AKWESASNE – (Seskehkó:wa/September 23, 2025) The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Office For the Aging (OFA) is providing notification of a public hearing on Kenténha/October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the OFA Senior Center located at 29 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way, Akwesasne, NY.
The purpose of the public hearing is to solicit input from older adults, caregivers, and community members about OFA’s service plans for the upcoming 2026 program year, as well as a presentation on 2025 Programs and Services. Through community engagement efforts, OFA seeks to learn from local elders, caretakers, and others what needs and issues are important to Akwesasne’s aging population.
The input provided by community members ensures OFA compliance with the Older Americans Act ensuring appropriate aging services are designed and delivered to each community based on their unique local needs and resources. In previous years, the comments gathered from the public hearing subsequently led to an increase in funding toward cultural programming and the number of exercise classes offered at the center.
OFA will be releasing a summary of the proposed service plan before the public hearing to facilitate the conversation. A community notice will be issued once the summary is available at the Seniors Center.
If you are unable to attend the public hearing in person, we still want to hear from you. You can provide comments by mail, calling the OFA Senior Center at (518) 358-2963, or by emailing Lora Lee Lafrance, Director, at loraaleelafrance@srmt-nsn.gov. Written comments can be submitted to:
Lora Lee LaFrance, Director
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Office for the Aging
71 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way
Akwesasne, NY 13655
If you need special accommodations to participate in the public hearing, please notify the Office for the Aging at least one week in advance so that they may prepare materials or coordinate assistance. Requests for special accommodations can be made by calling OFA at (518) 358-2963 or email loraleelafrance@srmt-nsn.gov.
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The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is the duly elected and federally recognized government of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.