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• We held a national conference between March 23 and 25, 1995, entitled, “The State of Nutrition and Entitlements: The Forgotten Citizen.” Sanctioned as a 1995 White House Conference on Aging, 250 Latino seniors and professionals from all regions of the country attended. A report on the conference findings was disseminated throughout the City, nationally, and to national policy makers and funders concerned with the status of Latino elderly.
• LCA held the Second Inter-American Conference on Gerontology, focusing on hunger during the years 2000 and 2001. It took place in different areas of North, Centro and South America.

We work in conjunction with a number of public and private agencies as well as community based organizations in providing for the needs of the elderly. Some of them are:

Alamo Area Council of Governments, San Antonio, TX – ASI, Chicago, IL – Casa Boricua Senior Center, Bronx, NY – Casita Maria, Inc., New York, NY – East Harlem Council of Senior Centers – Edward R. Roybal Institute for Applied Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA – Goodard Riverside Community Center, New York, NY – Hispanic Family Center, Camden, NJ – Hispanic Providers Council, Chicago, IL – Instituto Puertorrique�o/Hispano para Personas Mayores, New York, NY – Latino Elderly, Inc., Orlando, FL – Milwaukee County Department on Aging, Milwaukee, WI – Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs, Dover, NJ – Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY – National Diversity Concepts, Washington, D.C. – Norris Square Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA – New Jersey City University – New Jersey Division on Aging – New York City Department for the Aging – New York State Office for the Aging – Neighborhood SHOPP – Bronx Borough President’s Office – Project S.O.S., Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY – Saint Vincent de Paul Residence, Bronx, NY – RAIN Multi Service – Sociedad de Gerontología de Puerto Rico – Southside Care Management & Home Care, Brooklyn, NY – University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.