and funding for the Liberty Defense Project. At the request of NYN, Carlyn Cowen, chief policy and public affairs officer at the Chinese-American Planning Council provided a primer on the status of these issues.

The original version of this article misspelled Carlyn Cowen's name.