Senate Resolution No. 2359
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
ESTABLISHING a plan setting forth an itemized
list of grantees for certain appropriations for the
2026-27 state fiscal year for grants for the Project
Guardianship Hotline Program; for grants for the
Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund (TWEF) Program
to support health and social services
sexuality-related programs; for grants for LGBT
Health and Human Services Network programs; for
grants for School Based Health Centers; for grants
for Sickle Cell related programs; for grants for the
Veterans Mental Health Training Initiative, as
required by a plan approved by the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating
such appropriation, and which is thereafter included
in a senate resolution calling for the expenditure
of such funds, which resolution must be approved by
a majority vote of all members elected to the senate
upon a roll call vote; amending Senate Resolution
R2705 of 2024 that establishes a plan for grants for
crisis intervention services programs to respond to
mental health crises, which may include activities
designed to interrupt and ameliorate a behavioral
health crisis, wherever the crisis occurs, through
crisis resolution, de-escalation, safety planning
and follow-up. Such services shall provide
response, support, intervention and resource
information to individuals who may, are or have
experienced a crisis or trauma and entities
providing services to individuals who may, are or
have experienced a crisis or trauma and these grants
for crisis intervention services will all serve to
provide resources throughout the State to help
communities prevent, prepare and respond to mental
health crises, amending Senate Resolution R1250 of
2025 that establishes a plan for grants for Sickle
Cell related programs and services, amending Senate
Resolution R2705 of 2024 that establishes a plan for
grants for Sickle Cell related programs and
services, amending Senate Resolution R1404 of 2023
that establishes a plan for grants for Sickle Cell
related programs and services, setting forth an
itemized list of grantees for certain appropriations
and reappropriations for the 2026-2027 state fiscal
year.
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities,
local assistance account, from community services program for grants
for the Project Guardianship Hotline Program. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of
the senate and the director of the division of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
Center for Elder Law & Justice
120,000
EAC Network
60,000
Guardianship Corp
60,000
LifeSpan of Greater Rochester
120,000
Project Guardianship Inc.
640,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities,
local assistance account, from the aids institute program for grants
for the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund (TWEF) Program to support
health and social services sexuality-related programs. Such funds
shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation. Such funds shall be apportioned
pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the division of the budget which sets forth either
an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each,
or the methodology for allocating such appropriation, and which is
thereafter included in a senate resolution calling for the expenditure
of such funds, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of
all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance
with the following schedule:
Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance
25,000
Albany Damien Center, Inc.
25,000
Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Inc.
25,000
Caribbean Equality Project
12,500
Destination Tomorrow Inc.
87,500
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of
Western New York Inc.(GLYS WNY,
Inc.)
12,500
Gender Equality New York Inc.
12,500
In Our Own Voices Inc.
25,000
LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc.
50,000
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Center
(Gender Wellness Center)
25,000
New Pride Agenda (Fund for the City of New York)
25,000
New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG Inc.)
50,000
Pride Center of Staten Island, Inc.
25,000
Pride Center of Western New York, Inc.
87,500
Rainbow Access Initiative Inc.
12,500
The LOFT - The Lesbian and Gay Community
Services Center, Inc.
50,000
Translatina Network Inc.
87,500
Trillium Health Inc. (Project: MOCHA Center)
25,000
University of Rochester Medical
Center (Gender Patient Support
(GPS) Program)
75,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central
New York, Inc. (VLPCNY)
12,500
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the aids institute program
for grants for LGBT Health and Human Services Network programs. Such
funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or
the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of
the senate and the director of the division of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
AIDS Community Resource Health Q
Center Inc. (ACR Health Q Center)
9,896
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York
(Alliance For Positive Health)
9,896
Albany Damien Center, Inc.
9,896
Ali Forney Center
9,896
Apicha Community Health Center
9,896
Chinese American Planning Council, Inc.
9,896
Community Health Project, Inc.
(Callen-Lorde Community Health
Center)
9,896
CRUX Climbing, Inc.
9,896
Depressed Black Gay Men (DBGM), Inc.
9,896
Destination Tomorrow Inc.
9,896
Empire Justice Center, Inc.
9,896
Faculty Student Association of
Downstate Medical Center, Inc.
(HEAT Program SUNY)
9,896
Family Counseling Services of Cortland County,
Inc.
9,896
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of
Western New York, Inc. (GLYS WNY,
Inc.)
9,896
GRIOT Circle, Inc.
9,896
Hetrick-Martin Institute, Inc.
9,896
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc.
9,896
In Our Own Voices Inc.
9,896
Latino Commission on AIDS Inc.
9,896
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, Inc.
(The Center)
9,888
Long Island Crisis Center, Inc. (Pride for
Youth- PFY)
9,896
Make the Road New York (TGNCIQ Justice Project)
9,896
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
9,896
Mount Sinai Hospital
9,896
National Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc.
9,896
National LGBT Cancer Network, Inc.
9,896
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project
9,896
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. (NYLAG)
9,896
North Shore University Hospital
(LGBTQ Transgender Program at New
Hyde Park)
9,896
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Inc.
9,896
Pride Center of Staten Island, Inc.
9,896
Psychiatric Center Community Advisory
Board, Inc. (Rainbow Heights Club)
9,896
Queens Community House, Inc.
9,896
Rainbow Access Initiative Inc (Prism Counseling
and Advocacy)
9,896
Rockland County Pride Center, Inc.
9,896
Safe Horizon, Inc.
9,896
SAGE-Upstate, Inc.
9,896
Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian
Bisexual & Transgender Elders Inc.
(SAGE)
9,896
Southern Tier AIDS Program, Inc. (Identity
Youth)
9,896
The Audre Lorde Project, Inc.
9,896
The Institute for Human Identity Inc.
9,896
The Legal Aid Society (LGBTQ+ Law and Policy
Unit)
9,896
The LOFT - The Lesbian and Gay Community
Services Center, Inc.
9,896
Translatina Network Inc (Translatinx Network)
9,896
Trillium Health, Inc.
9,896
Unity Fellowship Breaking Ground, Inc.
9,896
Volunteer Lawyer Project of Central New York,
Inc. (VLPCNY)
9,896
Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc.
(WJCS - Center Lane)
9,896
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities,
local assistance account, from the center for community health program
for grants for School Based Health Centers. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation. Such funds shall be apportioned
pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the division of the budget which sets forth either
an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each,
or the methodology for allocating such appropriation, and which is
thereafter included in a senate resolution calling for the expenditure
of such funds, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of
all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance
with the following schedule:
School Based Health Centers (Anthony L Jordan
Health Corporation)
25,591
School Based Health Centers
(Brownsville Community Development
Corporation)
30,654
School Based Health Centers (Children's Aid)
52,939
School Based Health Centers (East
Harlem Council for Human Services
Inc.)
78,855
School Based Health Centers (Family
Health Network of Central New York
Inc)
39,831
School Based Health Centers (Jamaica Hospital
Medical Center)
120,041
School Based Health Centers (Kaleida Health)
145,453
School Based Health Centers (Long Island FQHC,
Inc.)
45,623
School Based Health Centers (Long Island Jewish
Medical Center)
139,163
School Based Health Centers (Montefiore Medical
Center)
211,613
School Based Health Centers (New York and
Presbyterian Hospital)
131,574
School Based Health Centers (NYU Langone
Hospital and Wynthrop)
47,676
School Based Health Centers (Rochester General
Health System)
13,275
School Based Health Centers (Saint Regis Mohawk
Health Services)
19,390
School Based Health Centers (Sisters
of Charity Hospital of Buffalo New
York)
27,384
School Based Health Centers (St Joseph's
Hospital Yonkers)
57,689
School Based Health Centers (Sunset Park Health
Council Inc.)
281,165
School Based Health Centers (The Institute for
Family Health)
16,650
School Based Health Centers (Syracuse
Community Health Center Inc.)
32,219
School Based Health Centers (The Mount Sinai
Hospital)
311,564
School Based Health Centers (University of
Rochester)
19,537
School Based Health Centers (Upstate
Family Health Center)
27,888
School Based Health Centers (William
F Ryan Community Health Center Inc)
36,226
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities,
local assistance account, from the center for community health program
for grants for Sickle Cell related programs and services. Such funds
shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the division of the budget
which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
(Kings County)
80,000
New York City Health and Hospitals
Corporation (Queens Hospital Center
for Sickle Cell programs)
80,000
Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation Corp. Int
80,000
Sickle Cell Thalassemia Patients Network
100,000
Westchester County Health Care
Corporation (Westchester Medical
Center Health Network - Maria
Fareri Children's Hospital)
80,000
Westchester Sickle Cell Outreach
80,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities,
local assistance account, from the center for community health program
for grants for the Veteran's Mental Health Training Initiative.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, funds from this
appropriation may be suballocated or transferred to any state
department, agency or authority to effectuate the intent of this
appropriation with the approval of the temporary president of the
senate and the director of the division of the budget. Such funds
shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the division of the budget
which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
Medical Society of the State of New York
100,000
National Association of Social Workers
150,000
New York Psychiatric Association Inc
100,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 and reappropriated in a chapter of
the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to localities, local assistance
account, from the center for community health program for grants for
crisis intervention services programs to respond to mental health
crises, which may include activities designed to interrupt and
ameliorate a behavioral health crisis, wherever the crisis occurs,
through crisis resolution, de-escalation, safety planning and
follow-up. Such services shall provide response, support,
intervention and resource information to individuals who may, are or
have experienced a crisis or trauma and entities providing services to
individuals who may, are or have experienced a crisis or trauma and
these grants for crisis intervention services will all serve to
provide resources throughout the state to help communities prevent,
prepare and respond to mental health crises. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, funds from this appropriation may be
suballocated or transferred to any state department, agency or
authority to effectuate the intent of this appropriation with the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan
approved by the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with
the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating
such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate
resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution
must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the
senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule, which shall amend, remove from or add to the schedule
originally approved in Senate Resolution R2705 of 2024:
[Mental Health Association of
Westchester Inc.] WestchesterCounty (Westchester CountyDepartment of Community and MentalHealth for Mobile Crisis ResponseTeam)
100,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the center for community
health program for grants for Sickle Cell related programs and
services. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in
a senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule, which shall amend, remove from or add to the schedule
originally approved in Senate Resolution R1250 of 2025:
[New York State Sickle Cell Advocacy
Network, Inc.] New York City Healthand Hospitals Corporation (QueensHospital Center for Sickle Cell programs)
80,000
[Westchester Medical Center Health
Network (Maria Fareri Children's
Hospital)] Westchester CountyHealth Care Corporation(Westchester Medical Center HealthNetwork - Maria Fareri Children's Hospital)
80,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the center for community
health program for grants for Sickle Cell related programs and
services. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in
a senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule, which shall amend, remove from or add to the schedule
originally approved in Senate Resolution R2705 of 2024:
[New York State Sickle Cell Advocacy
Network, Inc.] New York City Healthand Hospitals Corporation (QueensHospital Center for Sickle Cell programs)
80,000
[Westchester Medical Center Health
Network (Maria Fareri Children's
Hospital)] Westchester CountyHealth Care Corporation(Westchester Medical Center HealthNetwork - Maria Fareri Children'sHospital)
80,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the center for community
health program for grants for Sickle Cell related programs and
services. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in
a senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule, which shall amend, remove from or add to the schedule
originally approved in Senate Resolution R1404 of 2023:
[New York State Sickle Cell Advocacy
Network, Inc.] New York City Healthand Hospitals Corporation (QueensHospital Center for Sickle Cell programs)
60,000
[Westchester Medical Center Health
Network (Maria Fareri Children's
Hospital)] Westchester CountyHealth Care Corporation(Westchester Medical Center HealthNetwork - Maria Fareri Children's Hospital)
60,000
