Grant and Legislative Appropriations Round-Up

Public and private funding support and enhance the programs and services that Samaritan Daytop Village offers clients across 10 counties, including all five New York City boroughs. This year, we are fortunate to have received numerous extensions on previous legislative appropriations to help combat the opioid epidemic and mental health crisis currently affecting New Yorkers across the state.

In gratitude, we are highlighting grant award notices we received for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget as well as from various private and County funding sources.

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We are grateful to the New York City Council for awarding a total of $376,000 in funds for the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, many of which were extensions. Among them were:

Citywide Initiatives

• Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations – We received $100,000 with the support of Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Julie Won to operate the Afterschool Zones at the Belt Park and Delight Stay Family Residences. Afterschool Zones are quiet study spaces designed and built for school-aged children to support their academic growth.
• Mental Health Services for Veterans – Thanks to Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Robert Holden, we received an additional $96,000 to continue providing mental health exams at our Veterans Programs.
• Opioid Prevention and Treatment – For the fifth year in a row, our community Narcan training program has been funded by the New York City Council, with the sponsorship of Speaker Adrienne Adams and Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala. PARC (Peer Alliance Recovery Center) in Queens and the Bronx runs a virtual Narcan training program for the community every other Friday. Street Outreach teams also distribute Narcan kits, wound kits, and other harm reduction materials like fentanyl testing strips to high-risk neighborhoods in the boroughs they serve. Another $50,000 was provided.

Discretionary Funding

• Woodside Older Adult Center – Council Member Julie Won sponsored $36,000 in grant requests to continue Woodside’s diverse series of health and wellness classes, outings, and low-cost meal offerings at the center and for homebound members.
• Boulevard Family Residence – With Council Member Shekar Krishnan’s support, we received a $50,000 grant to continue operating the Boulevard’s Afterschool Zone, a quiet academic and study space for schoolchildren.
• Staten Island Outpatient Treatment Program – Council Member Kamilla Hanks helped secure an additional $5,000 for the outpatient program’s plans to create a trauma-informed waiting room.
• Young Mother’s Program (YMP) – With the support of the Manhattan Delegation and Council Member Sean Abreu, a combined $29,000 was allotted to YMP to expand our current list of trauma-informed services for pre- and post-natal moms in treatment.
• Times Square Family Residence – Council Member Keith Powers sponsored another $10,000 for the family residence to operate an Afterschool Zone, a quiet academic study space for schoolchildren, and offer addiction school supplies.

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New York State funding sources, including the New York State Legislature, provided $900K to support a range of clinical trainings, community outreach programs, mental health exams, and promotional campaigns. Among them were:

Statewide Funding:

• NYS Office of Addiction Services & Supports (NYS OASAS)
  • CPI Verbal Intervention Training
    NYS OASAS awarded an additional $150,000 in Phase 2 funding through the University of Buffalo Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions. The award will fund CPI Verbal Intervention training for addiction professionals at our residential treatment programs and PARC locations. Long-time partner Stony Brook University will evaluate the success of the CPI training and draft a final report.
  • Mental Health Exams at Central Admissions
    With $150,000 in OASAS funding, Samaritan Daytop Village will provide 700 mental health exams per year at Central Admissions, located at The Richard Pruss Wellness Center in the Bronx. At the site, individuals are admitted for the treatment of substance use disorder and thereafter continue treatment upon mental health diagnosis at one of the agency’s treatment sites.
  • Community Outreach and Marketing
    OASAS has awarded $100,000 in funds to support plans for a widespread community outreach and promotional program targeting hospitals, rehabilitation and detoxification programs, problem-solving courts, and the NYC Administration for Children’s Services. The funds will help us expand our outreach efforts to even more New Yorkers in need of opioid prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services and provide Narcan training in the face of the worsening opioid overdose epidemic in New York.
• New York State Legislature – Through a $500,000 appropriation, we will expand outreach to high-risk communities in need of opioid prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services, including Narcan training.

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We are also grateful to our County and private funding sources, who have provided more than $1.25 million in awards this fiscal year for a range of exciting new services.

Additional Funders:

• Rockland County – Rockland County awarded Samaritan Daytop Village $935,000 annually to launch and operate the county’s first Behavioral Health Call Center.
• Elevance Health Foundation – Participants at PARC (Peer Alliance Recovery Center) in Queens and the Bronx will benefit from “Culinary Therapy” and food & nutrition workshops, thanks to Elevance Health Foundation’s award of $300,000 over three years. Nutritionist Elizabeth Madison, RD will deliver the workshops.