Senate Resolution No. 2705

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

ESTABLISHING a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for certain appropriations for the
2024-25 state fiscal year for grants for the Project
Guardianship Hotline Program; for grants for the
Transgender and Non-Binary (TGNB) Wellness and
Equity 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; and 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, as required by 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

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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 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 section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the aids institute program
for grants for the Transgender and Non-Binary (TGNB) Wellness and
Equity 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 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
Fund for the City of New York (NEW Pride Agenda)

25,000
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 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
(VLPCNY)
12,500

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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 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)
10,555
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York (Alliance
For Positive Health)
10,555
Albany Damien Center, Inc.
10,555
Ali Forney Center
10,555
Chinese American Planning Council Inc
10,555
Community Awareness Network for a
Drug-free Life and Environment,
Inc. (CANDLE)
10,555
Community Health Project, Inc
(Callen-Lorde Community Health
Center)
10,555
CRUX Climbing, Inc.
10,555
Depressed Black Gay Men (DBGM), Inc.
10,555
Empire Justice Center, Inc.
10,555

Family Counseling Services of Cortland County,
Inc.
10,555
Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of
Western New York, Inc. (GLYS WNY,
Inc.)
10,555
GRIOT Circle, Inc.
10,555
Hetrick-Martin Institute, Inc.
10,555
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc.
10,555
In Our Own Voices Inc.
10,555
Latino Commission on AIDS Inc.
10,555
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, Inc.
(The Center)
10,580
Long Island Crisis Center, Inc. (Pride for Youth
- PFY)
10,555
Madison County Council on Alcoholism
and Substance Abuse Inc. (BRIDGES
LGBTQIA Initiative)
10,555
Make the Road New York (TGNCIQ Justice Project)
10,555
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
10,555
Mount Sinai Hospital
10,555
National Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc.
10,555
National LGBT Cancer Network, Inc.
10,555
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project
10,555
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. (NYLAG)
10,555
North Shore University Hospital
(LGBTQ Transgender Program at New
Hyde Park)
10,555
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Inc.
10,555
Pride Center of Staten Island, Inc.
10,555
Psychiatric Center Community Advisory
Board, Inc. (Rainbow Heights Club)

10,555
Queens Community House, Inc.
10,555
Rainbow Access Initiative Inc.
10,555

Rockland County Pride Center, Inc.
10,555
Safe Horizon, Inc.
10,555
SAGE- Upstate, Inc.
10,555
Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian
Bisexual & Transgender Elders Inc.
(SAGE)
10,555
The Audre Lorde Project, Inc.
10,555
The Institute for Human Identity Inc.
10,555
The Legal Aid Society
10,555
The LOFT - The Lesbian and Gay
Community Services Center, Inc.
10,555
Translatina Network Inc.
10,555
Trillium Health, Inc.
10,555
Unity Fellowship Breaking Ground
10,555
Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc.
(WJCS Center Lane)
10,555

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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 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)
30,655
School Based Health Centers (Children's Aid)
52,940
School Based Health Centers (East
Harlem Council for Human Services
Inc.)
78,856
School Based Health Centers (Family

Health Network of Central New York
Inc)
39,832
School Based Health Centers (The Institute for
Family Health)
16,647
School Based Health Centers (Jamaica Hospital
Medical Center)
120,042
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)
211,614
School Based Health Centers (The Mount Sinai
Hospital)
311,565
School Based Health Centers (New York
and Presbyterian Hospital)
131,575
School Based Health Centers (NYU Langone
Hospital and Wynthrop)
47,676
School Based Health Centers (Rochester General
Health System)
13,270
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)
57,690
School Based Health Centers (Sunset Park Health
Council Inc)
281,165
School Based Health Centers (Syracuse
Community Health Center Inc)
32,219
School Based Health Centers (University of
Rochester)
19,537
School Based Health Centers (Upstate Family
Health Center)
27,889
School Based Health Centers (William
F Ryan Community Health Center Inc)

36,226

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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
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 State Sickle Cell Advocacy Network, Inc

80,000
Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation Corp. Int
80,000
Sickle Cell Thalassemia Patients Network
100,000
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 section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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 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:
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 section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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:
Center for Dispute Settlement Inc
500,000
City of Rochester
100,000
Family Services of Westchester Inc.
100,000
Mental Health Association of Westchester Inc.
100,000
New York City Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene
250,000
Partnership for the Public Good
100,000
St Joseph's Hospital Yonkers
100,000
University of Rochester
100,000