- Add $29 million to the Supported Housing rate statewide in 2015 to make up for losses from inflation and to ensure that Supported Housing is sustained, basing future rates on a reasonable formula. Health Home care coordinators do not take the place of housing staff, while the new guidelines will place extra financial burdens on providers.
- Add $23.2 million for CR-SROs to make up for losses from inflation and so that they can better serve those with challenging needs. These provide a high level of service and can be very long-term stay or permanent.
- Add $17 million for the CR program (includes both CRs and Treatment Apartments) to make-up for losses from inflation and to incentivize providers to admit the most challenging clients safely. This would have the added value of ramping up the model’s efficiency in rehabilitating people more quickly, most likely an outcome that the MCOs will expect when this model is moved into Managed Care. This number subtracts the estimated BIP revenue. This would be the state share for an increase and would be used to leverage approximately $15.5 million in Federal Medicaid money.
- Add $12.7 million to SP-SROs, permanent housing with supports, to make up for losses from inflation and to better equip them to serve clients with more challenging service needs.
- Add 30,000 units to expand NYNY IV beyond the Executive Budget allocation of 5,000 for a total of 35,000 units, with 30,000 in New York City and 5,000 for upstate
- Support the $10 million enhancement in the executive budget proposal for OMH Supported Housing programs.
- Support the 2% COLA. Redirect this COLA so that it is not specific to any staff positions, but is flexible in use.
- Support the Governor’s proposal of $22 million in Wrap-Around Supports for Persons Discharged from Prisons: We support the proposed Executive Budget’s commitment for$22 million in new OMH funding to provide pre-discharge supports and planning, wraparound community-based services, and supported housing for individuals with psychiatric disabilities and/or diagnoses who are in the process of being discharged from state prisons. These funds are critically necessary to enhance appropriate discharge planning and successful reintegration into the community and to avoid an otherwise disproportionately high rate of recidivism.
