Summary of NYS Budget by Functional Area
EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROGRAM FUNDING
FINAL BUDGET
Home Care Recruitment , Training and Retention
• Continue funding for personal care worker recruitment and retention at $ 272M for NYC and $ 22.4M for other areas of the State .
• Continue recruitment , training and retention funding at $ 100M for LTHHCPs , AIDS home care , and hospices .
Includes Executive proposal .
Housing Programs
• Reallocates nearly $ 2 billion in capital funds for affordable housing initiatives , and adds an additional $ 500 million to a five-year capital plan . Plan includes $ 125 million for senior housing .
• Funds existing programs :
■■ Access to Home at $ 1M .
■■ Affordable Housing Corporation at $ 26M .
■■ Low-Income Housing Trust Fund program at $ 65.2M .
■■ Homeless Housing Assistance Program at $ 64M .
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Housing Opportunity Program for the Elderly ( HOPE ) at $ 1.4M .
■■ Public Housing Modernization Program at $ 6.4M .
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Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs at $ 8.5M and $ 3.5M , respectively .
Medicaid Global Spending Cap Continues the cap ( including the State ’ s “ superpower ” authority to make spending reductions if the Global Cap is breached ) through March 31 , 2019 , with total state share DOH spending limited to $ 19.7B in SFY 2017-18 and $ 20.8B in SFY 2018-19 .
Non-Profit Infrastructure Capital Investment Re-appropriates $ 100M for competitive grants for non-profit human services organizations for capital projects to improve service quality , efficiency and accessibility .
NORCs / NNORCs Level-funds both programs at $ 2,027,500 each . Funding priority will be given to the renewal of existing contracts with the New York State Office for the Aging .
TBI and NHTD Waiver Programs Level-funds the TBI program at $ 12.4M . The NHTD waiver housing subsidy , normally fully funded at $ 2.4M , is included in a group of public health programs that would be consolidated and reduced by 20 %.
• Includes a $ 2.5 billion , five-year investment of capital funds to expand affordable and supportive housing projects . $ 125 million is allocated for the development or rehabilitation of 100 % senior housing , targeted to lowincome seniors aged 60 and above . Plan also appropriates $ 950M for the MRT Supportive Housing Program and $ 75M for the Mitchell-Lama Program .
• Funds existing programs :
■■ Access to Home at $ 1M .
■■ Affordable Housing Corporation at $ 26M .
■■ Low-Income Housing Trust Fund program at $ 65.2M .
■■ Homeless Housing Assistance Program at $ 64M .
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Housing Opportunity Program for the Elderly ( HOPE ) at $ 1.4M .
■■ Public Housing Modernization Program at $ 6.4M .
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Neighborhood and Rural Preservation Programs at $ 8.5M and $ 3.5M , respectively .
• Revives lapsed 421-a program for NYC developers under a new name , “ Affordable New York .”
Includes Executive proposal . Also includes language allowing adjustments to the cap to reflect minimum wage .
Includes re-appropriation and adds up to $ 20M .
Includes Executive proposal .
Accepts the Executive proposal to level-fund services and expenses related to TBI at $ 12.4 million . Rejects the consolidation of the 39 public health programs and restores the NHTD waiver housing subsidy as its own discrete line item , but accepts the 20 % reduction in funding for the program .
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