Recent Accomplishments

Photo by Tanya Bissaillon
New York State Senator Catharine Young speaks at the Network's 2011 advocacy day.

In 2011, working with government partners and members, the Network successfully advocated for:

  • $2.9 million addition to the Department of Health AIDS Institute NY/NY III budget in Governor Cuomo’s 21-Day Amendment to the Executive Budget.
  • $2.55 million for services funding for homeless families and youth from the Office of Temporary Disability Services (OTDA).
  • A 52% increase in the number of supportive housing units funded by the NYS Homes & Community Renewal’s (HCR) 2011 Unified Funding Round.

Working with the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT), the Network and its members successfully advocated for:

  • Creation of an Affordable Housing Workgroup, which, with Network participation, developed recommendations later accepted by the full MRT to substantially expand supportive housing availability for high users of Medicaid.
  • Inclusion of supportive housing providers in Health Homes and assurance that place of residence will be considered when assigning tenants to Health Homes