Grant and Legislative Appropriations Round-Up

The New York State Legislature passed and enacted the New York State Budget, demonstrating their commitment to turning the tide on the opioid epidemic and delivering meaningful substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery for the people of New York.

We are grateful to Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie for including opioid treatment and harm reduction funding for Samaritan Daytop Village. These funds further support the growing number of New Yorkers with low-income and complex medical/behavioral health needs who live in communities with inequitable access to health and wellness resources.

• NYS OASAS Opioid Settlement Fund – PARC (Peer Alliance Recovery Centers) in Queens and the Bronx received NYS OASAS funding totaling $350,500 from the State’s Opioid Settlement Fund to supplement PARC’s current budgets. The funds are being used to expand and enhance PARC’s offerings and provide scholarship funds to eligible students of the program’s peer certification trainings.

• SAMHSA Project STAR – SAMHSA awarded SDV $500,000 for the Project STAR (Screening, Treatment, Assessment, and Referral) program. Project STAR is providing essential behavioral health services to clients at two single-women’s shelters.

• SAMHSA CCBHC at Suffolk – SAMHSA also provided a $1 million annual grant for the Suffolk County Outpatient Treatment Program, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC).
• NYSED Core Rehabilitation Services – The NY State Education Department awarded a 5-year contract to continue and expand the list of Core Rehabilitation Services provided to eligible clients.

Samaritan Daytop Foundation has been cultivating and developing relationships with public and private entities and foundations throughout the City and State of New York. Thanks to the compassion and generosity of our numerous community partners who are committed to the well-being of our treatment, recovery services, and supportive housing clients.

• Chase Bank Financial Literacy Workshops – Chase Bank employees are volunteering to provide financial literacy workshops to clients at several of our programs:
  • Ed Thompson Veterans Program clients benefited from a 10-week financial health series that covered the basics of banking, savings, budgeting, credit and debt management, homeownership, and investing, among other topics.
  • Woodside Senior Center has bolstered its informational workshop series with quarterly financial workshops. The first one, “How to Protect Yourself from Scams & ID Theft,” was well attended.
  • Jamaica YMCA Annex clients took part in a four-part series on the basics of banking, credit management, budgeting, and saving.
  • Belt Park and 93^rd Street Family Residences provided parents with a four-part financial health workshop series. Simultaneously, the children received a version of the series tailored for them.

• Valley Bank Culinary Student Internships – Valley Bank provided a $10,000 Workforce Development and Job Readiness grant to provide paid internships for culinary students at Richmond Hill Medically-Assisted Treatment Program in Queens. Valley Bank has also offered to provide financial literacy and job readiness workshops focused on interviewing skills and resume development.

• Flagstar Bank Financial Literacy Workshops – Flagstar Bank employees are volunteering to provide financial literacy workshops focused on savings and budgeting for clients at the Van Wyck Residential Treatment Program in Queens.

• CrisisPreventionInstitute (CPI) Verbal Intervention Training – NYS OASAS awarded $50,000 through the University of Buffalo Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions to provide CPI Verbal Intervention training for addiction professionals using the “Train-the-Trainer” model. The training model will take place at our residential treatment programs in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Long-time partner Stony Brook University will evaluate the success of the CPI training.
• Community of Practice (CoP) Collaborations – The Robin Hood Foundation awarded $50,000 for one year to take part in a special network learning opportunity as one of a select group of six shelter providers recommended by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS). The CoP will exchange insights, best practices, and ideas that will help inform the NYC childcare sector improve access to childcare for families living in shelters.
• ESL & Job Readiness Training – Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice recently awarded us $75,000, in addition to the $150,000 from last year, to add an ESL (English as a Second Language) and Job Readiness teacher to the staff of shelters temporarily housing asylum seekers and migrants. In the first quarter of 2024, three dozen clients benefited from the additional resource.
• Peer Interns and Outreach on Staten Island – The Staten Island Foundation awarded SDV $50,000 to add three peer interns to the staff at the Staten Island Outpatient Program. The funds will also supplement the costs for community outreach, recovery support services, and outreach supplies.