New YorkS 90032025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

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842 provisions identified: 774 benefits, 18 costs, 50 mixed.

Child care assistance funding for families

The law makes up to $576 million, $450 million, and $400 million available through separate child care block grant provisions. Each amount is limited by the federal grant award. It also renews $463.63 million in additional district reimbursements for eligible child care assistance. Districts must use approved allocation plans and claim eligible costs by March 31 after the applicable federal fiscal year. The reimbursement allocation plan must reach the budget director within 60 days of enactment; claims must maximize federal funding and meet required local spending levels.

Emergency and shelter help for families

The law renews $1.5 billion in federal funding for family assistance and emergency help. Funding generally requires no state or local share, but districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement. Locally chosen shelter supplements require approved plans; districts over five million residents receive reimbursement only for the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement. Covered rents are capped at January 1, 2021 maximums, adjusted annually for fair-market-rent changes without downward adjustments. The money also covers otherwise-unfunded emergency shelter, transportation, or food costs for people with medically diagnosed HIV who are homeless or facing homelessness; districts must meet homeless-service planning, service, and reporting requirements.

Emergency rent aid for struggling households

The law renews $250 million for emergency rent applications received by January 20, 2023, including qualifying subsidized tenants. It also renews a separate $90 million for emergency rent aid and an authorized hardship fund for undocumented workers. Rent-aid households must face financial hardship and risk homelessness or housing instability, with income no higher than 80% of area median income. Assistance can cover up to 12 months of past-due rent and three months of future rent. Excess money from the $250 million pool needs an approved state plan for other eligible services; the $90 million can move to another state agency or authority.

Emergency repair help for older homeowners

The law makes up to $5 million available through RESTORE for low-income elderly homeowners. Grants or loans cover emergency services and repairs addressing threats to life, health, or safety. Assistance cannot exceed $10,000 per unit; actual awards are not set. Funds require a program plan approved by the budget director.

Local rental help for low-income households

The law carries forward $100 million for optional local rental supplements, including help for households without children. Applicants must be homeless or facing imminent housing loss, generally with income at or below 30% of area median income. Districts can serve households up to 50% when lower-income demand is insufficient; at least half of supplements go to homeless or sheltered households unless demand is insufficient. Help is not repayable and can cover all added rent costs based on a 30% income contribution; plans cannot require supplements below 85% of fair market rent and can allow higher amounts at local cost. Plans need assistance-agency and budget approval; districts above five million people first cover specified costs above January 1, 2021 rent maximums, up to federal fair market rent, subject to the annual adjustment rule.

Mortgage and foreclosure help for homeowners

The law carries forward $600 million for mortgage payments, overdue loans, loan reductions, utility loss, and related homeownership costs. Homeowners must have a qualified property and financial hardship after January 21, 2020; assistance runs through eligible financial institutions or nonprofits. Within that funding, up to $20 million yearly for three years—$60 million total—supports mortgage relief, legal representation, and counseling. Separate Homeowner Protection Program funding includes two $40 million amounts, a one-time $15 million amount, and $20 million for services. That program supports foreclosure counseling, hotlines, mediation, legal help, repairs, anti-blight work, training, and fraud protection.

Rent supplements for low-income households

The law provides $100 million for local rent supplements and renews another $100 million covering eligible claims from September 30, 2021, onward. The new funding serves households facing homelessness or imminent housing loss, regardless of immigration status; income generally cannot exceed 30% of area median income, rising to 50% when lower-income demand is insufficient. At least half of supplements must serve people in shelter or experiencing homelessness, unless demand is insufficient. New district plans must set supplements at no less than 85% of fair market rent; aid can cover up to 100% of added rent costs while limiting household contributions to 30% of income, without repayment. Plans need state approval; renewed funds use districts’ March 31, 2021 public-assistance shares or other relevant factors, while new funds in districts above five million residents first cover qualifying rent above January 1, 2021 limits, up to federal fair market rent with annual adjustments.

Adult students get city college scholarships

The law provides $14.1 million for CUNY community college Opportunity Promise awards and program support in academic year 2025–26. Eligible students are ages 25–55 on January 1 of their initial application year and have no prior postsecondary degree. They must qualify for resident-rate tuition and enroll in an approved high-demand associate-degree program. Students must apply for Tuition Assistance Program aid, Pell Grants, and other applicable aid. They must complete at least 6 credits each semester and 12 each academic year, with satisfactory academic progress. Enrollment gaps cannot exceed one academic year, except allowable interruptions; already-enrolled students can qualify. Each term's award cannot exceed eligible tuition, fees, books, and supplies minus other aid; work-study and education loans are excluded. CUNY must report on the program by September 1, 2026.

Adult students get state college scholarships

The law lists $34.763 million for SUNY community college Opportunity Promise awards and support, plus $21.15 million for academic year 2025–26. Each term's award covers the positive difference between eligible tuition, fees, books, and supplies and other aid. Work-study and education loans do not reduce the award. Students must be ages 25–55 on January 1 of the calendar year for their initial application semester. They must enroll in an approved high-demand associate-degree program, qualify for resident-rate-or-lower tuition, and apply for required state and federal aid. They must complete at least 6 credits per semester and 12 per academic year, maintain satisfactory progress, and meet continuous-enrollment rules. Gaps cannot exceed one academic year, except allowed interruptions including family death, medical leave, military service, or parental leave. Prior degree holders are excluded except those pursuing an associate degree in nursing; already-enrolled students can qualify. Campuses must work within established policy to maximize credit for prior learning and transfer of earned credits.

Selected teachers and counselors get stipends

SUNY administers awards paying selected eligible teachers and school counselors $15,000 yearly for four years, totaling $60,000 per recipient. That award plan includes applications, reviews of professional achievement and effectiveness, and periodic professional development. A separate $1.5 million program offers the same stipend to selected high-performing teachers in schools with high turnover or many teachers with under three years' experience. Its selection guidelines include a highly effective annual review rating, with priority for regions lacking a similar program. Both plans require budget director approval; the teacher-and-counselor plan also requires consultation with the education commissioner.

Tuition aid pathways for immigrant students

For 2026–27 tuition awards, students generally need one year of New York legal residency before the semester starts. Residency during the final two high-school semesters is another route. Specified citizenship and immigration groups, including students without lawful status, can qualify through New York education history or resident-rate tuition eligibility. The high-school route requires two years of attendance, graduation, and an undergraduate application within five years; the equivalency route requires a diploma and application within five years. Applicants without lawful status must file an affidavit stating they have applied to legalize their status or will apply when eligible.

Direct payments for eligible New York farms

The law provides $30 million for payments or benefits to eligible New York farm operations. Payments must be at least $1,000 and cannot exceed $25,000 per operation. Farms must produce eligible specialty crops, livestock or livestock products, or aquaculture products and meet the approved plan’s financial or farming criteria. The budget director approves the plan after consulting the agriculture commissioner, and the department must post it before accepting applications. The plan can account for aid received through the federal Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers Program.

Farm grants for beginners and disadvantaged growers

The law funds competitive farm grants, including $1 million for beginning farmers and $1 million for socially and economically disadvantaged farmers. Beginning farmers must have operated for no more than 10 years; recipients must take a substantial role in running a New York farm. Disadvantage criteria address group-based discrimination and related barriers involving capital, credit, or land; beginning-farmer criteria can also include urban farmers. Awards range from $5,000 to $250,000, and any required recipient match cannot exceed 20% of the grant. Grants cover farm start-up, expansion, training, marketing, land, buildings, equipment, and livestock, including leased-land projects; each funded program allows up to 15% for administration and requires consultation on award criteria.

Community mental health care gets funding

The law allocates $2.992641 billion to adult community mental health services, including qualifying local-government and nonprofit reimbursements or advances. Funding covers local program years starting January 1 or July 1, 2026, plus specified advances for January-start local governments. Another $119.5 million expands state community hubs and nonprofit-run services for adults and children. These include crisis and respite beds, supported housing, mobile teams, and related community care. The law also continues $22.5 million for eligible certified community behavioral health clinics caring for people who have difficulty paying.

Continued community care for developmental disabilities

The law provides $7.883188 billion for community services through the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities in 2026–27. A $7.085493 billion funding line covers the state or local share of medical assistance services. Local governments and nonprofit agencies can receive reimbursements or advances under an agency plan approved by the State Budget Director. Eligible local fiscal periods begin January 1, April 1, or July 1, 2026. Advances also cover the three months beginning January 1, 2027. These provisions fund care without setting new individual eligibility rules or household payment amounts.

Continued Essential Plan coverage and cost help

The law keeps Essential Plan state funding available: $1 million each from 2025 and 2024, and $382.966 million from 2023. It also preserves $386.218 million each from 2022 and 2021; those allocations include help with premiums, cost-sharing, or benefits. Federal balances include $701,000 from 2025, $62,000 from 2024, and $1.995289 billion from 2023. The 2023 federal balance covers obligations incurred by March 31, 2026, and may be spent through September 15, 2027. Another $2.5 billion supports Essential Plan services under a federal innovation waiver, including aid accrued before or after the appropriation. State funds may move among Health Department appropriations or to Health Research Incorporated; amounts are net of recoveries and similar adjustments. These funds support eligible enrollees but do not set individual savings amounts.

Continued health coverage funding for children

The law keeps federal children’s health insurance funding available: $1.550268 billion from 2025 and $584.337 million from 2024. It also preserves $7.456 million from 2023 and $256.210 million from 2022, plus $612.977 million in separate 2025 health-reform funding. Funds may cover local administrative costs for children newly enrolled in Medicaid with household income between 100% and 133% of the federal poverty level. That income range governs this administrative funding, not a new overall coverage eligibility rule. Funding amounts are net of refunds, rebates, recoveries, and similar adjustments; no new household benefit amount is set.

Family assistance and shelter help funded

New York provides $1.5 billion to reimburse districts for family and emergency assistance costs incurred during calendar year 2026. Costs must otherwise qualify for state reimbursement on or after April 1, 2026; claims are due March 1, 2027. Reimbursement requires no state or local share, except districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement. Optional shelter supplements require district plans approved by state assistance officials and the Budget Director. Rent limits use January 1, 2021 maximums adjusted for annual fair-market-rent changes, without cuts when fair market rent falls. In districts above five million residents, only family homelessness and eviction prevention supplements qualify; supplements do not count toward standard benefit needs.

Residential mental health care receives support

The law provides $1.266796 billion for community mental health residential programs, including transitional stepdown units. Family-care funds can pay for substitute caretakers for up to 14 days. Clients can receive up to $795 a year for personal needs, based on financial need. The law does not specify how payments below that maximum are calculated.

Federal repayment for past shelter costs

The law makes $1.5 billion available in federal reimbursement for eligible temporary housing costs from January 1 through December 31, 2021. Costs had to qualify for state reimbursement on or after April 1, 2021 and be claimed by March 1, 2022. This is the total federal reimbursement for these activities funded in state fiscal year 2021–22. It does not create a new household application period or payment.

Students keep federally funded school supports

The law renews $1.771819 billion for federal school programs, including Title I, and $256.841 million for effective instruction. It also renews $253.326 million for community learning centers, student support, and academic enrichment. Other entries renew $65.331 million for English language acquisition programs and $50 million for charter school programs. These funds go to schools and other eligible entities, not directly to households. Transfers to other state agencies require budget director approval.

Billions support statewide public transit operations

The law provides $2.9048349 billion for subway, bus, commuter rail, and local public transit operations across New York. Payments require an approved state budget plan; allocations for other eligible systems follow approved service and usage formulas. Up to $6.2 million covers supplemental costs incurred in state fiscal year 2026–27. That supplemental aid depends on available funds, need, and budget approval. Systems can also receive incentive payments for meeting service or financial goals in an approved annual plan.

City transit and commuter rail funded

The law provides $1.635672 billion for New York City Transit, Manhattan and Bronx surface transit, and Staten Island rapid transit. It also provides $288.8129 million for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North operations, including designated New York service portions. The budget director must approve spending and file approval certificates with the comptroller and legislative fiscal committee chairs. State transportation and budget officials set funding release times and conditions. These are operating funds, not direct household payments or guaranteed fare reductions.

Operating support for New York transit

Beginning April 1, 2027, the law provides $1.9255589 billion for transit and rail operating costs through March 31, 2028. The money goes into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's dedicated tax fund. It supports New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, and Metro-North, including specified New York portions of commuter services. Availability follows State Finance Law section 89-c, subdivision 3. This operating aid does not set fares or promise household savings.

Continued funding for Medicaid health plans

The law renews $16.920043 billion for Medicaid managed care and $8.403642 billion for noninstitutional and other Medicaid spending for fiscal year 2024–25. These amounts replace duplicate earlier funding authorizations. Managed-care funding includes regional planning and primary-care grants, which cannot exceed the amounts set aside for them. The other Medicaid funds can pay bills owed from before or after the appropriation. The law does not set a new payment for individual households.

Continued funding for Medicaid hospital care

The law renews fiscal year 2024–25 Medicaid funding: $3.857426 billion for inpatient hospital care and $646.471 million for outpatient and emergency care. It also renews $1.053034 billion for clinic services. These amounts replace duplicate earlier funding authorizations, rather than creating new payments for patients. They do not change who qualifies for Medicaid.

Continued Medicaid funding for long-term care

The law renews $4.847184 billion for nursing homes and $16.18925 billion for other Medicaid long-term care for fiscal year 2024–25. Those amounts replace duplicate earlier funding authorizations. It also continues $1.08 billion for Medicaid services, including nursing homes, personal care, home health care, and hospitals. This money also supports reimbursement for eligible patients' care when specified payment systems through fiscal intermediaries are not working. These provisions do not set a new household payment.

Federal school meal funds remain available

The law keeps federal funds available for programs under the National School Lunch Act. Amounts include $2.0891 billion from 2025, $3.205 million from 2024, and $51.779 million from 2023. They also include $6.906 million from 2022 and $128,000 from 2021. Funds go to schools and other eligible program sponsors. The provision does not change household eligibility or set a new individual benefit amount.

Funding helps keep healthcare providers running

The law renews $844 million for Medicaid safety-net services, allowing temporary rate changes or payments to eligible providers in serious financial distress. Awards require an application and evaluation accepted by the health commissioner in consultation with the budget director. That payment authority ends if the budget director finds the chapter's appropriations cannot maintain the payments. The law also continues $391 million for eligible State University of New York hospitals, which must provide financial information showing need. It continues up to $2.687 billion through the Healthcare Stability Fund for care and safety-net transformation, limited to actual deposits or transfers and requiring budget director approval.

Funding keeps Medicaid care running

The law provides about $117.858 billion for Medicaid services, local administration, and medical care rates for authorized child care agencies. Separate appropriations provide $1.218447 billion and $72,000 for program services and expenses. Another $7 million follows a budget-director plan naming recipients and amounts, or explaining how funds are divided. Some or all of that $7 million can move to Medicaid. These appropriations fund services rather than setting household payment amounts.

Funding supports Medicaid administration and service stability

The law provides $2.0422 billion for medical assistance administration, including local reimbursement and eligibility and enrollment work. The state or its designated third parties can make those decisions. It provides $2.1 billion to reinvest Medicaid redesign savings through payments authorized by the federal section 1115 waiver. It also makes up to $3.63216 billion available from the Healthcare Stability Fund for Medicaid care and safety net services. Stability Fund spending needs budget director approval and cannot exceed actual deposits or transfers; these funding items do not set household benefit amounts.

Funding supports Medicaid waiver services

The law continues $2 billion to reinvest Medicaid redesign savings in services and payments authorized by New York's federal demonstration waiver. Selected social services districts can also direct local funds toward specified home- and community-based Medicaid waiver services. Those funds support 38.9% of the services' nonfederal funding share. Districts must authorize the state to intercept and transfer money otherwise payable to them, and choose to use preventive-services funds. These financing provisions do not set a household payment.

Medicaid funding continues at state facilities

The law continues $5 billion for Medicaid services and expenses, including medical care at specified state facilities. These include facilities run by New York's mental health, developmental disability, and addiction services agencies. The funding supports care rather than providing a set household payment.

Medicaid funding covers care and unpaid claims

The law provides $9.518734 billion for Medicaid noninstitutional and other spending, covering past or future amounts owed. It renews $1.078502 billion for similar spending, including unpaid claims and additional county or public school district claims for school supportive health services. Another $1.08 billion supports nursing home, personal care, home health, hospital care, and specified program payments. Payments to municipalities and the federal government cover eligible patients' care when fiscal-intermediary payment systems are not operating. These are program payments, not direct household awards.

Medicaid funding for prescriptions and appointments

The law renews fiscal year 2024–25 Medicaid funding for prescriptions, transportation, and dental services. It provides $5.911002 billion for pharmacy services, $776.17 million for transportation, and $83.351 million for dental care. These amounts replace duplicate earlier funding authorizations. They support services rather than setting new cash payments for households.

Medicaid funding supports long-term care recipients

The law funds Medicaid nursing home care through separate appropriations of $1.806358 billion and $5.862457 billion. It also funds other Medicaid long-term care through separate appropriations of $8.764912 billion and $16.723634 billion. These funding items support services and provider payments. They do not change who qualifies or set new individual benefit amounts.

Medicaid funds care at state facilities

The law provides $5 billion for Medicaid medical services at specified state-operated facilities. These facilities are run by the state's mental health, developmental disability, and addiction services agencies. The money supports medical services there, not direct household payments.

Medicaid funds clinics, emergency care, and rides

The law funds Medicaid clinic services through separate appropriations of $738.289 million and $1.138623 billion. It provides $703.207 million for hospital outpatient and emergency room services. Another $825.813 million supports Medicaid transportation services. These funding items support care and provider payments without changing eligibility or setting household payment amounts.

Medicaid funds dental and hospital care

The law provides $95.442 million for Medicaid dental care and renews $5.295 million in earlier dental funding. It provides $376.901 million for hospital outpatient and emergency room services. It also renews $196.024 million for health home services, including grants, and $470.133 million for Medicaid services, including transportation. Another $5 million in renewed funding supports women's health and reduces harms related to multiple births. These funds support services, not fixed cash payments to enrollees.

Medicaid funds managed care and coordinated services

The law provides separate Medicaid managed care appropriations of $5.90168 billion and $21.586309 billion, and renews $5.286136 billion. Funding includes regional planning, statewide coordination, and demonstrations of best practices. Primary care grants support accessible care, technical help for connected care systems, and electronic health records, within money appropriated for grants. Another $196.024 million supports health home services, including grants to those programs. These provisions do not set new household payments or eligibility rules.

State funding supports families' child care assistance

The law provides $2.213095 billion for the state child care assistance block grant. The Office of Children and Family Services divides the money among local social services districts. The budget director must approve its allocation plan within 60 days after enactment. Districts must follow federal and state rules and claim eligible federal-fiscal-year costs by March 31 of the following year. This funding item does not set each family's benefit amount.

Salary funding for special education providers

The law provides a $1.265 billion appropriation that can cover eligible special education providers' salary and related benefit costs. Covered costs are tied to minimum-wage increases taking effect on or after December 31, 2016. Eligible recipients include special act school districts and qualifying preschool or school-age providers filing consolidated fiscal reports with the education department. Recipients must certify eligible uses in the form and at the time the commissioner requires. This appropriation does not itself set workers' wages.

Title I school funding stays available

The law keeps earlier school funding available for programs including Title I. It continues $958.559 million from 2024, $410.156 million from 2023, and $459.29 million from 2022. It also continues $505.546 million from 2021 and $583.985 million from 2020. This money supports schools and students, not direct payments to families.

Medicaid overspending triggers spending cuts

The health commissioner must cut state Medicaid spending by the amount of projected overspending. The commissioner can change or suspend benefits, premiums, fees, provider payments, and some rate-setting deadlines. Changes must avoid unnecessary paperwork burdens for applicants, recipients, and providers. Major changes generally require stakeholder input and public and legislative notice, unless a public health emergency requires fast action. The commissioner can seek needed federal approvals.

Medicaid spending caps can trigger cuts

The law sets a $36.0992 billion state Medicaid spending cap for April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. It also lists a $33.417285 billion cap for April 1, 2025, through September 15, 2026. Federal approval is required; specified state-facility services and payments outside Department of Health appropriations are excluded. The Budget Director can adjust caps for listed federal funding, provider revenue, local payments, wage, program-cost, and disaster factors. Projected overspending requires savings adjustments that can change payment methods, rates, or benefits, while following federal law and the state Medicaid plan. Reductions must maximize federal funding and apply uniformly where practicable; consultation, reporting, and notice rules apply, including a generally required 30-day notice under the earlier-period provisions, with public-health-emergency exceptions.

Disaster funding with payment recovery rules

The law provides $8 billion for the federal share and $150 million for New York's share of disaster costs. Funding covers natural or man-made disasters, including qualifying liabilities incurred before April 1, 2026. State funding also covers qualifying assistance to other states under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. New York can reduce applicant payments to recover debts from disaster awards that were withdrawn or costs that were disallowed. The law does not establish a fixed household payment.

Funding for foster and kinship families

The law provides $868.9 million in federal funds for foster care, adoption, kinship guardianship, child welfare, and family services. It also renews an earlier $868.9 million appropriation, with a stated remaining balance of $820.895 million, including related municipal and disaster aid. For both, claims outside foster care, adoption assistance, and kinship guardianship are due March 31 after the relevant federal fiscal year. A separate $414.259 million block grant covers foster care, certain juvenile placements, kinship assistance, and eligible federal prevention-law compliance costs. Districts in cities with at least one million people cannot receive tuition reimbursement from that block grant.

Budget deficits can delay local aid

In state fiscal year 2026–27, the budget director can withhold covered local aid when budget updates show an imbalance of at least $2 billion. Withholding cannot exceed the imbalance; the director must consider alternatives and impacts and first use the $2 billion transaction risk reserve as practicable. Lawmakers have 10 business days after notice to adopt a compliant alternative plan, or the director's plan takes effect. Exempt payments include public assistance, specified supplemental security payments, federally protected amounts, protected debt service, and court-ordered or judgment payments. Withheld aid can be paid partly or fully if a surplus appears before the fiscal year ends on March 31, 2027.

Family emergency aid has reimbursement limits

The law makes $1.5 billion available for family and emergency assistance reimbursement, generally without state or local matching shares. Districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement. Optional shelter supplements require approved district plans; above five million residents, only the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement is reimbursable. Supplements do not enter the standard benefit-need calculation. Rent reimbursement uses January 1, 2021 limits adjusted for yearly fair market rent changes; decreases cannot lower the prior year's maximum. Emergency shelter, transportation, or nutrition costs for people with medically diagnosed HIV must support independent living. Those people must be homeless or facing homelessness, lack a viable cheaper housing option, and lack coverage from another program. The money cannot cover extra rent costs arising from a 30%-of-income contribution limit for public-assistance recipients with HIV.

Hospital support includes cuts and exceptions

For calendar years 2025–2027, the law provides annual Medicaid hospital distributions, subject to available federal matching funds. It sets $82.7 million for major public general hospitals and $969.9 million for other eligible general hospitals each year. The latter amount is reduced by $235.4 million annually, but qualifying enhanced safety-net hospitals are exempt from that reduction. Qualifying enhanced safety-net hospitals experiencing payment reductions share an additional $64.6 million annually, in proportion to their reductions. These are hospital payments, not household checks.

Medicaid drug funding carries spending limits

The law provides $6.147351 billion for Medicaid pharmacy services. A drug must already be explicitly authorized by enacted law, rule, or regulation to use this funding. Otherwise, the budget director must approve funding for that drug. This limits state spending, not recipients' payment duties.

Medicaid drug funding has approval limits

The law keeps $3.147229 billion available for Medicaid pharmacy services. The agency cannot use this money for drugs not expressly authorized by law, rule, or regulation without Budget Director approval. This limits program spending authority, not recipients’ personal payment duties. The provision does not identify a specific drug losing coverage.

Medicaid hospital aid includes annual reductions

The law provides $391 million in extra Medicaid hospital aid to eligible State University of New York hospitals. Those hospitals must provide financial information showing the need for current and future payments. From January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, annual hospital aid distributions are $82.7 million for major public general hospitals and $969.9 million for other eligible general hospitals. The second distribution is reduced by $235.4 million each year, and distributions depend on available federal matching funds. Payments support hospitals rather than going directly to households.

Basic needs help for recent arrivals

The law provides $5 million for case management, basic needs, and necessary services for qualifying recent noncitizen arrivals and families. Families with children receive priority. Individuals must show Homeland Security documents proving entry on or after January 1, 2022. They must not qualify for federally funded refugee-resettlement or enhanced refugee services and must not hold a valid or expired visa. The commissioner may award funds to contracted agencies based on where the eligible population lives in New York.

Basic-needs help for qualifying recent noncitizen arrivals

The law renews $5 million for case management, basic-needs help, and necessary services for qualifying noncitizens. They must have entered the United States on or after January 1, 2022, with appropriate Homeland Security documentation. They cannot hold a valid or expired visa or qualify for federal refugee-resettlement-funded or enhanced refugee services. Families with children get priority. Funds can go to contracted refugee-resettlement agencies based on where eligible people live in New York; individual payments are not specified.

Child abuse protections cover trafficking victims

The law broadens child abuse protections to cover sex trafficking and severe forms of trafficking. It covers parents or responsible caregivers who permit or encourage conduct that makes a child a trafficking victim. It also covers caregivers who commit or allow an offense that makes the child such a victim. The trafficking definitions follow federal law or its replacement, including for the funded child welfare programs.

Civil legal aid continues for low-income residents

The law renews funding for the Public Utility Law Project's civil legal services for low-income residents. This includes $1.25 million from the 2025 appropriation and $1 million from the 2024 appropriation. It also renews $450,000 from each of two 2020 appropriations. Funds can move to the state energy research authority or another state entity for these services.

Relief funding continues for undocumented Ida survivors

The law continues $25 million for quick financial relief to undocumented Hurricane Ida survivors. Survivors must be uninsured or underinsured and ineligible for federal emergency assistance. The law does not set a payment amount for each person. Moving money to another state agency or account requires the budget director's approval.

Schoolchildren keep discounted city transit fares

The law provides $25.251 million for the MTA student fare program during the 2026–27 school year. Eligible schoolchildren keep the eligibility criteria and fare discount structure used in 2019–20. Funds can be released before fall, spring, and summer semesters only after the city education department receives student fare passes. Spending also requires state budget approval and filed approval certificates. The provision does not state the discount amount for each student.

Child care funding for city two-year-olds

The law provides $73 million to reimburse a contracted child care program serving two-year-olds. The program serves a social services district within a city of at least one million people. Its plan requires approval from the state budget director. The law does not specify each family's benefit amount.

Child care grants for working families

The law provides $5 million each for child care grants in New York City and outside the city. It also renews $3.157 million for the city's Consortium for Worker Education and $1.615 million for the Workforce Development Institute outside the city, with administration capped at 15% of those renewed funds. Working families must live or work in a served area, earn no more than 400% of the federal poverty level, and be ineligible for Title 5-C child care assistance. Outside-city grants cover Albany, Erie, Oneida, Onondaga, Monroe, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, and Suffolk counties, with other outside-city regions also permitted. Workers with episodic employment must meet the other rules, work at least 1,040 hours in a calendar year, and earn below 400% of the poverty level from that work; the new grants do not disqualify them solely for being out of work when applying.

Continued free school meals for children

The law provides $395 million for school breakfasts, lunches, and universal free meals in 2026–27. It also keeps $340 million available for 2025–26 meal programs, subject to available funds, plus $43 million for universal free meals. Sponsor payments are based on federally reimbursable meals served under state agreements. These funds can cover listed school-year purposes beginning July 1 in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Older funding includes $36 million for community eligibility meal support in 2024–25 and $5 million for added breakfast reimbursements. Another $2.3 million covers students’ reduced-price meal charges, with original funding dates of July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022.

Continued prescription assistance funding for seniors

The law keeps $93.217 million from 2025 and $47.827 million from 2024 available for elderly prescription insurance assistance. The funds support New York’s Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program, known as EPIC. They cover services, payments to participating pharmacies, and previously accrued financial assistance. The provision does not change eligibility or set a new household benefit amount.

Continued summer food help for children

The law provides $300 million for Summer EBT food benefits and makes funding of that amount available through another provision. Spending must follow federal agriculture program rules, and transfers to another state agency or authority need Budget Director approval. The law also keeps $3.049 million available for the summer food program for the 2025–26 school year. These provisions support children’s summer food access but do not set each household’s benefit amount.

County child care pilots and scholarships

The law provides $66 million for child care pilots in Dutchess, Monroe, and Broome Counties. They serve children from birth through age three through licensed or registered providers, following a state-developed, budget-approved plan. County reimbursement cannot exceed 90% of eligible costs, and administration cannot exceed 10% of each project's allocation. Separately, the Child Care Council of Westchester gets $1.5 million to run a county child care scholarship program. The scholarship provision does not state who qualifies or each family's award.

County services funded for older adults

The law provides $43.344734 million for county elder services from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. The budget director can allow up to $3.5 million to reimburse counties for more than 75% of approved costs. With approval, counties can reduce or waive required spending levels for community and expanded in-home services, but not base-year spending. Spending requires an approved Office for the Aging plan. Funding above the legal per-person limit must supplement existing amounts uniformly and follow statutory allocations.

Energy aid helps low-income households pay bills

The law makes $600 million available for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for eligible low-income households. It also renews federal funding entries of $600 million each from 2023, 2024, and 2025. Payments can go to agencies and individuals, but the law does not set each household's benefit. Weatherization and energy-related home repairs can use no more than a prior year's unspent heating-season balance, under a state agency agreement. Transfers to other state agencies for program costs require Budget Director approval.

Enrollment help for working parents

The law funds pilots that help working families sign up for Title 5-C child care assistance. The Consortium for Worker Education gets $1.25 million for families living or working in New York City. The AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute gets $600,000 for families living or working elsewhere in the state. Family income must be no more than 85% of state median income. Administrators must report by January 1, 2027; late reports can reduce or stop reimbursement, and mismanagement can end a pilot.

Essential Plan coverage receives continued funding

The law provides about $14.886 billion for Essential Plan health coverage. This includes $386.218 million in state funds, $8.5 billion for the Basic Health Program, and $6 billion for the State Innovation Waiver. Coverage funding serves people who qualify for and enroll in the applicable Essential Plan coverage. This appropriation does not set an individual's premium or benefit amount.

Expanded health and treatment programs for children

The law funds expansion of the Healthy Steps program for children. Up to $5 million can support eligible voluntary nonprofit agencies running children's and youth residential treatment facilities. The aid can cover transitions to managed care and service-redesign pilot projects. The provision does not set a payment for each family.

Extra federal child care help for families

The law makes up to $80 million available when New York receives additional federal Child Care and Development Fund money. Funds first support required infant-and-toddler activities and health, safety, and quality standards. Remaining money increases child care assistance for low-income families. At least $10 million must go to districts that agree to expand subsidized child care. The law does not set a family’s benefit amount.

Extra federal funds support subsidized child care

When New York receives additional federal Child Care and Development Fund money, the law makes up to $80 million available. Funds first support required infant and toddler activities and child care health, safety, and quality requirements. Remaining funds expand access for low-income families. At least $10 million must go to social services districts that agree to expand subsidized child care.

Funding covers militia benefits and military reimbursements

The law provides $4 million for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for New York's organized militia members. It covers liabilities incurred before April 1, 2026. Another $1.5 million pays reimbursements owed under New York Military Law section 210(9), with some funds allowed for administration. Eligibility follows that existing law, and these funding entries do not state individual payment amounts.

Funding help with HIV medication costs

The law provides $41.05 million to Health Research Incorporated for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The program supports people who need help with HIV/AIDS medications. This funding provision does not state individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

Funding keeps children's health coverage available

The law funds New York's Children's Health Insurance Program for eligible children. The budget provisions list $3.851 billion from the federal Children's Health Insurance Account, $2.201 billion for federal program services, and $1.65 billion from the HCRA Resources Fund. The $3.851 billion appropriation can pay aid accrued before or during its funding period. These provisions do not set new household eligibility thresholds, premiums, or benefit amounts.

Funding supports care for vulnerable children

The law provides $17 million for medical staff and services for Medicaid-enrolled children in qualifying group foster-care programs. Programs must have state child welfare licenses and meet the federal definition of an Institution for Mental Disease. Funds can be transferred to the Department of Health. Separately, $200,000 supports the Jewish Child Care Association's Center for Healing for children and families affected by abuse or exploitation. That funding also covers care for children with problematic sexual behavior and training for child welfare workers, teachers, and others.

Funding supports domestic violence survivor services

The law provides $5 million for a pilot offering flexible services centered on domestic violence survivors and their families. Participating providers must run the pilot without a net program cost. Another $3.2 million supports domestic violence services outside residential shelters. Funds may go to the Office of Children and Family Services, and local agencies are encouraged to work with nonprofits. Neither funding line sets a fixed payment for each survivor.

Funding supports services for low-income households

The law makes $964 million in remaining Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds available for local aid and eligible services. People generally qualify at income no higher than 200% of the federal poverty level, or through the state plan. No state or local match is required, and no more than 15% can cover administration. Services for people not receiving public assistance cannot count as “assistance” under federal rules. Funding is subject to the budget director’s determination that its use does not raise qualified state spending above the federal minimum.

Higher payments for covered foster care

Beginning July 1, 2025, covered foster-care payments receive a 2.6% targeted inflation increase for the rate year. The law also continues the cost-of-living adjustment in effect on March 31, 2025, for its full rate year. Districts must adjust payments to reflect these changes. Covered agencies must certify that continuation funds are used only as required.

In-home help for older adults

The law provides $72.003868 million for expanded in-home, case-management, and community services from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. Within that funding, up to $15 million must address reported unmet needs; another provision makes up to $53 million available for reported unmet needs. County allocations, including New York City's, require approved spending plans, and transfers between aging-service funds require budget director approval. Up to $2 million of the expanded-service funding can move to state operations for administration with approval. The Office for the Aging must report by September 1, 2026, on agencies funded, amounts, participants, and services.

Legal help for denied disability benefits

The law keeps $2.63 million available for legal help when federal disability benefits are denied or may end. Local social services districts share the added cost through lower state reimbursements. Each district’s share reflects program costs and residents served, or another method developed after consultation with local officials.

Local service funding for low-income families

The law makes flexible family service funds and remaining TANF funds available without state or local matching contributions. Services must serve people eligible under New York’s TANF plan, including people with income at or below 200% of poverty. Flexible-fund spending requires locally developed plans approved by state benefit, child services, and budget officials; reimbursements generally remain available through March 31, 2027. Eligible non-foster-care child welfare costs from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, require claims by March 31, 2026. Those costs must also be otherwise reimbursable on or after April 1, 2024. Remaining TANF funds have a 15% administration cap; services for people not receiving public assistance must be federally compliant non-assistance services. Spending cannot push qualified state expenditures above the minimum federal maintenance-of-effort requirement, as determined by the Budget Director.

Long Island families get child care help

The law renews $1.5 million for Nassau County and $1.478 million for Suffolk County child care enrollment pilots. Working families must live or work in the relevant county and earn no more than 300% of the federal poverty level. Subsidies cover actual care costs up to the district's market rate and fee schedule. Payments depend on available funding, and administration cannot exceed 10% of each pilot's funds.

More disability care and housing options

State developmental-disability funds can cover certified family-care home services, including respite and other general services for up to 14 days. Funds can also cover residents' personal-needs payments and damage caused by clients, using state-set payment standards and approvals where required. Self-direction participants can fund continuity-of-care services, family-reimbursed respite, nonpersonal service costs, and direct housing subsidies. Those costs must appear in a budget approved by the state developmental-disability office. State aid can also cover up to 100% of day-training and family-support programs' net deficits.

Prescription cost help for older New Yorkers

The law provides $93.217 million for New York's Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program, known as EPIC. The money supports prescription cost assistance for participating older residents and payments to participating pharmacies. This provision does not set an individual benefit amount or eligibility threshold.

Protection funding for care facility residents

The law provides $4 million to protect residents’ health or property when a residential health care facility is found deficient. Funds can help relocate residents to other facilities. They can also maintain or operate a facility while problems are corrected or it closes. This is protection funding, not an individual cash benefit.

Rehabilitation help for disability benefit recipients

The law provides $4.755 million for rehabilitation services for people receiving Social Security disability benefits. It funds services, not an increase in Social Security checks. The provision does not set a payment or service amount for each person.

Renewed funding supports services for low-income residents

The law renews $964 million in municipal aid for services under New York's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan. Eligible residents include those with income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, or another qualifying route. No state or local matching funds are required, and administration cannot exceed 15%. Services for eligible people not receiving public assistance must remain services rather than federally defined cash or basic-needs assistance. Spending must not be expected to raise qualifying state expenditures above the minimum federal maintenance-of-effort requirement.

Safety funding for residents in deficient facilities

The law renews $1 million to protect the health or property of residents in deficient residential health care facilities. The money can pay to move residents to other facilities. It can also keep a facility operating while problems are corrected or the facility closes. The funding does not specify individual payments.

Services for children's special health needs

The law provides $3 million for the Children with Special Health Care Needs program. The money supports services for children with special health care needs and their families. It does not set an individual payment amount.

Support continues for relatives raising children

The law provides $1.9 million to agencies helping relatives who care for minor children and other eligible families. Existing programs can continue or expand when the Office of Children and Family Services finds their contractors are performing satisfactorily. Funds also support replacement contracts and new contracts awarded through competition. The office’s funding plan requires the budget director’s approval; no fixed household payment is set.

Swimming lessons reach more children

The law provides $5 million for swimming instruction for children age 12 or younger. This replaces the prior age limit of under four. Services must follow a plan submitted by the Health Commissioner and approved by the Budget Director. The law does not set a payment for each family.

Targeted aid helps families in three cities

The law provides $50 million for family services and assistance in areas of concentrated poverty. Listed allocations are $25 million for Rochester through Monroe County and $12.25 million each for Buffalo and Syracuse through their counties. Households must have a child under 18, fall below the 2024 federal poverty level at enrollment, and qualify under the state's TANF plan. County plans need state approval and consultation with the city mayor. Assistance does not count toward other public-benefit income or resource limits only when allowed by law and approved by the state commissioner.

Continued foreclosure prevention help for homeowners

The law makes up to $25 million available for the Department of Law’s homeowner protection program. Services include housing counseling, foreclosure hotlines, mediation, legal help, housing remediation, and anti-blight projects. The original funding schedule assigns $15 million through March 31, 2020, and $10 million beginning April 1, 2020. Those dates describe the funding allocation, not a new homeowner application deadline. The provision does not specify individual award amounts.

Extra shelter help for HIV recipients

The law carries forward $5 million for a voluntary shelter allowance program in districts with five million or fewer people. Recipients must receive public assistance, have medically diagnosed HIV, and be homeless or facing homelessness. Support can approach 100% of fair market rent, with added rental help based on a 30% income contribution. No viable cheaper housing option can exist, costs cannot qualify for another program's reimbursement, and district plans need assistance-agency and budget approval. Up to $1 million requires no local contribution for selected districts with dollar-for-dollar third-party matching agreements and a qualified nonprofit services agreement.

Home access help for disabled veterans

The law makes up to $19.601 million available through Access to Home for eligible disabled veterans. Veterans must meet the state’s legal definition or have qualifying Veterans Affairs disability documentation or a Department of Defense DD214. Distribution requires the budget director’s approval of the administering organization’s program plan. The law does not set an individual award amount.

Housing operators get support for SSI residents

The law renews $380,000 for certified nonprofit or public enriched housing programs. Operators can receive up to $115 monthly for each eligible resident receiving Supplemental Security Income. Payment goes directly to the certified operator, not the resident. Subsidies are reduced proportionately if available funds cannot cover the maximum payments.

Housing subsidies for eligible waiver participants

The law renews $1.842 million in housing subsidies for certain Nursing Home Transition and Diversion waiver participants. Eligibility is limited to participants authorized under chapters 615 and 627 of the 2004 laws. Some money can cover subsidy administration. Up to 100% can be assigned to the Division of Housing and Community Renewal. The provision does not state each participant's subsidy amount.

Housing support for people with disabilities

State developmental disability program funds can support day and residential services, including direct housing subsidies. Allowed uses include home changes, adaptive technology, and family-care provider startup costs. Funds can also cover appraisals, property options, feasibility studies, and costs before services open. The provision does not set individual subsidy amounts or eligibility rules.

Housing voucher pilot funding carries forward

The law carries forward $50 million for New York's Housing Access Voucher Pilot Program. The provision funds program services and expenses. It does not state who qualifies, each voucher's value, or how long household assistance lasts.

Legal help for renters facing eviction

The law provides $55 million for legal services and representation in eviction cases. It sets aside $41.7 million outside New York City and $13.3 million for city providers. It also renews an earlier $35 million appropriation for cases outside the city. City funding includes designated amounts for Legal Services NYC and The Legal Aid Society; other providers' shares follow caseloads. The provisions do not set individual eligibility rules or cash awards for renters.

Overdue property taxes must accept assistance

When property tax payment assistance is provided, the tax-lien enforcement officer must accept it toward overdue taxes. It counts as full or partial payment, no matter when the taxes became overdue. The officer must apply the assistance to liens against the property. The law does not specify an assistance amount.

Purchase cost help for homebuyers

The law provides $25 million for first-time buyers' down payments and closing costs in New York. Buyers must earn 50% to 120% of area median income and occupy the single-family home, condominium, or cooperative they buy. Up to $1 million supports Adirondack community housing trust purchases for families earning no more than 120% of area median income. Another program receives up to $21.689965 million for neighborhood revitalization purchases through the State of New York Mortgage Agency. The latter two programs require budget-approved plans; the text sets no individual awards or eligibility rules for the revitalization program.

Recovery funding for Hurricane Ida survivors

The law carries forward $41 million for relief for people affected by Hurricane Ida. That state amount is reduced by federal Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery funding received for the program. The provision does not state detailed household eligibility rules or individual awards.

Rent aid for households and landlords

The law renews about $234.2 million for emergency rent aid, initially allowing up to $125 million each for households and landlords. During the first 45 days after applications begin, household income must exceed 80% and not exceed 100% of area median income. Afterward, the upper limit rises to 120%, while the 80% lower boundary remains. Landlord aid initially serves qualifying small landlords, then expands after 45 days to other qualifying landlords charging no more than 150% of fair market rent who unsuccessfully tried to help tenants apply. Moving money between household and landlord uses must wait at least 90 days and requires a report explaining the change.

Rent contribution cap for HIV recipients

The law makes up to $36 million available to cap rent contributions for New York City public assistance recipients with HIV/AIDS. Their contribution is capped at 30% of earned and unearned income. Funds require a program plan approved by the budget director. Individual savings depend on income and the rent contribution without the cap.

Rental help for working shelter families

The law makes up to $31 million available for rental help through the Living in Communities 1 program. Families must be staying in New York City homeless shelters. They must earn no more than 200% of the federal poverty level and work at least 35 hours weekly. Distribution requires a program plan approved by the budget director. The provision does not set each family's payment.

Child care help for college parents

The law makes up to $2.02 million each available for eligible SUNY and CUNY students' child care subsidies and campus quality activities. SUNY funding covers community colleges and state-operated campuses; CUNY funding covers community and senior colleges. Additional transfers provide $193,000 for SUNY: $77,000 for community colleges and $116,000 for state-operated campuses. CUNY gets an additional $141,000: $56,000 for community colleges and $85,000 for senior colleges. These provisions do not set individual subsidy amounts.

College scholarships and science programs funded

The law provides $4 million for state science, technology, engineering, and mathematics incentive awards at private degree-granting colleges. It provides $5 million for New York State Achievement and Investment in Merit Scholarship awards. Students must qualify under the applicable award program. It also provides $1.244 million for the Associated Medical Schools of New York Scholars in Medicine and Science program. Individual award amounts are not stated, and the medical scholars funding does not specify recipient eligibility.

Disability services receive independent living funding

The law provides $16 million plus an additional $750,000 for independent living centers. It also provides $2.572 million in federal funding for the independent living program. These funds support services for people with disabilities. The law does not state individual payment amounts or eligibility rules.

Employment support funded for disabled workers

The law provides $15.16 million for supported and integrated employment services provided on or after October 1, 2024. Funding covers time-limited services or long-term support tied to employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It also provides $2.5 million in federal funding for supported employment. Individual award amounts are not stated.

Funding for young people's summer jobs

The law provides $47.1 million to local social services districts for summer employment services for eligible people ages 14–20. At least $42.1 million must support the summer youth program. Districts can request transfers of unused summer funds to their flexible family-services funds. The state assistance office sets the allocation method, subject to Budget Director approval.

Funding helps adults build work skills

The law provides $4 million for technology-assisted basic skills and job training through educational opportunity centers. Services follow an agreement between the state assistance office and State University of New York. Within that funding, up to $215,000 supports community groups serving eligible people with HIV/AIDS, without state or local financial participation. Another $11.5 million partly reimburses approved worker education by contract hour for adults 21 or older seeking jobs or advancement. The law also renews $250,000 for the Consortium for Workers Education Credential Initiative; worker education requires Education Commissioner approval.

HIV job programs guarantee insured employment

The law renews $1.161 million under each of two prior funding allocations for HIV-specific employment programs. Each program must include on-the-job training and employment. Participants who finish must be guaranteed full-time jobs with health insurance. The state selects program operators through competitive bidding with the Health Department’s AIDS Institute.

Job rehabilitation help for people with disabilities

The law provides $54 million for state vocational rehabilitation case services delivered on or after October 1, 2024. People with disabilities must meet economic eligibility rules set by the State Education Department for state-funded services. Another $72.1 million in federal funds supports rehabilitation case services for people with disabilities. The provision does not state income thresholds or individual payment amounts.

Job training help for low-income people

The law provides $1.425 million through community nonprofits for education, job training, employment, and support services. Participants must qualify under New York's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan, including incomes at or below 200% of federal poverty or other plan eligibility. When practical, at least 60% of funds must serve people ages 18–24. Remaining funds can serve family or safety net assistance recipients of any age and self-supporting 16- and 17-year-old household heads. Administration is capped at 15%, and the funding requires no state or local financial contribution.

Loan forgiveness funding for qualifying teachers

The law provides $1 million for New York State Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program awards. Up to $250,000 is available for the 2018–19 academic year. Teachers must qualify under the existing program; this provision does not set individual award amounts or a forgiveness formula.

Native American students keep college awards

The law renews $800,000 for college awards to eligible Native American students. This is the state's entire funding obligation for these awards under Education Law section 4118 for fiscal year 2025–26. The law does not state each student's award amount.

Subsidized jobs funded for eligible workers

The listed wage-subsidy funding lines each make $475,000 available, including earlier funding kept available by the law. Eligible nonprofit community groups administer subsidized employment and supportive transitional work. Each line reserves at least $297,000 for social services districts with more than 2 million residents. Eligible individuals and families can participate for no more than one year, and employers must reasonably try to retain participants. Proposals with job retention, case management, and placement services receive preference; individual wage subsidies are not stated.

Tuition award protections for more students

State-funded tuition awards cannot be denied solely because an applicant is incarcerated. They also cannot be denied solely for failing to earn 12 credits in each of two consecutive semesters at covered institutions. Part-time enrollment alone cannot disqualify students in qualifying workforce credential programs at community colleges or public agricultural and technical colleges. Those programs must directly lead to work or advancement in an industry listed in the Labor Department’s three latest statewide reports before enrollment.

Tuition relief for early college students

The law renews $1.465 million each for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 early college high school programs. It also lists $1 million for 2024–25 and another $1 million allocation to continue and expand early college programs. Some program payments depend on students’ yearly college credits, under state guidelines and approved spending plans. Authorized early college and college-in-high-school partners may lower or waive tuition and fees without losing other support for those students. The law does not require a set tuition discount.

Young farmers' loan relief receives funding

The law provides $150,000 for New York Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program awards. Farmers must qualify under that program to receive loan relief. The law does not state an individual forgiveness amount or award formula.

Unpaid rent assistance prioritizes small landlords

The law keeps $115.221447 million available to help landlords cover tenant rental arrears. Qualifying small landlords receive assistance first. Other landlords can receive help only when funds remain and unit rent is no more than 150% of fair market rent. Landlords must have made best efforts to contact tenants and help them apply unsuccessfully for emergency rental assistance. Payments go to landlords, not directly to tenants.

Financing support for small businesses continues

The law continues a $600 million federal Small Business Credit Initiative appropriation. It also continues three program funding lines of about $10.405 million, $25.952 million, and $18.994 million. Supported tools include loans, guarantees, grants, interest help, collateral support, insurance, investments, and technical assistance. The three program lines flow through the Department of Economic Development to the State Urban Development Corporation; initiative funds can also move to state entities. Federal funding rules apply, moving money between appropriations needs budget director approval, and no individual business award is promised.

Community funding for emergency and weather readiness

The law provides $565 million in federal homeland security grants for emergency readiness and counterterrorism, including weapons-of-mass-destruction threats. State agencies and localities receive funds under a homeland security commissioner plan approved by the budget director. Another $10 million supports competitive resilience-hub grants for disadvantaged and environmental justice communities. Those grants can fund equipment for severe-weather preparation and response, and money can move to other state entities.

Continued funding for state environmental projects

The law keeps federal balances available for environmental projects. These include $85.44 million each from the 2025 and 2024 appropriations. It also makes $1.74 million from 2023 and $1.421 million from 2022 available. Funds may go to the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Counties receive youth justice cost support

The law provides $250 million to reimburse eligible counties and New York City for added Raise the Age costs. It also keeps $241.047 million from the 2025 appropriation and $212.827 million from the 2024 appropriation available. Actual eligible expenses must appear in a comprehensive plan approved by the budget director. Claims must follow that plan and receive approval from the relevant state agency. Reasonable and necessary related costs from before April 1, 2018, also require budget director approval.

Funding for criminal case evidence sharing

The law provides three $45 million pools to help justice providers meet requirements for sharing case evidence, called discovery. One covers counties, cities below one million people, and law-enforcement or prosecutorial entities in towns and villages. Another covers prosecutors in cities above one million people; the third covers government and nonprofit defense providers. Funds cover digital evidence sharing, equipment, connectivity, training, overtime, and trial preparation. All recipients must report on spending, staffing and other costs, caseloads, and case processing; the large-city prosecutor pool also requires a state-approved distribution plan.

Funding for local voting equipment

The law keeps $190 million available for local election boards to buy voting machines and voting systems. Spending must follow the allocation and purchasing rules for Help America Vote Act equipment. The money funds election equipment, not household payments.

Funding for refugee services and resettlement

The law provides $180 million in federal funds for refugee programs, including Cuban-Haitian programs, resettlement, targeted assistance, and related municipal aid. Another combined $7 million supports enhanced services aimed at economic self-sufficiency. Enhanced services cover people eligible under federal refugee rules in effect October 1, 2025, or who become eligible afterward. Awards may go to federally designated resettlement agencies contracted with the state, in proportion to refugees resettled during the previous five years. The federal appropriation can change through approved transfers within the state assistance agency; transfers to another state agency require an agreement and budget director approval.

Funding for youth support and activities

The law provides $300 million for youth diversion, prevention, justice, and support services. Only a social services district in a city with at least one million people can receive this funding. Eligible costs begin July 1, 2025, and the allocation plan requires budget director approval. A separate statewide grant provides $12.5 million for sports and education serving underserved youth under age 18. The child and family services agency prepares that plan, which also requires budget director approval.

Funding helps communities prepare for disasters

The law provides $40 million in federal funds and $4 million in state funds for local-government disaster-risk loans. Projects must qualify under the federal disaster-risk loan law and regulations. It also provides $50 million for county emergency supplies, equipment, vehicles, and response needs. Counties wholly within a city are excluded, and spending requires a state emergency-services plan approved by the Budget Director. Red Cross preparedness gets $4.8 million for projects, blood supplies, and response vehicles; its $3.3 million allocation requires an approved plan. Federal emergency management gets $15.363 million, and participating counties and municipalities get $3 million for radiological emergency preparation.

Funding protects adults and violence survivors

The law provides $85.5 million for adult protective and domestic violence services delivered October 1, 2026–September 30, 2027. After federal funds are deducted, the state reimburses 98% of half of eligible costs; nonresidential claims are due March 1, 2028. Residential coverage applies to domestic violence victims who received no public assistance while staying in the program. Two separate $44 million allocations retain the same reimbursement formula and residential restriction. Their nonresidential service periods are October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024, with claims due March 1, 2025, and October 1, 2022–September 30, 2023, with claims due March 31, 2024. Another $66 million in available federal Title XX funds supports these services. Its allocation plan is due within 60 days after enactment; unused funds can be reassigned to eligible district claims with budget approval.

Local child support services retain funding

The law keeps $140 million available for local child support administration and establishing paternity under the federal child support program. This is the total reimbursement for funded activities in state fiscal year 2025–26. Districts retain the nonfederal share of support collections otherwise payable to the state as reimbursement. Grants and contracts using specified federal funds require competitive procurement and compliance with federal requirements. The law does not set a new family payment amount.

Local funds sustain child welfare services

Local districts must spend their formula-based share of a statewide $457.322342 million threshold on child welfare, to the extent families qualify. This uses existing flexible funds and requested Title XX transfers, not a separate new appropriation. The budget director must approve the formula developed by the state’s benefit and child welfare agencies. Another $6.62 million reimburses eligible district costs above foster-care block grant allocations, including qualifying facility billings and approved refinancing. After available federal funds are deducted, reimbursement equals 94% × 98% × 50% of eligible costs, within funding and approval limits.

Matching funds for state election candidates

The law provides $100 million in matching funds for candidates participating in New York's public campaign finance program. Funding is available for elections held in 2024 and each year afterward. The State Public Campaign Finance Board must approve payments. The money goes to participating candidates, not households.

Renewed federal funds support refugee services

The law renews refugee-program allocations listed at $180 million, $50 million, $26 million, $74 million, $26 million, and $26 million. Programs include Cuban-Haitian and refugee resettlement and targeted assistance. Funds can support municipalities, payments to the federal government, state refugee-program expenses, and qualifying individual or family grants, including federal disaster-relief grants. Transfers to other agencies require budget approval and an agreement with the state’s temporary assistance agency. Federal disallowances, refunds, reimbursements, credits, and approved funding transfers can change the amounts available; the law sets no individual grant amount.

Underserved communities keep nonprofit service support

The law keeps $90 million available for named organizations serving underserved communities. Services include housing help, job training, education, health care, crisis help, and economic development. The Asian American Federation, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, and Hispanic Federation each receive $15 million. New York Urban League, United Way of New York State, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation each receive $8 million. Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies and Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities each receive $3 million. Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of New York and Fund for the City of New York each receive $7.5 million. The grants fund organizations, not fixed household awards.

Child care assistance funding remains available

The law renews $483.63 million in funding to reimburse social services districts for eligible child care assistance. The Office of Children and Family Services must submit its allocation plan for budget approval within 60 days after enactment. District costs must fall within the applicable federal fiscal year and be claimed by March 31 of the following year. Districts must follow federal requirements and state child care regulations. The funding does not set a household award amount.

Children receive disability and health funding

New York provides $48.578 million in federal funds for a program serving infants and toddlers with disabilities. Another $57.475 million in federal block-grant funds supports prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment, including expanded school health services. For the described school health purpose, administration and evaluation spending is capped at 10% of the block-grant appropriation. The Health Commissioner administers school health grants under established regulations. These appropriations do not set individual benefit amounts.

Community aid grants need no match

The law keeps $125 million in federal Community Services Block Grants available under each of the 2025, 2024, and 2023 appropriations. Community action agencies and other eligible groups receive the grants. They do not have to provide an equal local funding share. The grants support community services, not specified direct payments to households.

Community mental health care receives funding

The law provides $492.225 million for community mental health programs without residential care. It provides $220.839 million for nonresidential programs serving children and families. Another $22.5 million supports eligible certified community behavioral health clinics through the indigent care program. Federal block grant funding provides $62.619 million for adult mental health services. Some federal funds can move to other Office of Mental Health programs for local aid, administration, and support, following grant rules.

Continued addiction treatment and recovery funding

The law renews $200 million for opioid services, including harm reduction and patient-centered care. This includes help for uninsured or underinsured people to afford treatment visits and medicines. It also renews $48.656 million for federally funded substance-use prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery programs. Another $23 million supports recovery services, including housing. Transfers from the opioid and federal grant funds require Budget Director approval; federal grant transfers must also follow grant terms.

Continued daily support for developmental disabilities

The law funds developmental disability services with $424.647 million for residential care and $86.224 million for day programs. It provides $63.4 million for family support and $16.601 million for workshops, day training, and employment services. Up to $800,000 of employment funding may move to state vocational rehabilitation services for FEDCAP’s Long-Term Sheltered Employment program. Another $14.203 million supports care-at-home waiver services, epilepsy and hepatitis B services, Special Olympics New York, and voluntary fingerprinting. These appropriations do not guarantee a particular service amount or payment to each household.

Districts fund family and child welfare

New York allocates $964 million for district family services under its federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan. District plans and allocation formulas need state agency and Budget Director approval; no state or local share is required. Districts must spend their assigned shares of the $382.322341 million statewide child welfare floor, to the extent families qualify. Approved transfers can support child care or Title XX services; transferred Title XX services require family income below 200% of poverty. Non-foster-care child welfare costs must fall from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and be claimed by March 31, 2028. Those costs must otherwise qualify for state reimbursement from April 1, 2026; costs disallowed under federal Title IV-E cannot be reimbursed. Overall reimbursement remains available through March 31, 2029; transfers must follow federal and state limits.

Federal grants sustain mental health services

Adult mental health block grants are renewed: $62.619 million each from 2025 and 2023, $55.329 million from 2022, and $32.546 million from 2021. Community mental health grants also renew $111.05 million from 2022 and $40.62 million from 2021. Unallocated federal awards renew $50 million each from 2025, 2024, and 2023, $30 million from 2022, and $10 million from 2021. Transfers can support other state mental health programs, local aid, administration, and related costs, including staff benefits, under the applicable federal rules and budget director authority. For the community mental health grants, distributions without competitive bidding or requests for proposals require budget director approval.

Federal health and meal programs funded

New York provides $94.602 million in federal funds for health prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment services. Federal child and adult care food services receive $326.294 million. Other federal food and nutrition services receive $556.97 million. Returned prior-year local assistance funds can also reimburse the 2026–27 child and adult care food appropriation. The law funds services rather than setting individual household payment amounts.

Food programs receive hunger prevention funding

New York provides $26.395 million for nutrition services for pregnant women, infants, and children, including migrant-worker and prenatal-care activities. It provides $34.547 million for hunger prevention services and education, plus $38.25 million for Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance. Nourish NY receives $50 million plus another $5 million for food assistance. Some nutrition funds can go to other agencies; the Budget Director must approve the additional $38.25 million plan. Budget-approved transfers can change Nourish NY's $50 million allocation; its additional $5 million requires an approved Health Commissioner plan.

Foster children receive medical care funding

The law provides $160 million for medical care for children in foster care. Funds can move to the Department of Health for Medicaid. Covered services and expenses must occur before July 1, 2027. The appropriation does not set a payment amount for each child.

Foster children receive medical care funding

New York provides $119 million for foster children's medical care, covering services and expenses incurred before July 1, 2026. Another $17 million supports group foster-care programs licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services. Those programs must meet the federal definition of an Institution for Mental Disease. Funds can support medical staff, services for Medicaid-enrolled children placed there, and necessary investments. Both funding lines allow transfers to the Department of Health and support care rather than household cash payments.

Funding continues for Medical Indemnity Fund

The law renews $211 million for New York's Medical Indemnity Fund. A separate earlier appropriation renews another $52 million for the fund. These amounts support the existing fund established in 2011. They do not change eligibility or set a new household payment formula.

Funding for community mental health care

The law renews $60 million for community mental health hubs and voluntary services for adults and children. These include crisis and respite beds, housing, urgent care, mobile teams, family support, and suicide prevention. It also provides $7.58 million for adult mental health services, including assisted outpatient treatment. Another $50 million covers federal grants not yet allocated. The Budget Director can transfer that grant authority within the Office of Mental Health for local aid and related costs.

Funding for community mental health emergencies

The law provides $83.2244 million for community mental health emergency programs, including psychiatric emergency care, transitional housing, and support teams. A separate $80.9864 million covers similar programs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Crisis-response pilots receive $8 million, with up to $2 million reserved for a statewide technical assistance center. Pilot teams must include mental health professionals and peer advocates and follow the Daniel’s Law Task Force report. Pilot grants cannot pay police agencies’ expenses.

Funding for New York’s crisis hotline

The law provides $61.8 million for New York’s statewide 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis system. Funds cover building and running the system, call centers, and urgent mental health and substance use services. Mental health officials determine eligible costs with addiction services officials, following federal hotline rules. This money cannot replace other existing or future funding dedicated to the system.

Funding supports children’s mental health care

The law provides $10 million for coordinated wraparound support for children and families. Community mental health emergency programs receive $54.702 million, including home-based crisis help for children. Children’s and youth residential mental health programs receive $15.194 million, including community residences. Another $14.488 million in federal block-grant funds supports children’s mental health services. Transfers to other Office of Mental Health programs for local aid and related costs must follow federal grant terms.

Higher payments for mental health providers

The law provides $88.596 million for a targeted inflation increase in mental health provider payments, contracts, or reimbursements. Funding covers April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. With Budget Director approval, funds may move without limit to another local assistance appropriation. Funds may also provide advances to local governments and voluntary agencies. This supports providers rather than creating a direct household payment.

Higher provider payments for disability care

The law provides $151.29 million for a 2.7% increase in developmental disability service rates, contracts, or reimbursements. The increase runs from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. Beginning January 1, 2027, family-care residential habilitation fees rise 5% above the schedule in effect December 31, 2026. Transfers among the disability agency’s local assistance appropriations require State Budget Director approval. These increases pay providers; they do not establish matching increases in residents’ benefits or charges.

Housing and care beyond institutional settings

The law provides $67.911 million for people with mental illness who live in or have left adult homes. Services include assessments, education, training, outreach within homes, care coordination, and supported housing; funds cannot pay the court-appointed independent reviewer. Another $12 million supports qualified current or future nursing-home residents and discharged residents with mental illness, under a federal settlement. It funds care coordination, supported housing, and related services. PATH grants receive $6.359 million for help moving out of homelessness; transfers within the Office of Mental Health must follow grant terms.

Medicaid savings support behavioral health care

The law renews $74 million for medical assistance services, including reinvestment in behavioral health care. Reinvestment is tied to state general-fund savings from moving Medicaid populations from fee-for-service coverage to managed care. It also uses savings tied to reductions in inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services. This funding provision does not set an individual payment amount.

Medical Indemnity Fund receives continued support

The law provides $155.5 million for the New York State Medical Indemnity Fund. The funding supports assistance for people who qualify under the existing fund. This appropriation does not set new eligibility rules or individual payment amounts.

More funding for family child care

The law provides $484.805 million in additional district reimbursement for child care assistance. The children and family services office must submit its allocation plan for Budget Director approval within 60 days after enactment. Qualifying costs must fall within the applicable federal fiscal year, with claims due March 31 of the following year. Districts must follow federal law and state program regulations. The law also renews $63,000 from 2015 to expand subsidized care; districts must certify it will not replace existing subsidy funds.

New funding for rural health services

The law provides $190.852 million for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Funds can pay for services, program costs, grants, or contracts. Spending must follow a Health Commissioner plan approved by the Budget Director. The provision does not set individual eligibility or promise direct payments to rural households.

Renewed Medicaid funding supports behavioral health care

The law identifies $38.968 million for renewed funding from a $74 million medical assistance allocation. The original allocation covered July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and included behavioral health reinvestment. That reinvestment uses state savings directly tied to moving Medicaid populations from fee-for-service into managed care. The funding entry does not change individual eligibility or set a household payment.

Seniors keep in-home and needs-based support

The law keeps $67.498 million available for expanded in-home services, case management, and related help for older adults. Within that amount, up to $15 million may address unmet needs reported under section 214 of the Elder Law. Up to $2 million may move to state operations for administration with budget director approval. Spending requires an approved county allocation plan, including New York City; the retained reporting deadline was September 1, 2024. A separate $18 million aging-services funding line includes up to $8 million for reported unmet needs. Its spending plan and transfers among aging-services General Fund appropriations require budget director approval.

Seniors keep nutrition and SNAP outreach

The law keeps $35.648296 million available for Wellness in Nutrition and provides another $28.281 million, including certain past bills. Both funding lines support Farmers Market Nutrition Program administration. Each allows up to $200,000 for older-adult SNAP outreach by the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City. Spending plans must specify county allocations and receive the budget director’s approval. The funding supports nutrition services and outreach; it does not expand SNAP eligibility or create direct payments.

Seniors receive nutrition and caregiver funding

For April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027, federal funding includes $24.069 million for older-adult social services. It includes $102.61 million for nutrition programs and $14 million for caregiver services. Another $9.965 million supports health and human services programs, and $12 million supports the Nutrition Services Incentive Program. These federal funds must follow federal laws and regulations. The law also provides $365,000 for Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center, Inc.; these appropriations do not set household cash benefits.

Settlement money supports local opioid services

The law makes up to $212.253 million available for opioid-related services, including $48.414 million for municipalities and $36.43 million for harm reduction. Other uses include treatment, housing, recovery, prevention, transportation, public awareness, and research; payments cannot exceed actual statewide settlement deposits. A separate $208 million renewal funds payments under statewide opioid settlement agreements. Up to $900,000 can follow Attorney General plans approved by the addiction services agency and necessary to carry out those agreements. At least $59 million must remain reserved for local-government payments under settlement-consistent plans.

SNAP funding supports access and job training

The law provides $500 million for SNAP administration, employment and training, related child care, nutrition education, and outreach. Outreach may reach areas with many potentially eligible people who are not using food assistance. Child care for SNAP training participants requires approved plans and cannot jeopardize New York’s full federal child care allotment. Fund use and transfers require the approvals and plans specified in the appropriation. This funding does not directly change a household’s SNAP benefit amount.

SNAP services and job support funded

New York provides $500 million for district SNAP administration costs and federal SNAP recoveries. Funds can also support employment and training, eligible participants' child care, nutrition education, and outreach in areas with low participation. Employment and child care uses need approved state plans; child care spending must not jeopardize the full federal child care allotment. Nutrition education transfers need budget approval and an agency agreement. The law does not specify an increase in household SNAP benefit amounts.

Emergency rental assistance funding carries forward

The law carries forward $679.94 million for supplemental emergency rental assistance program costs. The program must follow a plan approved by the state's assistance agency and budget director. Funds can move to another state agency or authority, and the budget director can move money to program administration. The provision sets no household eligibility rules or individual assistance amounts.

Funding sustains homeless and shelter services

The law provides $11 million for federal homeless and support-services grants. It also renews $11 million each from 2025 and 2024, plus $60.5 million from 2021, for these grants. Transfers to other state agencies require budget approval; funds can also move to accounts receiving the federal grants. Another $9.9 million restores family and adult shelter reimbursements withheld for operating-rule violations. Payment requires the state commissioner to confirm the violations are corrected, plus budget approval; that money is limited to these reimbursements.

Neighborhood development and land banks funded

The law renews $10 million for land-bank programs under each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriations. It also renews $40 million for Small Cities Community Development Block Grants under each appropriation from 2019 through 2025. Federal grant money goes into the Housing Trust Fund account. The Housing Trust Fund Corporation administers those grants under federal rules. These provisions fund community programs, not specified household payments.

Repair funding for city public housing

The law makes up to $100 million available to modernize or improve New York City Housing Authority developments. Before payment, the state housing commissioner must develop a capital plan with the authority's chair. The budget director must approve it, and the plan must go to specified legislative leaders. The authority must also sign a construction management agreement with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.

Charter school tuition and buildings receive aid

The law provides $195 million to reimburse districts for supplemental basic tuition payments made to charter schools in 2025–26. Another $177 million funds eligible charter school building costs for 2025–26 and earlier school years. The money supports districts and school facilities, not direct payments to families.

Continued grants support schools and teachers

The law renews $195.613 million in earlier funding for education awards. This includes $21.59 million for school-wide extended learning and $22.5 million for the Master Teacher Program. Twelve listed early-college and P-TECH awards or continuations total $57.24 million, including one $20 million allocation. Awards follow an Education Commissioner plan approved by the Budget Director. Sending Master Teacher Program funds to SUNY for administration also requires Budget Director approval.

Funding repays full-day prekindergarten program costs

The law renews $340 million to reimburse school districts and eligible providers for full-day prekindergarten costs. It covers awarded statewide universal programs operating in the 2025–26 school year or earlier. Reimbursements follow the applicable Education Law rules as they existed on July 1, 2025. The funds repay program operators, not individual families.

High school students get college-credit program support

For 2026–27, the law provides $51.036 million: $39.936 million for existing early-college pathways, $2 million for teaching pathways, and $9.1 million for college-in-high-school grants. For 2025–26, it provides $61.475 million: $38.375 million for existing pathways, $10 million for P-TECH, $4 million for Smart Scholars or Smart Transfer, and $9.1 million for college-in-high-school grants. College-in-high-school programs must offer at least 12 transferable credits, approved courses, added counseling and academic support, and outreach to underserved students. Enrollment must reflect the district population, and programs must file current partnership agreements with the Education Department. Teaching pathways must offer college credit, teaching-related courses, and a current partnership agreement. Programs receive enrollment-based starting payments and may receive up to $90 per credit completed by an economically disadvantaged student. The law also renews $461,000 for extra services at Bard High School Early College Queens in 2025–26; these funds go to programs, not directly to families.

Nonpublic schools receive reimbursements and classroom support

The law provides $143.83 million plus $96.353 million in nonpublic school reimbursements, payable in 2026–27 for 2025–26 and earlier expenses. Funds are available beginning April 1, 2027; claims for 2025–26 costs are due that day and payable by May 31, 2027. The $143.83 million allocation retains the specified formula based on teaching days, salaries, and benefits. Another $1.9 million, payable in 2026–27, reimburses 2025–26 expenses; $23 million reimburses eligible 2021–22 and 2022–23 expenses. Science, technology, engineering, and math programs receive $85.5 million. Academic help receives $922,000 plus $500,000, totaling $1.422 million, under an Education Commissioner plan requiring Budget Director approval. These payments go to qualifying schools and programs, not directly to families.

School funding supports learning and exam fees

The law funds extended learning, after-school services, P-TECH, early college, computer science, breakfast reimbursements, and advanced courses, especially where offerings are limited. It also supports Master Teacher awards, teacher incentive scholarships, QUALITYstarsNY, school mental-health services, alternative discipline, and welcome grants for refugee and immigrant students. It provides $5.8 million for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam-fee help, using free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Teacher and counselor awards prioritize teachers of color, career and technical education teachers, and guidance counselors. Education awards generally follow a commissioner-developed, budget-director-approved plan; a similarly approved plan guides $250,000 for statewide summer reading.

School grants support learning and exam costs

The law provides at least $76.99 million for school programs under an Education Commissioner plan requiring Budget Director approval. This includes $21.59 million for extended learning, $22.5 million for master teachers, and $5 million for QUALITYstarsNY. Another $5.8 million helps pay Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Grants include $1.5 million for advanced courses, especially where offerings are limited; $400,000 for teaching awards; and $6 million for computer science. Math access gets $1.5 million, middle-school math access gets $750,000, and the State Youth Council gets $200,000. School mental health programs get $1.75 million, including up to $750,000 for a resource and training center; student mental health grants get $10 million. Separate renewals of earlier funding provide $1.5 million for advanced courses and $400,000 for teaching awards. Specified transfers for program administration, including teaching-award funds sent to SUNY, require Budget Director approval.

School grants support pandemic learning recovery

The law makes $100 million available for school districts and regional education boards for 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26. Grants address pandemic-related trauma and learning loss through mental-health services and summer, after-school, extended-day, or extended-year programs. Each grant cannot exceed the local, state, and federal funds the applicant commits to the same work. No district or regional education board can receive more than 40% of the total allocation. Awards consider student need, focus on high-need students or schools, service delivery, students served, and proposal quality.

Schools serving children with disabilities receive aid

For 2025–26, the law provides $93.7 million for schools serving blind, deaf, and other students with disabilities. Up to $84.7 million reimburses districts for tuition at schools for blind and deaf students. Up to $9 million covers remaining allowed costs, including education for deaf children under age 3. Federal aid paid for the same costs reduces this state allocation. For 2026–27, eligible schools receive $21.2 million plus another $1.5 million directly, based on three-year average full-time-equivalent enrollment.

State aid supports public library services

The law provides $104.67 million in public library aid, plus $1.725 million in additional library aid. Recipients include the New York Public Library and its Science, Industry and Business Library. The appropriation fulfills the state's stated program obligation. It supports library services rather than individual payments to users.

Struggling schools keep funding for improvements

The law renews $75 million for community-school hubs: $50 million for operations and $25 million for capital costs. Eligible schools were designated in 2016–17, and districts must show strong parent, teacher, and community involvement. Another $75 million supports districts with schools designated as persistently failing. That funding covers community-hub services, curriculum changes, longer school days or years, staff training, mentoring, and necessary external-receiver expenses. Each failing school needs a separate application aligned with its approved school plan; both grant programs follow commissioner spending plans approved by the budget director.

City aid supports taxpayers and safety

The law provides $150 million in aid to city municipalities using a formula tied to the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. No municipality may receive more than $15 million. Amounts above that cap are divided proportionally among other city municipalities. The money must help minimize taxpayer burdens and maintain public safety; it is not a direct household payment.

Economic development and tourism funding continues

The law renews Empire State Economic Development Fund allocations of $31.18 million, $19.18 million, $50.4 million, and $6.18 million. It also renews $62.36 million for economic development marketing, services, loans, and grants. That appropriation retains a limit making no more than 50% available for state fiscal year 2011–12. Market New York receives renewed allocations of $5 million and $7 million for services, loans, grants, and promotion of regional attractions; one also covers New York-made goods. Market New York funds can move through state agencies or public authorities; these provisions do not set direct household payments.

Four cities receive budget gap aid

The law provides $55 million to Buffalo, $40 million to Yonkers, and $20 million to Rochester for budget gaps. Albany receives $20 million in city aid plus another $20 million for its budget gap. For budget-gap aid, each city’s budget director must request a plan and pledge to minimize taxpayer burden while maintaining public safety. Buffalo must also send its request to the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority. All four cities must report their use of budget-gap funds to the state budget director by December 31, 2026.

State aid helps close city budget gap

The law provides $500 million to New York City under a city-requested plan approved by the state Budget Director. The request must pledge funds to close the budget gap while minimizing taxpayer burdens and maintaining public safety. Its allocation schedule must direct $10 million to the Uniformed Fire Officers Association employee benefit fund for members and retirees. The city must copy the request to the financial control board. It must report how funds were used by December 31, 2026.

Regional buses and ferries receive funding

The law provides $249.4905 million for regional transit, county and city services, South Fork commuter buses, and the Staten Island Ferry. This includes $25 million for MTA subway co-response outreach teams; a separate $50.251 million funds eligible transit operations. That separate amount includes $8.4373 million for qualifying systems outside the metropolitan commuter district, with approved plans and allocation formulas required. Another $9.797 million supports non-MTA systems, with up to $1 million each for four regional authorities and Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties. It also lists $3 million for competitive grants to other eligible systems, requiring transportation department and state budget approval.

State funding supports New York transit

The law provides $244.25 million to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority finance fund from April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2028. This is financial support for the transit system, not a payment to riders. The appropriation does not promise a fare discount.

Child care cost aid outside New York City

The law makes up to $155 million available for excess child care assistance costs in federal fiscal years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027. Only districts outside a city with at least one million people qualify. For 2025–2026, aid reimburses 100% of eligible excess costs, up to the greater of $250,000 or 22% of the district's allocation. Districts claiming both years face the same combined cap, based on their 2025–2026 allocation. Claims are due March 31 of the following year, under a state child care agency plan approved by the budget director.

Continued funding for health care providers

The law keeps $272.417 million available for existing or planned Health Care Reform Act contracts and financing arrangements. These funds use allocations authorized before July 1, 2005, and must serve the purposes specified in state health law. Another $19.6 million is available for transfer to New York’s Dormitory Authority for health facility restructuring. These provisions support health system financing, not direct household payments or new care eligibility rules.

District child care assistance funding continues

The law renews $309.592 million for the state child care block grant, combining specified state and federal funding. Local districts use it for child care assistance. The Office of Children and Family Services must submit an allocation plan for budget-director approval within 60 days of enactment. Spending must follow federal and state agency rules. Eligible claims are due by March 31 of the year immediately following the applicable federal fiscal year's end.

Districts must reserve child welfare money

Districts must spend their shares of a $457.322341 million statewide child welfare threshold from flexible family-services funds. The requirement applies to the extent families are eligible. Qualifying transfers to the Title XX social services block grant count toward each district's required spending. The state assistance and children-and-family agencies develop the allocation formula, subject to Budget Director approval.

Funding helps preserve local health services

The law keeps $81 million available for Medicaid’s essential community provider network and vital access providers. Another $25 million supports vital access providers preserving behavioral health and other essential services in targeted areas. Rural health access and networks retain $7.537 million from 2025 and $1.056 million from 2024 appropriations. Emergency provider aid retains $2.9 million. The Health Commissioner must find that emergency aid is vital for patient safety, staff retention, facility operations, public health, or another emergency.

Local funds support families and child welfare

The law allocates Flexible Fund for Family Services money without requiring state or local matching funds. Districts must use it for eligible Temporary Assistance for Needy Families services under locally developed, state-approved spending plans. Districts receiving allocations must spend their share of a $457.322341 million statewide child-welfare threshold, to the extent families qualify. State agencies set district shares with budget director approval; spending uses the family-services fund and requested Title XX transfers. Specified allocations were available for reimbursement through March 31, 2026, and the appropriation sets the full federal TANF funding and state reimbursement for district administrative claims on funded activities.

Local offices receive Medicaid administration funding

The law provides $320 million in federal funds for Medicaid and its administration, including survey and certification work. With budget-director approval, money can move to other state agencies to repay local governments for administration. The provisions also authorize up to $23 million for district administration claims above the Health Commissioner's ceiling. Those payments need budget-director approval and go to districts, not households.

New York City gets child care cost aid

The law makes up to $475 million available for supplemental child care reimbursements in federal fiscal years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027. Only the district within a city with at least one million people qualifies. Aid covers no more than 50% of eligible costs above its initial block grant and supplemental funds. The state child care agency's plan needs budget director approval, and 2025–2026 funds must be claimed by March 31 afterward. Unclaimed 2025–2026 funds can support eligible 2026–2027 costs.

State reimburses districts for child welfare

The state reimburses 62% of eligible district child welfare costs after federal funds are deducted. Costs must fall from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with claims due March 31, 2028. Covered services include specified preventive, child protective, independent living, after-care, and adoption services—not community optional preventive services or adoption subsidies. Costs must otherwise qualify for state reimbursement on or after April 1, 2026; some earlier costs need Budget Director approval. Districts must meet flexible-fund spending and qualifying transfer requirements, to the extent families are eligible. They must certify that funds will not replace other state or local money or reimburse previously claimed services under specified existing contracts.

Donation matches support four public universities

The law authorizes up to $500 million in endowment matches for SUNY centers at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook. The state matches $1 for every $2 in new private donations; each center is eligible for $25 million–$200 million. Funds can support faculty, student financial aid, research grants, or other center operations under a SUNY plan approved by the budget director. The plan requires annual reporting and accounting of state matches and private donations. Each foundation must have a service contract with its center, subject to comptroller audit as state finance law permits.

Nonpublic schools receive expense reimbursement aid

The law provides $136.762 million in 2025–26 aid and $91.618 million in additional aid for nonpublic-school expenses. The funding reimburses expenses from 2024–25 and earlier years. Schools must file 2024–25 claims by April 1, 2026, and the state must pay them by May 31, 2026. Aid calculations use the stated 5.0/5.5-hour instructional-day standard or another workday method certified by school officials. The payments go to schools, not directly to families.

Nonpublic schools receive past expense reimbursements

The law provides separate $129.485 million and $86.743 million nonpublic school aid allocations payable in 2024–25. They reimburse expenses from 2023–24 and earlier years, with funds available on or after April 1, 2025. Schools’ 2023–24 claims were due April 1, 2025, and the Education Department’s payments were due May 31, 2025. The $129.485 million allocation retains the prior method using a 5.0/5.5-hour instructional day or another workday certified by school officials. These reimbursements go to schools, not directly to families.

Operating aid protects community college funding

The law provides $467.34 million in SUNY community college operating assistance for 2026–27, subject to available appropriations. Assistance includes operating aid, workforce development, rental aid, and high-need program support. No community college can receive less than 100% of its 2025–26 base aid. Enrollment-based funding follows formulas jointly developed by SUNY and CUNY trustees and approved by the budget director. This provision does not set a tuition reduction.

School learning and safety grants continue

The law keeps Title IV funds available for community learning centers, student support, and academic enrichment. Amounts are $229.641 million from 2024, $88.819 million from 2023, $3,000 from 2022, $9.072 million from 2021, and $2.059 million from 2020. For 2026–27, it provides $24.344 million in competitive extended-day and school-violence-prevention grants; nonprofits seeking extended-day funds must partner with public schools or districts. It continues $21.59 million in school-wide extended learning grants under guidelines and awards established in 2013. Another $2 million supports schools free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination, including technical help. Up to $300,000 can support the New York Center for School Safety, and up to 5% can move to the education department's state purposes account.

Teacher training and instruction grants continue

The law keeps $245.837 million available for effective-instruction grants under Title II. Another $5 million funds eligible federal education programs, including Title II; agency allocations and account moves require budget director approval. It continues $19 million for the Master Teacher Program, with budget director approval required to make funds available to SUNY. It keeps $4.278 million for unpaid costs of the $14.26 million teacher resources and computer training centers program from 2018–19. Another $770,000 supports the intensive teacher institute's bilingual extension and English to Speakers of Other Languages program.

Workers and job seekers keep training support

The law keeps federal funds for 2025 workforce activities available: $3.444 million for statewide activities, $185.318 million for local worker programs and rapid response, and $20 million for other training grants. Local services support adults, youth, and workers who lost jobs; statewide spending needs budget director approval and services require consultation with the workforce board and responsible agencies. It also continues $16.2 million for Jobs Now and $500,000 for the Consortium for Worker Education Credential Initiative. Another $941,000 supports expansion of high-needs nursing programs at private colleges and universities under Education Law section 6401-a. It keeps $150,000 for the National Association of Social Workers—New York to develop and distribute test-preparation materials; individual payments are not specified.

Senior service rates face inflation limits

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, the state cannot apply most inflation-based increases to covered aging-program rates. The restriction covers payment, contract, and reimbursement rates, including cost-of-living and trend-factor increases. It preserves an exception for a targeted 2.7% increase authorized by a chapter of the laws of 2026. The provision does not set a household payment amount.

State school meal reimbursements face cap

The law sets a $180 million maximum for state school lunch and breakfast reimbursements during the 2024–25 state fiscal year. The ceiling applies to payments to program sponsors. It does not itself change which students qualify for meals or impose a family charge.

Noncitizen service funding faces possible budget limits

The law renews $6.44 million for citizenship help and $10 million for additional noncitizen services under a 2021 appropriation. Services include legal help, case management, English lessons, job training, job placement, and support after finding work. The $10 million requires a budget-director-approved plan. That plan can limit funding to address a state General Fund imbalance. The law does not set a cash benefit for each person.

Adult disability school funding has limits

State developmental-disability funds can reimburse private residential schools for residential and day services for people over age 21. Both in-state and out-of-state schools can qualify. Residential payments must subtract any Supplemental Security Income benefit for which the person is eligible. Day-service payments cannot exceed comparable approved providers' maximum reimbursement unless the Budget Director authorizes an exception. Payments go to schools, not directly to participants.

Family and HIV aid retains limits

The law continues family and emergency aid reimbursement under a 2021 appropriation, generally without state or local matching funds. Districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement. Approved shelter supplements cover family-assistance households, including eligible households with someone released from prison; districts over five million receive reimbursement only to prevent eviction. These supplements do not become part of the standard aid allowance. Emergency shelter, transportation, and food costs for people with medically diagnosed HIV also qualify when needed for independent living. Recipients must be homeless or facing homelessness, with no viable cheaper housing option or other program able to reimburse the cost. Beginning January 1, 2026, the specified HIV reimbursement has a claim period ending March 1, 2027. The funds exclude extra rent costs based on limiting a public-assistance recipient's income contribution to 30%.

Parents and employers share child care

The law renews $4.8 million for an employer-supported child care pilot in three regions of New York. Families must have income between 85% and 100% of state median income and a participating employer. Enrolled families get help with care costs, but the family and employer must each pay one-third. These provisions do not specify the remaining funding formula or an individual assistance amount.

Worker child care pilot requires shared payments

The law provides $4.8 million for an employer-supported child care pilot in three state regions. Families must earn between 85% and 100% of state median income. Each enrolled family and its participating employer must each pay one third of care costs. The provided text does not identify who pays the remaining third or state total per-family costs.

Family housing aid carries reimbursement limits

The law provides $1.5 billion to reimburse municipalities for family and emergency assistance; approved local plans can include shelter supplements. Rent reimbursement caps use January 1, 2021 maximum rents, raised for annual fair-market-rent increases but not lowered for decreases. Districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement; those over five million can claim only the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement. Emergency shelter, transportation, or food payments for people with medically diagnosed HIV require homelessness or its risk, no cheaper viable housing, and no other program reimbursement. These funds cannot cover extra rent costs based on limiting public-assistance recipients with HIV to a 30% income contribution.

Family shelter aid with reimbursement limits

The law renews $819.151 million from a $1.5 billion appropriation to reimburse districts for family and emergency assistance. Family assistance households can receive optional shelter supplements only where districts adopt plans approved by state benefit and budget officials. Funding generally requires no state or local share; districts with at least five million residents receive 85% reimbursement. In those districts, only the family homelessness and eviction prevention supplement qualifies. Eligible rent is capped using January 1, 2021 limits, adjusted annually for fair-market-rent changes; decreases cannot lower the prior-year limit. Shelter supplements do not count toward the basic benefit calculation called the standard of need.

Foster youth housing with reimbursement limits

The law funds supportive housing for young adults age 25 or younger at risk of street or sheltered homelessness. Covered foster-care histories include leaving or recently leaving care, or spending more than a year in care after turning 16. Funding lines include $2.402 million, $2.17 million, and $2.251 million; specified spending requires a budget-approved allocation certificate. Funds can go to New York City's children's services agency, but provider payments cannot receive inflation increases beyond specified exceptions. Those exceptions are 1% for April 1, 2021–March 31, 2022 and 5.4% for April 1, 2022–March 31, 2023.

Science scholarships carry work and repayment rules

For 2026–27, New York’s science, technology, engineering, and math scholarship supports eligible continuing recipients, including those first awarded since 2014–15. New recipients must graduate from a New York high school in 2025–26 in the top 10% and start an approved public-college program full-time that fall. Awards cannot exceed resident SUNY undergraduate tuition or actual tuition, whichever is lower, and tuition-specific aid reduces them. Students with their full attendance cost covered are ineligible; combined benefits for others cannot exceed that cost. Recipients must sign a contract, finish the degree, meet reporting rules, and complete five continuous years of full-time STEM work with a New York-based entity or maintain New York residency during that work; unless a waiver or deferral applies, noncompliance can turn awards into loans with interest.

Juvenile detention aid carries local repayment rules

The law renews $76.16 million each for juvenile detention services provided January 1–December 31 in 2017 and 2018. Approved allocations consider detention use and youth population; aid generally cannot exceed each municipality's allocation, and state liability falls 2% after other limits. Unclaimed aid can reimburse 62% of qualifying supervision and treatment costs. The state can cover up to 100% of qualifying out-of-county care, but the home county must repay 51%. For overdue district debts, the state can withhold aid up to the amount owed after 60 days or a later approved deadline.

Local protective services receive federal funding

The law provides $150 million in federal Title XX social services funding, with district reimbursements requiring budget director approval. It also keeps separate $150 million appropriations from 2025, 2024, and 2023 available for services and training. Each older appropriation reserves $66 million for adult protection and qualifying domestic violence services, under allocation and cost-sharing plans. Residential domestic violence funding covers victims not receiving public assistance while living in the program; remaining funds generally serve child welfare, with some Elder Justice Act uses allowed. Eligible claims are due March 31 after the relevant federal fiscal year. Qualifying retroactive payments are netted: the years ending June 30, 2024, 2023, and 2022 have submission deadlines of January 2, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

State shares local child welfare costs

The state reimburses 62% of eligible district child welfare costs after federal funds are deducted. Covered services include preventive, child protective, independent-living, aftercare, and adoption services, subject to specified exclusions. Costs must fall from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; claims are due March 31, 2027. Limited earlier costs require budget director approval. Districts must meet their share of the $457.322341 million statewide funding threshold, preserve other state and local funding, and avoid duplicate contract claims.

Disability service increases face new limits

From April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027, the state bars additional inflation-based increases in developmental-disability provider reimbursement. An authorized 2.7% targeted increase remains allowed. The rule also preserves a separate 5% increase in family-care residential support fees and adjustments from recalculating base-year costs. These rules concern provider payments, not a direct household benefit amount.

Early intervention funding includes payment cuts

The law provides $204.999 million for early intervention services. For state fiscal year 2026–27, it cuts the state's calculated liability and related spending by 2%. The cut applies after calculating the amount otherwise due. The budget director can move up to $40 million into a state escrow account for state and municipal service delivery. These are public funding rules, not a stated reduction in each family's services.

Housing support funds with spending limits

The law provides up to $74.5 million for a multi-year homelessness response, including supportive housing and help for homeless youth and families. With budget approval, certain supportive-housing contracts signed by March 31, 2021 can continue without another competitive bidding process. Separate funding of $71.381 million and $47.981 million supports housing, prevention services, and AIDS housing operations under budget-approved spending plans. At least $56.3 million of the $71.381 million allocation must support the New York State Supportive Housing Program. The law also bars commitments, contracts, or payments based on the specified $56.381 million made available under a 2025 law.

Disability education funding includes aid offsets

The law makes up to $987.97 million available for education serving people with disabilities. This includes up to $3 million for early childhood family and community engagement centers and $500,000 for SUNY Albany's autism center. Certified-teacher grants require an approved plan and prioritize programs needing more certified teachers to meet state and federal requirements. Up to $10 million can cover designated Article 85 school costs. Payments for those costs reduce corresponding general-fund aid by the same amount.

Preschool special education funding has limits

The law provides $437 million for preschool special education reimbursements. For the 2025–26 school year, the state's share of approved costs is limited to 59.5%. Local claims for 2024–25 or earlier costs are paid first when approved by the Education Department by March 31, 2026. The money goes to local entities, not directly to families.

Foster homes gain electronic payment options

The Office of Children and Family Services can pay foster boarding homes by direct deposit or debit card for local districts. The law does not specify any increase in payment amounts.

Technology and internet help for low-income seniors

The law renews $700,000 for Intuition Robotics to help low-income older adults access digital technology and affordable internet. Services target older adults who meet the low-income condition. The law does not set a subsidy amount for each person.

Bridge toll rebates help Staten Islanders

Registered Staten Island residents receive rebates for qualifying Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge trips. Trips require a New York Customer Service Center E-ZPass account and a properly mounted tag. Listed rebates are 12 cents under two separate appropriations, plus 20, 25, 26, and 29 cents in each direction. Listed appropriations are $3.3 million, $3.5 million, $5.2 million, $7 million, and $6 million. The 25-cent rebate has a $7 million program, including a $3.5 million state share. The supplied provisions do not establish whether these rebates add together on one trip.

Adoption aid funding and payment options

New York reimburses districts for 62% of eligible adoption subsidy costs. Claims generally are due within 24 months after the spending year's end; good-cause waivers need commissioner and Budget Director approval. The children and family services office can send adoption subsidies by direct deposit or debit card. Districts repay administration costs, and the temporary and disability assistance office reimburses 38% of the nonfederal administration share quarterly. These rules do not increase a family's adoption subsidy.

At-home care funding for low-income seniors

The law provides $6.3 million for care teams serving low-income older adults at home. It supports these services but does not set an individual benefit amount. The funding does not guarantee a care team for every person in this group.

Caregiver breaks and services for seniors

The law renews $656,000 for respite services that give caregivers a break and $1.072 million for social-model adult day services. Both grant programs favor existing Office for the Aging contracts and require budget-approved plans showing provider amounts before spending. It also renews $71,000 for Home Aides of Central New York's senior respite program. Another $86,000 supports the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens' home-sharing and respite-care program. The law continues prior-year federal funding for older-adult social services, nutrition, caregiver services, and related health programs, without stating those amounts here.

Child care enrollment help for city families

The law supports a Consortium for Worker Education pilot helping working families enroll in New York City child care assistance. Families must live or work in the city and earn no more than 85% of state median income. Up to $28 million supports city agencies that handle enrollment for legally exempt child care providers. That funding follows a children and family services agency plan approved by the budget director. Satisfactory contractors can continue; nonprofits can receive new contracts through competition or to replace poorly performing contractors.

Child care funding for migrant workers' families

The law makes up to $750,000 available for child care services for children of migrant workers. The money flows through the Department of Agriculture and Markets. Nonprofit organizations under contract with the department must provide the care. The law does not state individual benefit amounts.

Disability services when home caregivers stop

The law provides $2 million to develop new service options for people with disabilities living at home. The funding targets people whose caregivers can no longer care for them. It does not set a payment amount or guarantee an individual service placement.

Family violence programs receive support grants

The law provides $787,935 from the William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund. Competitive grants fund family violence prevention and support services for victims. Renewed grants may keep their original award amount only when funds are available. Funded programs must report results to the Office of Children and Family Services.

Foster homes can receive electronic payments

The child welfare agency can pay foster boarding homes by direct deposit or debit card on districts' behalf. Districts must repay the agency's administrative costs. The agency must request quarterly reimbursement of the nonfederal administrative share from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. The law does not change foster home payment amounts.

Funding child care for court users

The law makes up to $300,000 available to establish or operate child care services in New York State courts. The funding supports parents who need care while using court services. It does not specify eligibility details, available spaces, or individual payments.

Funding gives family caregivers support and breaks

The law renews $7.2 million for respite care at adult care facilities, giving high-need family caregivers a break. Beginning April 1, 2026, $353,000 funds caregiver resource centers through March 31, 2027. Grants go to area aging agencies and the Association on Aging in New York State. A separate renewed-funding entry lists $353,000 for resource centers, and another renews $400,000 for TRUALTA caregiver training and support. The law does not set a payment or amount of service for each caregiver.

Funding helps families keep children home

The law funds help for kinship caregivers, adoptive families, guardians, and children at risk of entering foster care. Catholic Family Center in Rochester gets $220,500 plus $100,000 for a statewide kinship information and referral network. Post-adoption, guardianship, and foster-care prevention services get $30.619 million, including at least $11 million for home visiting. A separate $26.275 million funds home visiting services. Preventive-service entries list $785,000, including at least $274,000 for post-adoption help, case management, and family treatment court partnerships. Those preventive services and the separate home visiting program require state-approved plans; satisfactory programs can continue or expand, while replacement or new contracts are allowed. Adoption-related services must meet federal requirements, and home visiting contracts must report service quality and results.

Funding respite care for eligible children

The law provides $1.758 million to reimburse municipalities for 50% of approved respite-care costs for eligible children and families. The Department of Health divides available funds among municipalities. An early intervention official must approve services, which must meet state law, regulations, and health department standards. Reimbursement goes to municipalities, not directly to families.

Funding supports Medicare appeals and patient rights

The law renews $1.191 million for Medicare drug education, outreach, counseling, monitoring, appeals, and fair hearings. Grants are $793,000 for Medicare Rights Center, $111,000 for Legal Aid Society, $155,000 for Empire Justice Center, and $132,000 for Community Service Society. A separate funding entry lists $155,000 for Empire Justice Center's consumer assistance program. Drug appeal help serves people eligible for Medicaid and enrolled in Medicare Part D, or participants in New York's EPIC drug program. Beginning April 1, 2026, another $100,000 funds the StateWide Senior Action Council's Patients' Rights Hotline through March 31, 2027.

Funding supports sexually exploited young people

The law provides $1 million for services related to sexually exploited children and youth up to age 21. The state's liability under the named social services law is limited to this appropriation. This funding does not guarantee support beyond that amount.

Health insurance counseling for older adults

The law provides $1 million in grants to area agencies on aging for health insurance information, counseling, and assistance. It also renews a $1 million appropriation for that program. Older adults can get help understanding health insurance choices, including Medicare. These grants do not change insurance eligibility or provide direct household payments.

Help covering children's reduced-price school meals

Beginning July 1, 2024, the law provides $2.3 million to cover students' reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches. Students must qualify for reduced-price meals. The law does not state the payment per meal or student.

Higher payment rates for adoption subsidies

Adoption subsidy payment rates include a 2.84% cost-of-living increase for the rate year beginning July 1, 2024. The law requires a 2.6% targeted inflation increase for the rate year beginning July 1, 2025. The commissioner may also add trend or staff-retention factors for that later rate year. Increases in effect on March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2025, continue through their respective full rate years. The 2024 dollar effect depends on the applicable subsidy rate; the 2025 provision does not promise a matching household payment increase.

Home care funding for low-income seniors

The law keeps $6.3 million available for home care teams serving low-income older adults. The money supports services and related costs. It does not guarantee each person a set amount of care or a cash payment.

Kinship families get funded support services

The law provides $338,750 for kinship care services through Permanency Resource Centers. The Office of Children and Family Services must prepare a funding plan approved by the state budget director. Awards are competitive, and service contracts must report results to the office. The law does not set a payment amount for each family.

Local community services for older adults

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, the law funds three local senior service providers. Colonie Senior Services Center gets $150,000, Glen Cove Senior Center gets $50,000, and the Hebrew Home's Weinberg Center gets $200,000. The law also renews $4.0275 million each for naturally occurring retirement communities and neighborhood versions of these communities. Those retirement-community grants favor existing Office for the Aging contracts and require a budget-approved plan showing each provider's share. The grants support services rather than direct payments to residents.

Long-term care advocates funded for seniors

The law renews $3.69 million in local grants for long-term care advocates, known as ombudsmen. They help address concerns involving long-term care services. Existing Office for the Aging contracts receive funding priority. The grants are exempt from State Finance Law sections 112 and 163.

More campus child care subsidy funding

The law adds $334,000 for child care subsidies and quality activities at New York's city and state universities. City university community colleges get $56,000, and senior colleges get $85,000. State university community colleges get $77,000, and state-operated campuses get $116,000. The law does not specify a subsidy amount for each family.

Nutrition and SNAP help for seniors

The law renews $38.153816 million for the Wellness in Nutrition program, including farmers market nutrition program administration. Up to $200,000 can fund older-adult SNAP outreach through the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City. Spending requires a budget-approved plan with county allocations. This provision does not change household SNAP benefit amounts.

Personal spending help for disabled residents

Eligible residents with developmental disabilities can receive up to $250 each year for personal needs. They must live in a voluntary-operated community residence or community residential alternative, including a covered individualized residential alternative. Payments depend on financial need. The commissioner sets when and how payments are made.

Recovery support for children affected by abuse

The law renews $200,000 for the Jewish Child Care Association of New York's Center for Healing. Funding supports clinical services for children and families affected by abuse, exploitation, or problematic sexual behavior. It also funds training for child welfare workers, teachers, and others. The law does not specify individual payments or an eligibility formula.

Respite care funding for family caregivers

The law provides $7.2 million for respite care at adult care facilities for high-need family caregivers. The funding supports temporary relief from caregiving duties. The provision does not define high need or guarantee a set amount of care for each caregiver.

Energy repair help for low-income households

The law allows the state's assistance agency to hire its energy agency to run low-cost weatherization or energy-related home repairs. The program serves eligible low-income households. Funding cannot exceed money left unspent after a prior budget year's heating season. The provision sets no total funding amount or household award.

Housing access help after criminal records

The law provides $250,000 for fair chance credit-check reform and housing access for people with prior arrests or convictions. Funds may move to state departments, agencies, or public authorities for those purposes. This provision funds that work; it does not set an individual payment or itself describe new screening rights.

Housing support for seniors and residents

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, the law funds two senior housing service organizations. It provides $186,000 for the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens’ Home Sharing and Respite Program and $125,000 for West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing. Separately, $380,000 supports certified nonprofit or public enriched housing operators serving residents who receive Supplemental Security Income. Operators can receive up to $115 per eligible resident each month, with payments reduced proportionately when funds fall short. These are program and operator funds, not promised cash payments to residents.

Advanced courses and exam help for students

The law renews $500,000 for schools to add Advanced Placement or equally challenging courses, especially where few are offered. Grants can cover training, materials, equipment, and digital learning, but must add to existing funding. Another $5.8 million helps cover remaining Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Exam spending follows a state-approved plan; no per-student subsidy is stated. The law also provides $1.382 million for 2025–26 math and science high school services, divided equally among 2007–08 program recipients.

Buffalo school aides get teacher training

The law provides $500,000 for a SUNY College at Buffalo pilot serving the Buffalo City School District. It helps teacher aides and teaching assistants gain the education and credentials needed for teacher certification. The provision does not set individual payments.

Career training for low-income job seekers

The law funds $1.425 million for career pathways linking education, job training, employment, and support services. Participants are low-income people age 16 or older; participants ages 16 or 17 must be self-supporting heads of household. When practical, at least 60% of funds must serve people ages 18–24. Preferences favor unemployed or underemployed young adults, assistance recipients, and proposals addressing regional job needs and comparatively high unemployment. Remaining funds can serve family or safety net assistance recipients without age restrictions and self-supporting household heads ages 16 or 17.

City students receive funded tutoring support

The law provides $490,000 for Hillside Children's Center mentoring and tutoring during the 2026–27 school year. Services must reach students in one or more city school districts. Those cities must have more than 125,000 but fewer than 1 million residents. The law states no payment amount for individual students.

College aid and housing for foster youth

The law renews $7.92 million for foster youth in college opportunity programs at SUNY, CUNY, and other degree-granting schools. Help can include financial aid, college preparation, advising, tutoring, housing, and meals. The education commissioner decides which costs are needed for foster youth to attend college. Funds can go through state agencies or college systems, including SUNY community colleges.

College and job support for families

The law provides $800,000 for Metropolitan College's project helping individuals and families leave poverty through college and employment services. The project requires intensive, long-term case management and statistical outcome assessments. Its three-college partnership must include a CUNY institution, a New York City institution, and a Westchester County institution. The partnership must show success moving people from welfare to permanent work, foundation funding commitments, and regional agency, business, and college ties.

College readers aid receives continued funding

The law provides $1 million for college readers aid payments. The funding supports students who qualify for and receive that aid. The law does not state individual payment amounts or an effective date.

College support for students with disabilities

The law renews $2 million to improve services for students with disabilities at New York degree-granting colleges and universities. Students must be enrolled at those schools. The provision does not name specific services or set individual payment amounts.

Education support for immigrant young people

The law funds $1 million in educational services for out-of-school immigrant youth and young adults. It also renews $1.5 million for the refugee and immigrant student welcome grants program established in 2019. These provisions support education programs but do not set individual payments or detailed student eligibility procedures.

Eligible teens get funded job services

The law provides $18 million for job services for eligible people ages 14 to 20 in localities receiving Project GIVE funding. Local social services districts receive allocations under an Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance method approved by the Budget Director. District commissioners can assign some or all funding to a designated workforce board. The board must use that money for these services; no individual payment amount is specified.

Exam fee help for low-income students

The law funds help with remaining Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees for low-income students. The listed funding includes a $5.8 million amount and separate $4 million and $1.8 million entries. Eligibility is based on qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The Education Commissioner develops the plan, which requires Budget Director approval. The provisions do not state the subsidy for each student.

Funding for summer jobs for youth

The law funds summer jobs for eligible people ages 14 to 20 through several allocations. These include $53 million with a $47.7 million program minimum, and $50 million with a $45 million minimum. It renews $3.876 million from a $51.5 million appropriation carrying a $46.35 million program minimum, plus $5 million for extra services. State-approved allocation rules apply; districts can use designated workforce boards and request transfers of unused summer funds to family services. The $53 million and extra $5 million allocations require no state or local financial share.

Funding supports after-school programs and youth sports

The law provides $109.74 million for after-school programs and technical help under a state-approved spending plan. It allows contract extensions, expansions, replacements, and municipal competitive bids, including specified continuation of previously awarded 2024–25 school-year contracts. Another $10 million funds nonprofit and community team sports programs for underserved children under 18. Sports grants cannot exceed $50,000 and can pay for equipment, uniforms, facilities, staff, coaches, referees, and education. Municipal youth bureaus must try to notify eligible groups, and the state must report children served, recipients, and grant amounts.

Job seekers receive funded training support

The law provides $13 million for the approved Consortium for Worker Education program serving adults age 21 or older. It supports job skills, employment, earnings, and advancement. It also provides $1.425 million for career pathways linking education, occupational training, and job support. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance runs career pathways in consultation with the Labor Department. Participants must be at least 16; when practicable, at least 60% of funds serve ages 18–24. Preferences include unemployed or underemployed young adults, assistance recipients, and programs meeting regional labor needs or high unemployment. Remaining funds can serve assistance recipients without age restrictions and self-supporting household heads ages 16–17; individual payments are not stated.

Learning and training funds for job seekers

The law provides and renews $4.1 million allocations for technology-assisted learning at educational opportunity centers. Programs offer basic education, job-readiness help, and job training. Each allocation allows up to $215,000 for community groups serving eligible people living with HIV/AIDS, without state or local matching funds. Funding can be arranged through an agreement between the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and the State University of New York.

Literacy and job skills help learners

The law provides $9.293 million for adult literacy grants, plus $500,000 for basic literacy, high school equivalency, and English classes. Those programs serve people age 16 or older, and grant applicants must meet the education commissioner's quality standards. It provides $1.843 million for school-based literacy programs serving public assistance recipients in 2026–27, and $48.704 million federally for eligible schools and groups' adult education, literacy, and civics programs. It also renews $2 million for technology-assisted education and job training at educational opportunity centers through an agreement between SUNY and the state assistance agency. Within that $2 million, up to $215,000 can support groups serving eligible people with HIV/AIDS without state or local matching funds.

Loan forgiveness funding for public attorneys

The law provides $2.43 million for New York's district attorney and indigent legal-services attorney loan-forgiveness program. Eligible attorneys receive help through that program. This provision does not state individual award amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

Loan repayment funding continues for nurses

The law renews $3 million from 2025 and $1.052 million from 2024 for New York’s nurse loan repayment program. Nurses must participate in that program to receive loan repayment help. These funding entries do not set individual award amounts or repayment terms.

Loan repayment funding for doctors and nurses

The law provides $15.865 million for physician loan repayment and physician practice support programs. It also provides $3 million for the nurse loan repayment program. These funds support the existing programs under New York's Public Health Law. The provisions do not state individual repayment amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

More funding for summer youth jobs

The law adds $5 million for summer youth employment services and program expenses. Services are for eligible people ages 14 to 20. The funding does not set individual wages or guarantee a job placement.

Native American students' college aid funded

The law lists $800,000 for eligible Native American students' postsecondary awards in state fiscal year 2026–27. It also lists $800,000 for the same program for state fiscal year 2024–25. Each amount is the state's full obligation for that program's costs in the specified year. Students must qualify under the Native American postsecondary aid program; individual award amounts are not stated.

Oneida families get work transportation support

The law provides $25,000 to Centro of Oneida for programs or extra transportation for eligible people and families. Transportation must serve trips to or from employment or other allowed work activities. The law does not set a household payment or fare discount.

School grants and exam help students

The law funds $21.59 million for extended learning, existing career and early-college programs, and $4.5 million each for new P-TECH and Smart Scholars grants. It provides $22.5 million for Master Teachers, $5 million for QUALITYstarsNY child care quality work, and $3 million for master's-in-education teacher scholarships. Another $5.8 million subsidizes remaining Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam fees for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Advanced Courses Access grants provide $1.5 million to school districts or boards of cooperative educational services. Awards follow an education commissioner plan approved by the budget director; these provisions do not set individual award amounts.

Teachers keep scholarship and training support

The law renews $3 million for master's-in-education teacher incentive scholarships, without setting individual awards. Transfers to the Higher Education Services Corporation require Budget Director approval and are solely for program administration. It renews $385,000 for the intensive teacher institute's bilingual and English-language teaching program. Another $500,000 supports SUNY College at Buffalo's pilot helping Buffalo district aides and assistants earn teacher-certification credentials. It also renews $1.125 million for New York State United Teachers' Many Threads, One Fabric implicit-bias training.

Training payments for volunteer firefighters

The law provides $6.5 million for training stipends paid directly to volunteer firefighters. It does not state an individual stipend amount or payment formula.

Transportation and vehicle help for workers

The law funds and renews transportation support for eligible people and families traveling to work or other allowed work activities. Listed funding amounts are $25,000 for Centro of Oneida and $82,000 for the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. Wheels for Work allocations provide $144,000 to buy, repair, finance, or insure vehicles needed for those trips. The state transportation department can administer the Rochester-Genesee services. The law does not set individual aid amounts or fares.

Wage subsidy funding supports eligible job seekers

The law provides $475,000 for wage-subsidy programs run by eligible nonprofit community groups. At least $297,000 must support programs in social services districts with populations over two million. Eligible participants can enroll for up to one year, and employers must make reasonable efforts to retain them. Proposals offering job retention, case management, and placement services receive preference. The provision does not set an individual subsidy amount.

Work transportation and vehicle help funded

The law keeps $82,000 available for Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority transportation to employment or other allowed work activities. The money serves eligible individuals and families and can go to the Transportation Department for authority administration. It also keeps $144,000 available for Wheels for Work services. That program can help obtain, repair, finance, or insure vehicles needed for work or allowed work activities. Individual assistance amounts are not stated.

Youth job funding in targeted communities

The law funds youth employment in communities receiving Project GIVE funding, for eligible people ages 14 to 20. Funding includes $42 million and $38.8 million allocations. It also renews $35.085 million from a stated $40.6 million appropriation. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance sets district allocation rules, subject to approval by the budget director. Local commissioners can assign funds to designated workforce boards, which must use them for the funded program.

Training funds for child care providers

The law renews funding for child care provider training through the United Federation of Teachers in New York City. Balances include $1.433 million from 2024, $1.312 million from 2023, $1.25 million each from 2020–2022, and $540,000 from 2019. Outside the city, Civil Service Employees Association training funds include $7,000 from 2024 and $750,000 each from 2020–2022. Training helps providers meet existing requirements and build skills; city training serves licensed, registered, and legally exempt providers. At the association's request, outside-city funds can go to CSEA WORK Institute or another administrator it names.

Beginning farmers keep grant program funding

The law renews $1 million for grants through the Beginning Farmers NY Fund. It also renews $614,000 for the New Farmers NY Fund. Grants follow the existing authorization in section 16-w of the state Urban Development Corporation Act. The provision does not state how much any one farmer receives.

Child care guidance for employers continues

The law provides $1 million and renews a $1 million funding line for regional child care business navigators. The program operates across all ten regional economic development council regions. It helps employers find child care supports for employees. These are program funds, not stated payments to each employer or family.

Commuter van operators get pilot support

The law renews $11 million for the commuter van stabilization pilot. Funds can support loans, grants, insurance help, administration, and safety, technology, or equipment upgrades. The financial services superintendent sets guidelines and eligibility with other agencies as needed. Upgrades are limited to vans the superintendent selects to reduce insurance risk. The superintendent can make implementation agreements and assign funds to agencies or public authorities; no operator award amount is specified.

Minority and women business owners supported

The law renews funding for minority- and women-owned business development and lending. Listed allocations include $635,000 and $365,000. The money supports program services and lending activities. The provision does not set individual awards, loan terms, or detailed eligibility rules.

Quality and start-up grants for childcare providers

The law renews United Federation of Teachers quality grants for New York City child care providers. Balances are $1.266 million from 2024, $1.09 million from 2023, $1.0002 million each from 2020–2022, and $1.622 million from 2019. Outside the city, Civil Service Employees Association grants serve licensed group family and registered family day care homes, with $2.75 million plus balances of $283,000 from 2024 and $221,000 from 2022. At the union’s request, those funds can go to CSEA WORK Institute or another chosen administrator. Separately, up to $586,000 supports competitive start-up and child-safety grants, including equipment and minor renovations; individual award amounts are not stated.

Toll rebates for frequent commercial bridge trips

Commercial vehicles qualify for partial Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge toll rebates after more than 20 trips per month. Trips must use the same New York Customer Service Center E-ZPass account. The law provides $3.5 million, covering half the cost of the $7 million program. It does not set the rebate amount per trip or vehicle.

Veterans keep access to business assistance

The law renews $350,000 for veterans assistance within the entrepreneurial assistance program. Centers help veterans pursue business ownership or self-employment. Funding depends on the extent, quality, and range of services and the number of people served. Centers do not have to receive equal shares. The provision does not promise a direct payment to veterans.

Abuse survivors receive funded support services

The law provides $2.397 million for services through New York's human trafficking program. It also provides $200,000 for added domestic violence services that do not include residential care. The domestic violence funds can go to the Office of Children and Family Services. Neither allocation sets an individual payment amount.

Aid covers eligible foster care overruns

The law provides $6.62 million for eligible local foster-care costs above district block-grant amounts. Covered costs include eligible state Dormitory Authority bills and qualifying provider costs tied to Housing Finance Agency projects or previously approved rates. Reimbursement generally equals 94% of 98% of 50% of eligible costs after available federal funding is deducted. Some provider payments and uses require budget director approval. Money owed to a district can instead go to the state Dormitory Authority.

Aid covers youth detention facility costs

The law provides $4.6 million to reimburse 49% of approved capital costs for secure juvenile detention. Payments cover depreciation of approved costs and interest on qualifying debt. Total reimbursement cannot exceed the appropriation. Costs need approval, and the state children and family services office can require electronic claims in its chosen format.

Aid for youth supervision and treatment

The state reimburses 62% of eligible, approved youth supervision and treatment costs for October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026. Payments are limited to each municipality's allocation, and services require child services office approval under a budget-director-approved plan. Funds cannot replace other state or local money; claims are due within 12 months after the service quarter. Municipalities unable to use their allocation on time can request a waiver for one extra program year. Up to $500,000 per program year for statewide training, technical help, implementation support, and impact reviews requires no county match.

Aid funds youth supervision and treatment

The law provides $8.376 million to reimburse 62% of eligible juvenile supervision and treatment costs from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Services must follow a budget director-approved plan, and each municipality's reimbursement cannot exceed its allocation. Municipalities can request a one-year waiver to retain unused funds. Up to $500,000 per program year can fund statewide training and technical help without a county match. Claims are due within 12 months of the service quarter, and funds cannot replace other state or local funding.

Aid supports youth supervision and treatment

The law provides 62% reimbursement for approved youth supervision and treatment costs from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. Payment is limited to each municipality’s allocation, under an approved plan, and cannot replace other state or local funding. Claims were due within 12 months after the service quarter; municipalities unable to use allocations could request a one-year extension. Up to $500,000 per program year for statewide training and technical help requires no county match. The law also provides $311,700 for probation departments’ care after residential placement and community programs, including therapy and electronic monitoring. That funding requires a budget-director-approved spending plan and reports on results to the child services office.

Approved grants fund community service providers

The law provides $450,230 for eligible health, human services, and community organizations. Its allocation plan needs approval from the Senate temporary president and budget director. The law also renews $5 million for nonprofit human services grants, with a plan approved by the Assembly Speaker and budget director. That plan also requires an Assembly resolution passed by a roll-call majority of all elected members. Both plans must identify recipients and amounts or explain how money is allocated; neither grant pool creates direct household payments.

Arts and cultural groups receive service grants

The law provides $100,000 each for Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute, and ImageOut. Players of Utica gets $50,000. The grants cover services and expenses. They do not specify particular services, household eligibility, or direct payments.

Arts and education groups receive grants

The law provides $10 million in grants for listed schools, libraries, nonprofits, colleges, and education and arts groups. A Budget Director plan must name recipients and amounts or explain the allocation method. Transfers to CUNY, SUNY, the Higher Education Services Corporation, or the State Council on the Arts require Budget Director approval. Separately, renewed arts aid rises from $40.635 million to $41.535 million for qualifying nonprofit cultural and arts-education programs. That arts funding includes regrants and capital grants, with $100,000 designated for the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation.

Arts centers and museums receive funding

The law funds services and expenses at five arts and cultural organizations. Mind Builders Creative Arts Center receives $1.685 million, and the Universal Hip Hop Museum receives $1 million. The Cultural Museum of African Art receives $100,000, and Storm King Arts Center receives $75,000. BRIC Arts Media BKLYN receives $200,000. These provisions do not set public access terms or direct household payments.

Arts groups and cultural centers receive aid

The law provides $500,000 in operating grants for small and mid-sized arts organizations, capped at $50,000 per grant. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture receives $500,000 plus another $125,000 for services and expenses. The Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center receives $222,500 plus another $110,000 for services and expenses. These funds support organizations and cultural services, not household payments.

BioBus receives funding for its services

The law provides $400,000 for services and expenses of BioBus, Inc. This provision does not identify the funded services, their recipients, or a funding period.

Case management helps families after prison

The law renews $200,000 for case management for public-assistance households with a member released from prison. The pilot serves selected social services districts with fewer than five million residents. Each district must have a shelter supplement plan approved by the state assistance office and Budget Director. The funding supports services rather than a set household payment.

Community care for youth leaving facilities

The law provides $311,700 for care after youth leave residential facilities and for state child services community programs. Funded services can include specified therapies and electronic monitoring. The budget director must approve a spending plan before money is available. Funded programs must report results in the form and at the times required by the Office of Children and Family Services.

Community facilities and cultural funding continues

The law keeps $250,000 available for Onondaga County facility improvements and $60,000 for the Cayuga Community Center. It also keeps $2 million for Bronx Children's Museum services and expenses. Canisius College retains $200,000 for services and expenses and $50,000 for regional events there. These allocations support institutions and facilities, not direct household payments.

Community groups receive bias and crisis funding

The law keeps $10 million available under each of the listed 2021 and 2022 funding lines for community programs combating bias crimes. A separate continued funding line provides $10 million for Asian American and Pacific Islander crisis services. The money supports program services and expenses. These provisions do not set individual payments or household eligibility rules.

Community groups receive targeted service grants

The law provides $100,000 each for Afikim Foundation, Minkwon Center for Community Action, and The New Pride Agenda. The New Pride Agenda grant is administered by the Fund for the City of New York. Dominico American Society of Queens gets $90,000, and Pakistani American Society of New York gets $10,000. These grants cover services and expenses but do not specify household eligibility or direct payments.

Community service groups keep targeted funding

The law renews funding for eight community service groups. People to People gets $50,000, Urban Resource Institute $125,000, Housing Help $50,000, and Barakah Muslim Charity $25,000. Bronx Works gets $70,000, Cameron Community Ministries $10,000, and Charlotte Community Association $10,000. The Coalition for Hispanic Family Services gets $21,000. These grants cover services and expenses; they do not set household eligibility or individual payment amounts.

Community violence prevention funding remains available

The law keeps $10 million for crime reduction, youth justice, gang prevention, outreach, analysis, research, and violence reduction. It also keeps $4.865 million to establish or continue regional Operation S.N.U.G. programs through existing grantees. Both spending plans require criminal justice officials' preparation and budget director approval. A separate $8.5 million supports additional crime reduction, youth justice, and gang prevention, with up to $2.5 million transferable. That allocation plan must name recipients and amounts or an allocation method, with Assembly speaker and budget director approval. The plan and transfers also require an Assembly resolution passed by a majority of all elected members by roll-call vote.

Continued funding helps refugees become self-sufficient

The law renews $2 million plus an additional $5 million for services that help refugees become economically self-sufficient. Services also support people and families eligible for refugee-resettlement programs. Awards go to contracted refugee-resettlement agencies or their local representatives whose main mission is refugee resettlement. Each award depends on the organization's share of refugees resettled during the previous five years. The law does not set household payment amounts.

Continued services for people with blindness

The law renews prior funding for Helen Keller Services for the Blind and accessible news services. It lists $65,000 under each 2021–2025 appropriation for Helen Keller Services, plus $50,000 under the 2021 Port Washington appropriation. It also renews $6,000 from 2015 and $2,000 from 2013 for NFB-Newsline. That news service helps people who are blind or have print disabilities; these funds do not create individual payments.

Counties get help with juvenile detention

The law provides $9.444 million to correct a county’s underpaid state share of a prior-year juvenile detention claim. A later state review must confirm the underpayment using actual care, maintenance, and supervision costs. The state also reimburses 49% of approved secure juvenile detention capital costs, limited to available appropriations. Eligible costs include depreciation and interest on debt needed to finance construction. These payments support local governments, not households.

Counties get juvenile detention building aid

The law provides $4.6 million to repay counties and New York City for approved secure juvenile detention building costs. Repayment covers 49% of approved costs, including depreciation and interest on needed construction financing. Total payments cannot exceed the appropriation.

County extension groups receive service funding

The law provides $6.12 million for county cooperative extension associations. This includes $4.42 million in support under County Law and $1.7 million for additional services and expenses. Within the additional amount, $500,000 is reserved for Cornell Cooperative Extension's New York City office. The funding goes to organizations, not directly to households.

County funding connects emergency responders

The law provides $65 million in county grants or reimbursements for public safety communications systems. Counties can develop, combine, or operate systems that let first responders communicate across the state. The state homeland security commissioner develops the distribution plan, which requires budget approval.

District aid for family prevention services

The state reimburses 98% of 65% of eligible community preventive service costs incurred October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025. Services must have state child services office approval dated on or before October 1, 2008. Costs cannot exceed the cost in effect on October 1, 2008. District claims are due March 31, 2026, and must separately identify service costs and include required information about results. Payments are reduced proportionally among eligible claims when available funds are insufficient.

Districts get foster care cost support

The law provides $6.62 million for eligible foster care costs above district block grants, including Dormitory Authority billings or approved refinancing. It also funds qualifying provider payments tied directly to Housing Finance Agency projects. Those providers must have revised or supplemental rates from their regulating agency to cover financing or refinancing. After available federal funds are deducted, repayment equals 94% of 98% of 50% of eligible excess costs. Payments require available funds and approval by the state budget director.

Educational broadcasters and public radio receive aid

The law provides $14.027 million for educational television and radio, fulfilling the state’s stated obligation for the program. It also provides $2 million for public radio stations chartered under New York education law. That extra money is split evenly among eligible stations and adds to their annual state broadcasting aid. The funding supports broadcasts, not direct payments to listeners or viewers.

Extra funding for proven prevention programs

The law allows up to $1 million of the community preventive services appropriation to fund qualifying programs further. Programs must show effective results in evaluations and have private financial support. The Office of Children and Family Services decides eligibility, and the budget director must approve funding. This money goes to programs, not directly to families.

Family services funds cover eligible youth care

Flexible family services funds can reimburse tuition for foster children eligible for emergency assistance for families under federal rules. They can also cover care, maintenance, supervision, and tuition for eligible juvenile delinquents and people in need of supervision. Those youth must qualify for the same assistance and be placed in authorized agencies' residential programs. Costs must fall between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025, unless the child services commissioner and budget director approve otherwise. Costs disallowed under federal Title IV-E cannot be reimbursed.

Federal funds support eligible adoption services

The Office of Children and Family Services must distribute federal adoption incentive payments it receives. The office decides how to distribute them for eligible services and costs. The law sets no payment amount for individual families or providers.

Flexible service pilots help violence survivors

The law includes $5 million allocations for pilots offering flexible services centered on domestic violence survivors and their families. Participating providers must deliver the pilots without added net costs. The provisions fund services but do not set direct household payment amounts.

Funding continues cultural and civic services

The law keeps earlier funding available for services and expenses at named cultural and civic organizations. Guyana Cultural Association, La Fuerza Unida, and the NAACP New York State Chapter each receive $10,000 allocations. Ibero-American Action League has two separate $50,000 allocations. Mohawk Valley Latino Association, Centro Civico of Amsterdam, and the Spanish Action League in Onondaga each have $50,000 available. Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association and Hispanic Federation each have $50,000 available; these grants do not set household eligibility or payments.

Funding continues family violence victim support

The law keeps $3.459 million available from the Children and Family Trust Fund for family violence prevention and victim support. Organizations receive contracts through a competitive process. Renewed grants can stay at their original award level when funds are available. The law does not guarantee a grant amount or household service.

Funding continues neighborhood community services

The law keeps earlier funding available for services and expenses at named neighborhood organizations. Littig House Community Center has $5,000 available, and Long Beach Martin Luther King Center has $10,000. Nos Quedamos has $60,000, and United Community Services of OC has $10,000. United Neighborhood Houses has $50,000, and Westchester Community Opportunity Program has $12,500. These allocations do not specify funded services, household eligibility, or direct payments.

Funding continues state poverty reduction efforts

The law keeps $4.5 million available to continue the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative. It does not specify particular services, household eligibility, or direct payments.

Funding for accessible voting and training

The law provides $5 million in federal funds for Help America Vote Act work. Spending needs an approved contract or state election board vote; transfers also need board and budget director approval. It continues separate federal funds of $1.5 million and $9.3 million for voting machines and disability-accessible ballot-marking devices. Local shares follow registered voter counts as of December 31, 2004. It also renews $10 million for poll-worker training and voter education under a 2005 law.

Funding for Adirondack diversity work

The law provides the Adirondack North Country Association $300,000 for the Adirondack diversity initiative. Another $120,000 supports the initiative’s services and expenses. The provision does not describe its activities or create household payments.

Funding for Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation

The law provides $50,000 for the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation’s services and expenses. The provision does not say which services the money supports or create household payments.

Funding for child care oversight systems

The law makes up to $2 million available for computer systems supporting child care provider licensing and oversight. The money covers system development and maintenance. This funding does not change family access, provider eligibility, or family requirements.

Funding for child protection and advocacy

The law includes $14.46 million and $5.2299 million allocations for child abuse investigation teams and child advocacy centers. Investigation teams must have approval from the Office of Children and Family Services. An additional $2 million supports new and existing advocacy centers, with existing centers' shares weighted by three-year average client volume. The law also provides $909,000 for approved teams that investigate or review child deaths. These funds support investigations, reviews, and services rather than direct family payments.

Funding for community crime prevention programs

The law provides $26.063 million for crime reduction, youth justice, outreach, victim services, and violence prevention under a state-approved plan. Named grants range from $10,000 to $325,000, including $325,000 for Getting Out and Staying Out. The Bronx County District Attorney's Office and Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities each receive $100,000. A separate $2.5 million pool requires a plan naming recipients and amounts or an allocation method, approved by the Senate temporary president and budget director; a majority of all elected senators must approve it by roll-call resolution. The law also raises a crime and gang-prevention reappropriation from $403,000 to $600,000, with the same plan details and leadership approvals.

Funding for community organizations and projects

The law provides Bronx Bethany Community Corporation $120,000 and Chinese-American Planning Council $250,000 for services and expenses. Common Point Queens receives $135,000, Dunleavy Milbank Community Center $40,000, and East River Development Alliance $500,000. Hispanic Federation receives $650,000 for services and expenses. Make the Road receives $350,000 for community organizing projects and related costs. The provisions do not set household eligibility or direct payments, and most do not name specific services.

Funding for county criminal prosecution services

The law provides $47 million for county prosecution services. Distribution follows a criminal justice commissioner plan approved by the budget director. Funds can pay obligations incurred before or after the appropriation. The law does not create direct household payments.

Funding for domestic violence and rape services

The law provides $38.17 million for intimate partner violence prevention and efforts addressing domestic violence and non-domestic sexual assault. Another $12.841 million funds rape crisis centers and rape prevention. Both funding plans come from the criminal justice services commissioner and require budget director approval. The law also keeps $3.2 million available for nonresidential domestic violence services, potentially through the child and family services agency. Local social services districts are encouraged to work with nonprofit providers.

Funding for elder law organization

The law provides $125,000 for the Center for Elder Law and Justice's services and expenses. The provision does not specify which services receive funding or which households qualify. It also does not state a funding period.

Funding for family and community services

The law provides $450,000 for New Alternatives for Children and $100,000 for Partnership with Children. It provides $175,000 for Shalom Task Force and $125,000 for United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg. Settlement house programs receive $4 million for services and expenses. Settlement house programs must report results in the form, manner, and at the times required by the state child services office. These grants do not set household eligibility or direct payments.

Funding for family home visiting

The law provides $26.1622 million for home visiting services. Funding can continue or expand satisfactory programs or support replacement and new contracts, including contracts awarded through competition. A state children and family services plan needs budget director approval. Contracts must require reports on program results. The funding does not set household eligibility rules or individual payments.

Funding for family violence prevention services

The law provides $643,850 through the William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund for family violence services. Grants are competitive, and funded programs must report results. Awards can renew at their initial level only when money is available. This funds services, not direct household payments.

Funding for family violence support services

The law provides $788,000 through the William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund. The money supports family violence prevention and services for victims. Grants must be awarded competitively, and programs must report outcome measures. Later-year grants can renew at their initial amount only when funds are available.

Funding for household information and referrals

The law provides $2.8 million for 2-1-1 New York information and referral services. Funding includes qualified regional partners. The provision does not create direct household payments or set individual eligibility rules.

Funding for Hudson Valley legal services

The law provides $500,000 for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s housing and kinship caregiver services. Another $151,667 supports its LGBTQ+ services. These provisions do not specify client eligibility, particular forms of help, or direct household payments.

Funding for Jamaica Bay parks group

The law provides $75,000 for Fund for the City of New York - Jamaica Bay Rockaway Conservancy Parks. The grant covers services and expenses. The provision does not specify the funded activities or households served.

Funding for kinship care and guardianship

The law provides $338,750 for kinship care through Permanency Resource Centers, using competitive contracts that require outcome reports. It provides $1.9 million for agencies serving relatives caring for children and eligible families. That money can continue or expand satisfactory programs, replace unsatisfactory contractors, or fund new competitive contracts. Both funding plans come from the child and family services agency and need budget director approval. Another $120,000 supports the Family Service Society of Yonkers Guardianship Program, without stated client eligibility or household payments.

Funding for local gang prevention programs

The law provides $500,000 for locally run gang prevention and education programs. The Department of Criminal Justice Services or Unified Court System can administer awards with budget director approval. The provision funds programs but does not promise a specific safety outcome.

Funding for local youth programs

The law provides $200,000 for the NYPD Youth Explorers Program and $100,000 for Tri-Community Youth Agency. It provides $260,000 for the Westchester County Youth Bureau. White Plains Youth Bureau receives $200,000 for Grandpas United and $50,000 for its Fatherhood Initiative Pilot. The funding covers services and expenses, not direct household payments. These provisions do not set participation rules.

Funding for mail ballots and elections

The law provides $5 million to repay local election boards for outgoing and prepaid return postage. This covers absentee and Early Mail Voting ballots and applications under a State Board of Elections plan. Another $3 million repays eligible local operating costs for elections held in 2026. County shares follow registered voter counts under a state board plan. The 2026 funds must add to, not replace, existing or budgeted election spending.

Funding for neighborhood and turf stewardship

The law provides $200,000 for the New York State Green-Grass Association’s turf-grass environmental stewardship fund. It also provides $75,000 for Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environment. The text does not identify the volunteer group’s funded activities or create household payments.

Funding for New Pride Agenda services

The law provides $100,000 for Fund for the City of New York - The New Pride Agenda, Inc. The grant funds services and expenses. The provision does not specify the services funded or households served.

Funding for people awaiting criminal trials

The law provides $20 million for government and nonprofit pretrial programs. Programs provide screening, assessments, and supervision. Distribution follows a plan submitted by the criminal justice commissioner and approved by the budget director.

Funding for police analysis and enforcement

The law provides $37.45 million for crime analysis centers and related work, including establishing crime gun intelligence centers. It provides $10 million to investigate and enforce extreme risk protection orders. Another $14 million supports law enforcement and correctional work by county sheriffs or agencies working with them. These three pools require plans from the criminal justice commissioner approved by the budget director. A separate $2 million provides discretionary law-enforcement grants for demonstrated needs under title 5-A of article 33 of the Public Health Law; funds may move to state operations or other state agencies.

Funding for probation and community reentry

The law provides $44.876 million for county and New York City probation services. Distributions must follow prior-year amounts as closely as possible. Another $5.217 million funds local alternatives to incarceration, including alcohol and substance-use treatment. A further $31.42 million supports eligible nonprofit and government providers offering employment help, assessments, treatment placement, monitoring, and alternatives to jail. All three funding plans come from the criminal justice services commissioner and require budget director approval.

Funding for programs addressing violence against women

The law provides federal aid for local Violence Against Women programs. Spending must follow a plan developed by the Division of Criminal Justice Services commissioner. Up to 10% can pay administrative costs. Some funds can move to state operations or other state agencies.

Funding for prosecution and justice programs

The law provides $12.549 million for county prosecution services. The criminal justice services commissioner prepares the distribution plan, which requires budget director approval. Another $26.5 million allows distribution of unexpected federal grants for crime prevention, law enforcement, justice administration, and victim assistance. Some federal grant money can move to state operations or other state agencies.

Funding for reviews of child deaths

The law provides $909,000 for the Office of Children and Family Services to investigate or review child deaths. This funds agency review work, not payments to families.

Funding for reviews of child deaths

The law provides $829,100 for teams that review children's deaths. Teams must be approved by the New York Office of Children and Family Services. The funding supports their services and expenses, not direct household payments.

Funding for river and bay organizations

The law funds six interstate environmental commissions: Susquehanna River Basin, $259,000; Delaware River Basin, $359,500; and Ohio River Basin, $14,100. It also provides Interstate Environmental, $96,323; New England Interstate, $38,000; and Great Lakes, $60,000. Friends of the Upper Delaware River Basin receives $450,000 for services and expenses, and Upper Delaware Council receives $100,000. Save the Great South Bay receives $300,000 to restore the bay. These funds support organizations and restoration work, not direct household payments.

Funding for veterans and human services

The law provides separate allocations of $6.65 million and $9.5 million for human services and veterans community service organizations. Agency transfers require a plan approved by the Senate temporary president and budget director. The plan also requires a Senate resolution passed by a majority of all senators through a roll-call vote. For the $9.5 million allocation, the spending plan must identify recipients and amounts or explain how money is divided. The money funds organizations and services, not direct household payments.

Funding for youth and family organizations

The law provides $225,000 for the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus. Astor Services receives $75,000 for the Bronx and $100,000 for Ulster and Dutchess counties. Boys and Girls Club of Harlem receives $175,000, Help Me Grow New York $500,000, and Jewish Child Care Association $100,000. It also provides $500,000 for the Staten Island Jewish Community Center’s Lucille & Jay Chazanoff Sunrise Day Camp. These grants support services and expenses without setting household eligibility or direct payments.

Funding for youth clubs and camps

The law provides $1 million each for the New York State Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs and the New York State YMCA Foundation. It provides $250,000 for YMCA of Greater New York. Camp funding includes $100,000 for Sunrise Day Camps Association and $75,000 for YMCA of Greater Rochester–Camp Gorham. These grants cover services and expenses; they do not set family payments or participation rules.

Funding for youth leaving residential care

The law provides $311,700 for care after youth leave residential facilities and community programs for youth in state care. Eligible local probation services include specified therapy and electronic monitoring. The budget director must approve the spending plan. Funded programs must report required outcome information.

Funding for youth supervision and treatment

The law provides $11.376 million for approved youth supervision and treatment from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. The state reimburses 62% of eligible costs, capped at each municipality’s allocation. Of this funding, $3 million targets youth with repeated arrests or detention within 12 months, alleged violent or vehicle-related crimes, trafficking, leaving home without permission, or gang-recruitment risk. Separate $8.376 million allocations cover October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024, and April 1, 2014–March 31, 2015. The 2023–24 allocation allows an approved one-year extension; the older allocation allowed eligible delayed claims and specified services through March 31, 2016. Claims are due within 12 months of the service quarter, and funds cannot replace other state or local money. Up to $500,000 per program year for statewide training needs no county match under the 2026–27 and 2023–24 allocations. The law also funds post-placement care, therapy, and electronic monitoring for youth leaving residential facilities or in state care, with approved spending plans and outcome reports.

Funding helps both sides manage evidence

The law renews $40 million for prosecution evidence-sharing systems and $40 million for defense evidence-sharing systems. Funds support digital evidence technology, equipment, connectivity, training, overtime, and readiness for litigation. Prosecution recipients include counties, cities under one million people, and law enforcement or prosecutor offices in towns and villages. Defense recipients include government entities and nonprofits providing defense services. Distribution plans need commissioner and budget director approval; recipients must report funding use, staffing support, caseloads, and case processing.

Funding helps communities recover from violence

The law renews $20 million for government-community partnerships responding to violence and helping affected communities repair and rebuild. Distribution uses community engagement and a state criminal justice commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. It also provides $3 million and renews $7.2 million in earlier funding for community safety and restorative justice. Supported services include survivor help, violence prevention, legal services, reentry, alternatives to incarceration, and crime reduction. These allocation plans must identify recipients and amounts or a method, with Senate leader, budget director, and majority Senate roll-call approval.

Funding helps domestic violence service providers

The law funds organizations that prevent domestic violence or help victims, with listed grants from $45,722 to $71,831. The schedule’s total is not stated. It also provides $7.4 million in federal local aid under the Violence Against Women Act. The state criminal justice commissioner develops that spending plan, and up to 10% may pay for administration. These funds support programs, not direct payments to victims.

Funding helps families stay connected during incarceration

The Osborne Association receives $430,000 for family video visits at Albion and other correctional facilities. It receives $1 million for transportation to and from state correctional facilities. Another $250,000 supports family-focused reentry services at Queensboro or other facilities selected by the commissioner. The law does not set individual payments or visitor fee reductions.

Funding keeps county emergency dispatch running

The law provides $10 million for county emergency dispatch operating costs. It provides another $10 million to create and run a fiber-optic network for emergency call centers. The state homeland security commissioner prepares distribution plans, which require the budget director’s approval. County operating grants may reflect population density and emergency call volume.

Funding keeps senior transportation services running

The law funds transportation operating costs for older adults through 59 designated area agencies on aging. Both the funding and renewed-funding entries list $1.121 million. The State Office for the Aging director prepares the allocation plan, and the Budget Director must approve it. The law does not set individual fares or payments.

Funding keeps state youth council running

The law renews $200,000 to continue the New York State Youth Council. The Office of Children and Family Services can receive money to administer it with budget director approval. This funding does not create a direct household payment.

Funding supports abuse and trafficking survivors

The law provides $3 million plus $200,000 for domestic violence services outside shelters. This money may go to the Office of Children and Family Services, and districts are encouraged to work with nonprofits. The law also renews $2.397 million in funding for New York's human trafficking program. These funds support services, not specified cash payments to survivors.

Funding supports arts and historic places

The law provides $1.12 million in federal funds to acquire, develop, and manage historic properties. ArtPark and Company gets $300,000 plus $700,000, and the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy gets $200,000 for services and expenses. The law also renews $5 million for the New York State Commission on African American History. Commission funds may cover loans, grants, administration, and bills incurred before April 1, 2024. Those funds may move to another state entity for the same purposes; no direct household payments are established.

Funding supports child abuse care

The law provides $5.2299 million for state-approved child abuse investigation teams and new or existing child advocacy centers. Another $200,000 goes to the Jewish Child Care Association of New York for clinical services addressing child abuse or exploitation. It also funds training about commercially sexually exploited children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The association’s treatment-model pilot runs through its Edenwald program.

Funding supports child protection staff

The law provides $758,000 to repay 100% of eligible district costs for better child-protection staffing, including caseworkers and supervisors. Districts can continue or expand prior-year activities, but must keep other state and local funding and report results. Another $1.7964 million supports child welfare improvements, including mandated-reporter training, public information, and projects testing services. That spending requires a plan approved by the state budget director. Another $200,000 trains child welfare workers, teachers, and others about child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and problematic sexual behavior.

Funding supports community violence prevention efforts

The law renews $31.063 million for crime reduction, youth justice, gang prevention, street outreach, crime analysis, and research. Its spending plan requires approval from the state criminal justice commissioner and budget director. It provides $1.54 million and renews $1.54 million in earlier funding for gun violence prevention and outreach. Those plans must list recipients and amounts or an allocation method, with Senate leader, budget director, and majority Senate roll-call approval. Two additional $300,000 allocations fund drug, violence, and crime prevention; each requires budget director, respective chamber leader, and majority roll-call approval.

Funding supports crime analysis and laboratories

The law renews $32.95 million for crime analysis centers, related crime reduction work, and establishing crime gun intelligence centers. The state criminal justice commissioner submits a spending plan for budget director approval. It provides $2.25 million for identification technology, including crime laboratory improvements and DNA programs. Another $5.4 million funds the federal Edward Byrne justice assistance program, including prosecution, defense, policing, youth crime reduction, reentry, and diversion. Portions of the technology and Byrne funds may support state operations or other state agencies.

Funding supports defense and justice providers

The law renews $40 million in earlier funding for defense services provided by government entities and nonprofits. Distribution follows a state criminal justice commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. It also provides $2.1 million to the New York State Defenders Association for training and assistance. Named justice grants include $200,000 each for Common Justice and New York County Defender Services. They also include $175,000 for Brooklyn Defender Services and $250,000 for Bronx Defenders; the full schedule total is unstated.

Funding supports Eastern Long Island organization

The law provides $50,000 for services and expenses of Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island. The text does not identify which services receive support. The funding goes to the organization, not directly to households.

Funding supports extreme risk order enforcement

The law renews $10 million for state and local law enforcement work involving extreme risk protection orders. Funds cover enforcement and investigation services and expenses. Distribution follows a state criminal justice commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. This funding does not itself create new personal duties or household payments.

Funding supports farmers helping fellow farmers

The law provides $400,000 for the Farmers Supporting Farmers program and related services. The provision does not set individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

Funding supports firefighters and local departments

The law provides $989,000 for fires on state property, mutual aid, and training for certain paid fire department supervisors. Training must follow state rules; this appropriation fulfills the state's entire New York City Fire Training Academy obligation for 2026–27. Municipal fire investigations get $3.3 million under a state emergency-services plan approved by the Budget Director. The Firemen's Association gets $200,000, and the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association gets $750,000. Tonawanda's fire department gets $200,000, Oceanic Hook & Ladder Company 1 gets $150,000, and Maplewood's fire department gets $50,000. The emergency services revolving loan account gets $3.788 million, including prior-year bills, under its governing state law. Volunteer firefighter and emergency services recruitment and retention gets $300,000 under its governing fund law, without set payments to individual volunteers.

Funding supports local alternatives to incarceration

The law renews $5.217 million in state aid for counties and New York City to support alternatives to incarceration. Eligible activities include alcohol and substance abuse treatment and related interventions. Distribution follows a state criminal justice commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. Local governments receive the money, not households directly.

Funding supports local auto theft prevention

The law provides $3.749 million for local programs to prevent auto theft. Funds are distributed through competition or a state criminal justice commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. Vehicle owners do not receive direct payments.

Funding supports local legal aid services

The law provides $3.5 million and renews $3.5 million in earlier funding for criminal or civil legal services upstate. It also funds named providers, including help for domestic violence survivors and people on parole who cannot afford representation. That schedule includes a $1.37 million grant or reimbursement allocation; its full total is not stated. The upstate allocations and the $1.37 million allocation require plans approved by the Senate leader and budget director. Plans must identify recipients and amounts or an allocation method and receive majority Senate approval by roll-call vote.

Funding supports local records and heritage

The law provides $8.346 million in grants to individual local governments or cooperating groups of local governments. Grants must serve purposes allowed by section 57.35 of New York’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Law. It also provides $461,000 for documentary heritage grants and aid. Eligible recipients include archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, and listed organizations providing program services, including the State Education Department.

Funding supports neighborhood service organizations

The law provides $75,000 to Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York Alianza Dominicana, for services and expenses. It also provides $25,000 to the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Boro Park. Riverdale Neighborhood House gets $100,000, and HASC Center gets $175,000 for services and expenses. The law keeps $380,000 available for community social services through the Council on Jewish Organizations of Flatbush. These allocations do not set household eligibility or direct payments.

Funding supports parks, pools, and trails

The law provides $17.05 million in federal recreation grants for acquiring, studying, developing, teaching about, or improving parks and facilities. Another $8.135 million from the snowmobile trail account supports trail development, maintenance, and snowmobile law enforcement. The law also keeps $5 million available for the statewide swimming initiative. Municipalities may receive reimbursement for lifeguard bonuses, certification costs, and longer operating hours, including bills incurred before April 1, 2024. Swimming funds may be transferred or assigned to another state entity.

Funding supports prosecutors tackling revenue crimes

The law provides $13.521 million for district attorneys participating in the crimes-against-revenue program. It also renews access to $13.521 million in previously approved funding for that program. The state criminal justice commissioner develops distribution plans with the Department of Taxation and Finance. The budget director must approve the plans. These provisions do not change household taxes or provide household payments.

Funding supports reviews of children’s deaths

The law renews $829,100 for child fatality review teams approved by the child services office. The money supports investigations or reviews of children’s deaths. It funds the teams rather than direct household payments.

Funding supports seniors' community and volunteer programs

Older-adult program entries list $216,500 for senior volunteers, $98,000 for Foster Grandparents, and $122,500 for Livable New York. They also list $403,000 for congregate services, $745,000 for abuse outreach, and $500,000 for Lifespan's coordinated support teams and related data work. Congregate services need an approved plan stating purposes, amounts, and county allocations; abuse outreach prioritizes existing contracts. The law also renews $175,000 in state matching funds for federally funded model or demonstration projects. Some matching funds can move to state operations or other entities when needed to meet federal grant goals.

Funding supports settlement house services

The law includes $2.45 million funding entries for settlement house program services and expenses. Funded programs must report service quality and results as required by the New York Office of Children and Family Services. These provisions do not set individual eligibility rules or direct household payments.

Funding supports targeted drug enforcement work

The law provides $2 million in discretionary grants to state and local law enforcement agencies. Agencies must show a need related to title 5-A of article 33 of New York’s Public Health Law. It also provides $100,000 for local governments and drug-enforcement task force services and expenses. The money supports agency work, not household payments.

Funding supports training for defense lawyers

The law provides $1.03 million to the New York State Defenders Association for training and other assistance. The money can cover obligations incurred before or after the appropriation.

Funding supports two community aid organizations

The law provides $200,000 for Long Island Cares services and expenses. It also provides $500,000 for the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty. These grants fund the organizations' work. They do not specify household eligibility, particular services, or direct payments.

Funding supports youth and parenting programs

The law funds services and expenses at several named youth, family, and community organizations. It provides $200,000 to Cattaraugus Youth Bureau and $400,000 to JCCA Healing Center. The YMCA of Greater New York gets $200,000, and the New York State YMCA Foundation gets $500,000. WAIT House Healthy Parenting and Mentoring gets $100,000. These grants do not set household eligibility or direct payments.

Funding supports youth crime prevention programs

The law provides $500,000 and renews $500,000 in earlier funding for youth gang prevention in Nassau or Suffolk counties. Law enforcement programs follow the state criminal justice commissioner’s plan and may consult schools or community groups. The listed juvenile justice allocations each provide $2.05 million in federal local aid plus $100,000 for program costs. These costs include Title V prevention and administration in one allocation, and formula-account expenses in the other. An advisory group sets juvenile aid plans, the commissioner affirms them, and portions may support state operations or agencies.

Funding to close two counties’ landfills

The law provides Essex County $300,000 and Hamilton County $150,000 for non-hazardous landfill closure projects. Projects must be covered by agreements with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. The money funds county work, not payments to residents.

Go Bike Buffalo receives service funding

The law provides $200,000 for Go Bike Buffalo services and expenses. It does not specify particular services, household eligibility, or a distribution period.

Grants fund child and family service organizations

The law funds services and expenses at several named organizations. Association to Benefit Children gets $50,000, and Astor Services for Children and Families gets $150,000. Children of Promise and Jewish Board each get $100,000; Good Shephard Services gets $30,000. These grants do not specify the services provided, household eligibility, or direct payments.

Grants fund children and family groups

The law funds services and expenses at several named organizations, including $1.6 million for Fresh Air Fund. Astor Services for Children and Families gets $150,000, and Children of Promise gets $100,000. Connect Center For Youth gets $50,000, Fun in the Son gets $75,000, and the Jewish Board gets $100,000. These grants do not specify household eligibility rules or direct payments to people.

Grants fund jazz and production groups

The law provides $100,000 for Afro Latin Jazz Alliance and $50,000 for BRAATA Productions Corp. Both grants cover services and expenses. The provisions do not describe the funded services, identify household eligibility, or establish direct payments to people.

Grants support immigrant and civil legal help

The law provides $250,000 for Empire Justice Center immigrant legal services. Some or all of that money can go to a state department, agency, or public authority. It also provides $100,000 for Asian American Legal Defense services and expenses. These grants do not specify household eligibility rules or direct payments.

Grants support local community organizations

The law funds community groups’ services and expenses, not direct household payments. Grants include $150,000 for Simon Wiesenthal Center and $100,000 for Southside United HDFC / Los Sures. Flatbush Development Corp., Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, and Mothers Aligned Saving Kids each get $50,000. Dominican Women’s Development Center and Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow each get $100,000. Bronx Jewish Community Council gets $135,000, and West Indian Day Carnival Association gets $250,000. These provisions do not specify household eligibility rules or which services the grants cover.

Grants support named community organizations

The law provides service and expense grants, including $500,000 for Commonpoint Queens and $250,000 for East Flatbush Village. Bergen Basin Community Development Corporation and Citizens Committee NYC each get $200,000. Afikim Foundation gets $100,000, and Dominico American Society of Queens, Inc. gets $90,000. The Flatbush Development Corp. gets $50,000, and Hidden Gem, Inc. gets $10,000. These provisions do not specify funded services, household eligibility, or direct payments to individuals.

Help for communities after gun violence

The law provides $20 million for communities and residents affected by gun crimes. Government and community groups partner to respond to violence, repair damage, and rebuild. Funds are distributed through community engagement. Spending follows a criminal justice commissioner plan approved by the budget director.

Higher grants for crime prevention programs

New York raises three sets of renewed grants from 2020 through 2024. For each year's funding, identification technology, crime labs, and DNA programs get $2.25 million. Federal crime-prevention grants rise to $13 million per year’s appropriation, supporting law enforcement, courts, and victim help. Edward Byrne justice grants rise to $5.4 million per year’s appropriation, supporting defense, prosecution, youth violence reduction, re-entry, and alternatives to jail. Some money can move to state operations or other state agencies.

Hillside Children's Center receives service funding

The law provides $100,000 for services and expenses of Hillside Children's Center. This provision does not specify household eligibility rules or direct payments to residents.

Home visiting funds support families

The law provides $26.2822 million for home visiting services under a budget-approved spending plan. Funds can continue or expand satisfactory programs, replace unsatisfactory contractors, or support new contracts awarded through competition. Contracts must require outcome reports. The law also renews $20 million for home visiting, coordinated children’s services, domestic violence programs, and related services. Spending that renewed funding requires the budget director’s approval.

Jamaica Bay parks initiative receives funding

The law provides $50,000 for Fund for the City of New York–Jamaica Bay Rockaway Conservancy Parks services and expenses. It does not specify particular services, eligible households, or a distribution period.

Kings County security improvement funding continues

The law renews $500,000 for security improvements in Kings County. It does not identify specific projects or the organization carrying them out. The money supports improvements, not direct household payments.

Legal defense funding for low-income clients

The law provides $1.03 million to the New York State Defenders Association for training and assistance. Another $7.658 million funds defense services, distributed through the prior-year method or a competitive process. Prisoners' Legal Services receives $7.4 million for representation and assistance to incarcerated people who cannot afford legal help.

Local aid for youth detention buildings

The law provides separate $10 million and $4.6 million allocations for approved secure youth detention building costs. The state reimburses 49% of approved costs through depreciation payments and interest on debt needed for construction. Payments cannot exceed the applicable appropriation. Local governments receive this money, not households.

Local fire services keep aid funding

The law renews $989,000 from the 2025 appropriation for municipal fire aid and the state's fire mutual-aid plan. It also supports training for certain first-line supervisors at the New York City Fire Training Academy. State funding for academy costs covers only costs incurred in fiscal year 2025–26. Training must follow General Municipal Law section 209-x and related rules.

Local governments and nonprofits receive grants

The law keeps available $6.05 million from 2024, $3.7 million from 2023, and $790,000 from 2022 for municipal and nonprofit grants. It also provides $4 million for local aging-service grants, contracts, and expenses. Allocation plans must name recipients and amounts or explain the allocation method, with Assembly speaker and budget director approval. Spending the continued grants also requires a roll-call vote approved by a majority of elected Assembly members.

Local governments get offender housing reimbursements

The law provides $5.2 million to reimburse local governments for housing and board costs for felony offenders. Costs must qualify under section 601-c of New York’s Correction Law. Eligible liabilities incurred before April 1, 2026, are included. This funding goes to local governments, not households.

Local grants help prevent targeted violence

The law provides $10 million to New York counties and New York City to prevent domestic terrorism and targeted violence. Grants also address homegrown violent extremism and can fund threat assessment management teams. The state homeland security commissioner prepares the allocation plan, which requires budget approval.

Local highway safety projects get funding

The law provides $25 million in federal funds for local governments’ highway safety projects. Projects must follow an allocation plan approved by the state budget director. Some funds may be assigned to other agencies. The law does not name a project or promise a specific safety result for each community.

Local organizations receive grants for services

The law funds services and expenses at Common Point Queens with $500,000 and Citizens Committee NYC with $200,000. Riseboro gets $150,000, and Doctor Theodore A. Atlas Foundation, Inc. gets $100,000. Bergen Basin Community Development Corporation and Fun in the Son each get $50,000. The grants do not specify household eligibility, services, or direct payments.

Local service grants remain available

The law keeps earlier funding available for services and expenses of several named recipients. Heather Hurley has $25,000 available, and HONOR has $50,000. Sesame Flyers has $100,000, and St. Joseph's House of Hospitality has $10,000. Family Residences and Essential Enterprises has $50,000. The provisions do not set household eligibility or payments, or identify the particular services funded.

Local social services training reimbursements continue

New York continues reimbursing local social services districts for training tied to specified federal programs. Covered programs fall under Social Security Act Titles IV-A, IV-E, IV-D, IV-F, and XIX, including their successors. This provision states no funding amount or direct household payment.

Magellan Foundation receives state service funding

The law provides $500,000 for services and expenses of Magellan Foundation, Inc. This provision does not identify the funded services, household beneficiaries, or individual eligibility rules.

More funding for local community organizations

The law increases continued grants for four community organizations' services and expenses. Father's Alive In The Hood rises from $7,000 to $10,000. Jewish Community Center of Greater Coney Island rises from $3,000 to $250,000. Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities of the Capital District rises from $41,000 to $200,000. Make the Road NY rises from $2,000 to $90,000; these grants do not establish direct household payments.

More funding for local crime prevention

New York raises three Assembly-directed crime-prevention funding lines to $300,000 each for 2022, 2021, and 2020. Their prior amounts were $127,000, $75,000, and $74,000, respectively. Two Senate-directed lines rise to $300,000 each, from $176,000 for 2021 and $82,000 for 2020. Each spending plan needs approval from the relevant chamber leader and budget director, and must list recipients and amounts or explain allocation. The Assembly’s 2022 and 2021 plans also require a resolution approved by a majority of all elected members through roll-call votes.

More gun violence funding for Brooklyn and Queens

The law raises continued funding for Kings County gun-violence programs from $127,000 to $200,000. It raises Queens County funding from $370,000 to $470,000. Both pools support gun-violence programs, including Cure Violence or S.N.U.G. programs. Each spending plan must name recipients and amounts or an allocation method, with Senate temporary president and budget director approval. A majority of all elected senators must also approve each plan through a roll-call resolution.

More support for defense and legal help

The law provides $40 million for government and nonprofit defense services under a state-approved plan. It also provides $3.2 million to Prisoners' Legal Services for people who are incarcerated and cannot afford legal help. Both appropriations can pay obligations incurred before or after the appropriation. Continued funding rises from $86,000 to $175,000 for New York County Defender Services, and from $39,000 to $150,000 for Prisoner Legal Services of NY. A civil and criminal legal-services pool rises from $38,000 to $150,000; its plan must name recipients and amounts or an allocation method, with Senate temporary president and budget director approval.

More support for domestic violence organizations

The law increases continued funding for three service organizations. My Sisters' Place rises from $2,000 to $45,722. Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence rises from $2,000 to $45,722. The Safe Center LI rises from $57,000 to $160,000. The grants support services and expenses, not direct payments to households.

More support for gun violence research

New York raises renewed funding for the Gun Violence Research Institute from $200,000 to $250,000. The money supports work with colleges or other gun-violence programs. A spending plan must name recipients and amounts or explain allocation, with Senate leader and budget director approval. The plan also requires a Senate resolution approved by a majority of all elected senators through a roll-call vote.

More support for local youth organizations

The law increases continued funding for three youth organizations. NYPD Law Enforcement Explorers-Bronx rises from $50,000 to $80,000. Huntington Youth Bureau Youth Development Research Institute rises from $3,000 to $135,000. Girl Vow rises from $33,000 to $150,000. The money supports organization services and expenses, not direct household payments.

Named community nonprofits keep service funding

The law continues named nonprofit funding, including listed 2025 amounts of $2 million for the NYS Immigration Coalition and $75,000 for NY Legal Assistance Group. That schedule also includes $342,000 for ACE NY, $60,000 for HASTE Helps, $200,000 for Caribbean Preparedness & Response, and $100,000 for the Haitian Round Table. Earlier funding also continues for groups including the Doe Fund, Westchester Opportunity Centers, and Rockefeller Institute of Government. From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, separate grants provide Wayside Outreach Development and Riseboro Community Partnership $150,000 each. During that same period, LISMA Foundation receives $700,000 and Tropicalfete receives $100,000. These grants fund organizations’ services and expenses, not fixed household payments.

NYC Kids RISE receives service funding

The law provides $650,000 for services and expenses of NYC Kids RISE, Inc. This provision does not specify the funded services, eligible participants, or individual payment amounts.

Pilot funds flexible domestic violence support

The law provides $5 million for a pilot serving people and families affected by domestic violence. Services must be flexible and centered on survivors’ needs. Participating providers must have no net cost from the pilot. The provision does not specify individual eligibility rules, payment amounts, or provider allocations.

Promise Project receives state service funding

The law provides $300,000 for services and expenses of the Fund for the City of New York–Promise Project. This provision does not describe the funded services or who can receive them.

Public funding for foster care fingerprints

The law provides $1.857 million toward state and national fingerprinting fees tied to foster care and prospective adoption. State funding covers 94% of 98% of one-half of the nonfederal share. Local districts' assigned share is 53.94% of the nonfederal amount, divided quarterly based on current foster-care placements. Reimbursements must reflect actual costs and federal and local shares, after refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and credits. This is public cost sharing, not a direct payment to people being fingerprinted.

Public television stations get extra funding

The law provides $2 million for public television stations chartered under New York Education Law. Eligible stations split the money evenly. This funding adds to their annual state aid and does not provide household payments.

Rape crisis services retain state funding

The law keeps $3.553 million available for rape crisis centers serving victims and programs to prevent rape. Distribution follows a plan prepared by the criminal justice services commissioner and approved by the budget director. The money supports services, not direct payments to victims.

Regional violence prevention programs receive funding

The law provides $20.965 million to start or continue regional Operation S.N.U.G. violence prevention programs. The Division of Criminal Justice Services prepares the funding plan. The budget director must approve it.

Renewed aid covers past youth placements

The law renews $41.4 million for New York City’s Close to Home services delivered in state fiscal year 2017–18. Services must follow city plans approved by the child services office and budget director. Final residential claims must be filed within 22 months after the service quarter. Costs transferred to foster care block grant or child welfare services funding cannot also be reimbursed here.

Renewed funding for community violence prevention

The law renews $72.05 million for Project GIVE and related gun and domestic violence reduction efforts. The criminal justice agency's distribution plan needs budget approval and must include a review of program results. It also renews $20.965 million for existing grantees to establish or continue regional Operation S.N.U.G. programs. Those funds require an agency spending plan approved by the budget director.

Renewed funding for prosecution and policing

The law renews $2.078 million for prosecutor training and Medicaid-fraud prosecution, including bills incurred before or after the appropriation. It renews $100,000 for district attorneys association services and $825,000 for the special narcotics prosecutor. Witness protection receives $287,000 under a criminal justice agency plan. Eligible public entities receive $1.35 million for body armor, paid through comptroller review and vouchers certified by agency and purchasing officials. Crime labs receive $6.273 million for accreditation, training, added capacity, and related services under a budget-approved agency plan.

Renewed funding for veterans' community services

The law renews $1.5 million for human services and veterans' community groups. Funds can move among agencies. An allocation plan must name recipients and amounts or explain how funds are divided. The Senate's Temporary President and budget director must approve it. A majority of all elected senators must also approve the plan by roll-call vote.

Renewed grants for legal and community help

The law renews prior funding for legal aid, job help, reentry, community groups, and youth services. Listed grants include $150,000 for Bard College and $300,000 for Brooklyn Legal Services. It also lists $1.059 million for the New York State Defenders Association and $750,000 for Prisoners' Legal Services. Other listed grants range from $5,000 to $400,000. These grants fund services, not direct household payments.

Renewed grants support youth and families

The law makes earlier funding available again for named youth, family, legal, food, and community service organizations. Listed awards include $1.5 million for Community Voices for Youth and Families of Long Island and $1 million for Fresh Air Fund. They also include $750,000 for the New York State Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and the New York State YMCA Foundation have listed awards of $400,000 each. Separate Westchester County Youth Bureau awards are $285,000 and $225,000; Youth Theatre Interactions awards are $50,000 and $100,000. Additional named awards range from $10,000 to $250,000, including youth bureaus, community centers, domestic violence groups, and job-training organizations. These are grants to organizations, not direct household payments; the provisions do not set household eligibility rules.

Renewed help for victims of violence

The law renews $6.641 million for rape crisis centers and rape prevention, including an additional $300,000 appropriation. The $6.341 million allocation follows a criminal justice agency plan approved by the budget director. Domestic violence prevention and victim services grants include $52,251 for Empire Justice Center. Legal Services for New York City–Queens receives $45,722 for those purposes. These grants support services, not direct payments to victims.

Renewed support for alternatives to jail

The law renews $11.526 million for programs meant to reduce repeat offenses. It renews $5.217 million for local probation and alternatives to jail, including alcohol and substance-use treatment. Separate $31.42 million and $13.819 million allocations support community supervision, job help, assessments, treatment placement, and monitoring. Defendant screening and case management receive $946,000; these allocations follow criminal justice agency plans approved by the budget director. Residential probation centers and community corrections receive $945,000, distributed through the prior year's method or a competitive process.

Rockland independent living center receives support

The law provides $50,000 for services and expenses at Rockland Independent Living Center, also known as BRIDGES. The funding supports the center, but the provision does not set individual payments or service eligibility.

Service grants for towns and nonprofits

The law provides two $10 million allocations for services, grants, or contracts with specified municipalities and nonprofit institutions. A spending plan must identify recipients and amounts or explain how money is divided. The Assembly Speaker and budget director must approve the plan. Spending also requires an Assembly resolution passed by a majority of all elected members through a roll-call vote. These allocations do not provide direct household payments.

Services for sexually exploited young people

The law includes separate $1 million and $2 million funding entries for services for sexually exploited children and youth. Services cover young people up to age 21. Each entry limits the state's liability under the related social services law to the amount appropriated. The money funds services, not specified direct payments to youth.

Services for youth leaving residential care

The law provides $311,700 for local probation services for youth leaving residential facilities and community programs for youth in state care. Covered services include specified therapies and electronic monitoring. Spending requires a budget director-approved plan. Funded programs must report results as required by the state children and family services office.

Settlement money funds state enforcement work

The law provides $850,000 for enforcement work tied to the purposes of the settlement supplying the money. Funds may move to the banking department settlement account or be assigned to another state entity. Transfers to state operations require Budget Director approval. The provision does not create a household payment.

Small grants support local community groups

The law provides $10,000 each for Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. and Grand Street Settlement. It also renews two $50,000 grants for Housing Help Incorporated, originally funded in 2025 and 2024. These grants cover the groups' services and expenses. The provisions do not identify specific services or direct household payments.

State aid funds local youth programs

The law provides $14.1217 million for approved municipal youth development programs. Counties and cities with at least one million residents can receive 100% reimbursement of qualified costs, within their aid allocation. Available federal funds are deducted, and approved youth bureaus can use up to 15% for administration. Programs need state approval and a comprehensive plan developed with the local youth bureau; bureaus without program duties cannot receive funding. Spending requires budget director plan approval and a funding certificate, and claims are due within 12 months of the spending quarter.

State funding for child welfare services

The law makes Title XX funds available solely for child welfare, with exceptions for transferred flexible family services funds. Other exceptions cover funds reserved for adult protection, domestic violence services, and training; district allocations reflect claimed costs and plan factors. The state also reimburses qualifying foster care costs above district block grants, after available federal funds are deducted. Reimbursement equals 94% of 98% of 50% of eligible costs. Eligible costs are limited to specified Dormitory Authority billings or approved refinancing, provider expenses for housing-finance-funded projects, and revised or supplemental rates.

State funds youth treatment and supervision

For October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025, state aid covers 62% of approved youth supervision and treatment costs, within municipal limits. Municipalities must direct $3 million to new services or added capacity for youth with specified detention, arrest, behavioral, or exploitation risks. Up to $500,000 per program year supports statewide training without a county match. Claims require approved plans, must arrive within 12 months after the service quarter, and cannot replace other funding; one-year carryover waivers are available. During January 1–December 31, 2025, unused detention aid can cover 62% of qualifying supervision and treatment costs not reimbursable under the specified 2011 law.

State helps counties cover detention costs

The law makes $4.6 million in earlier funding available again for secure juvenile detention capital costs. The state reimburses 49% of approved capital costs, through depreciation and interest on debt needed to finance construction. Payments cannot exceed the amount appropriated. The law also allows payment of prior-year county detention claims when a later review of actual costs finds state aid was underpaid.

State helps cover excess foster costs

The state reimburses qualifying district foster care costs above block grant allocations, after deducting available federal funds. The formula pays 94% of 98% of the 50% reimbursement rate. Some provider costs tied to Housing Finance Agency projects or previously approved Dormitory Authority payments and rates also qualify. Those costs require the applicable provider rates and budget approvals. This funding goes to districts, not directly to foster families.

State supports preventive services for families

For October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024 services, state reimbursement equals 98% of 65% of approved costs. Existing services needed approval by October 1, 2008, and face the cost cap tied to that date. Claims were due March 31, 2025, with separately listed costs and program outcome information; funding shortages require proportional payments. Remaining money can reimburse newly approved programs at the same rate, limited to agency-approved amounts. Up to $1 million in remaining funds can support proven effective programs with private monetary support and required agency and budget approvals.

State supports youth programs and council

The state can reimburse 100% of qualified youth development costs, excluding federal funds and capped by each municipality's allocation. Up to 15% of an approved youth bureau's allocation can cover administration; bureaus must provide, operate, administer, or monitor programs. Programs need approved plans and funding certificates before spending, with claims due within 12 months after the spending quarter. Runaway and transitional independent-living programs are excluded from this reimbursement. The law also continues $200,000 for the State Youth Council, with budget approval required for child welfare agency administration.

Statewide information help for kinship families

The law provides $220,500 to Catholic Family Center in Rochester for a statewide kinship support network. The network provides information, education, program services, and referrals. The funding supports the organization rather than paying households directly.

Support for adoptive and caregiving families

The law provides $1.9 million for nonprofit agency services supporting relatives who care for minor children. A state-approved plan governs continuing, expanding, or starting those programs. Another $22.8 million supports families after adoption or guardianship and services for children who might otherwise enter foster care. At least $11 million of that allocation must support home visiting, and services must follow federal requirements. The law also renews $25 million each from the 2020 and 2021 appropriations to carry out federal Family First prevention services.

Support for families and abused children

The law provides $785,000 for family preservation, foster care diversion, and treatment court work, including at least $274,000 for post-adoption services. The child and family services agency prepares a plan requiring budget director approval, with options to continue, expand, or replace providers. Another $14.46 million supports child abuse investigation teams and new or existing child advocacy centers. The agency must approve investigation teams. The law also funds clinical care at the Jewish Child Care Association's Center for Healing for abuse-related needs; no amount is stated.

Support for families facing violence

The law provides $5 million for flexible, survivor-centered services for people and families affected by domestic violence. The pilot must be cost neutral for participating providers. Another $643,850 comes from the William B. Hoyt Memorial Children and Family Trust Fund for family-violence prevention and support. Those grants require competition and results reports; renewal at the original award level depends on available funds. Fearless! (Safe Homes of Orange County) also gets $65,000 for services and expenses, without specified household eligibility or payments.

Support for relatives raising children

The law provides $1.9 million for support services for relatives caring for minor children. Funds can continue or expand satisfactory programs, replace poor-performing contractors, or fund new contracts awarded through competition. Services must follow a state children and family services plan approved by the budget director. Catholic Family Center in Rochester also gets an additional $100,000 for a statewide kinship information and referral network.

Support teams protect seniors from abuse

The law keeps $1.5 million available for Lifespan of Greater Rochester to sustain and expand teams addressing elder abuse. The teams serve older adults affected by abuse or at risk of it. Funding also covers data collection and reporting. It does not establish an individual payment.

Water supply protection keeps program funding

The law makes $3.417 million from the 2025 appropriation available for the water supply protection program. The funds must support program services and expenses. The provision does not set direct household payments or identify individual eligibility.

Youth organizations receive funding for services

The law funds services and expenses at Fresh Air Fund with $1 million and Junior Achievement of New York with $250,000. Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, Mary Nelson Youth Center, and New Rochelle Boys and Girls Club each get $100,000. Long Island Youth Foundation gets $180,000, and La Central YMCA gets $25,000. The grants do not specify household eligibility, services, or direct payments.

Borrowers get education debt assistance funding

The law provides $6 million for the Community Service Society of New York's education debt consumer assistance program. It renews $3 million each from 2025, 2024, and 2022, plus $250,000 from 2023. It also renews two separate $125,000 appropriations from 2025. Some renewed funds can move to a state agency or public authority for the program's purposes. The money funds assistance services, not promised cash payments, debt cancellation, or changes to borrowers' loans.

Child care funds address lead hazards

The law renews $5 million from each annual appropriation from 2020 through 2025, totaling $30 million. The money funds lead testing and cleanup at child day-care facilities. Work must follow the federal Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.

Funding helps fight homeowners' deed theft

The law provides $3 million for the Attorney General's office and grants to district attorney offices to fight deed theft. The money supports enforcement, community outreach, and education. The criminal justice services commissioner must submit a plan for budget director approval before funds are allocated.

Funding helps protect seniors from abuse

Beginning April 1, 2026, the law provides $175,000 for the Center for Elder Law and Justice through March 31, 2027. The money supports elder-abuse prevention. The law also renews $250,000 for Lifespan of Greater Rochester's abuse outreach, education, and help. Another $745,000 in renewed funding supports elder-abuse education and outreach, with priority for existing State Office for the Aging contracts.

Addiction services retain funding and contracts

The law keeps $4 million available for substance-use treatment, prevention, recovery, harm reduction, and cannabis education. Campaigns address cannabis health effects and legal use. With Budget Director approval, the addiction services commissioner can continue qualifying contracts signed by March 31, 2025, without new bidding. Eligible contracts cover problem-gambling or substance-use prevention, treatment, harm reduction, or recovery. Portions of listed $7.313 million Chemical Dependence Service Fund appropriations can cover qualifying facilities under receivership, using enforcement fine or levy money.

Adult care residents get project funding

The law renews $195,000 from 2025 and $39,000 from 2024 for projects improving adult care residents' quality of life. Projects can include clothing allowances, independent-living training, better food, and leisure activities. Eligible facilities must have high populations receiving SSI, state supplements, safety-net assistance, or Medicaid for assisted-living program residents. Plans need approval from the residents' council, health department, and budget director. Funds cannot replace operators' duties to provide safe, comfortable, sanitary, and well-maintained living conditions.

Albany autism center receives service funding

The law provides $1.24 million for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at the State University of New York at Albany. The money covers the center's services and expenses. This appropriation does not set individual eligibility or a household payment amount.

Brain injury programs receive targeted funding

The law provides $87,500 for the Brain Injury Association of New York State's concussion outreach, prevention, and education program. It provides another $87,500 for the association's brain injury alliance program supporting ongoing care. These grants support programs, not direct household payments.

Buffalo disease research funding remains available

The law keeps $980,000 available for the University at Buffalo's Krabbe disease research institute. It funds research services and expenses, not individual health coverage, treatment eligibility, or household payments.

Cancer services and tobacco prevention funded

New York provides $19.825 million for evidence-based cancer services and $33.144 million for tobacco prevention and control, including cancer research grants. Dedicated funds provide $840,000 for prostate and testicular cancer research, detection, and education, plus $100,000 for women's cancer prevention and education. Lupus research and education receives $366,000; blood cancer research, education, and treatment receives $343,000. Childhood cancer research receives $500,000. These funds support programs rather than direct household payments.

Case management for families after prison

The law provides $200,000 for a case management pilot for public-assistance households with a member released from prison. The pilot serves one selected social services district with fewer than five million people. The district must have a shelter supplement plan approved by the state assistance office and budget director.

Child care grants support safety improvements

Child care block grant money can support municipalities and activities that strengthen child care services. Authorized uses include meeting the federal infant and toddler funding set-aside. Money can also support federal health, safety, and quality requirements, including inspections, background checks, staff development, and training. This provision states no funding amount.

Children’s mental health programs retain support

The law provides $4 million to recruit and retain psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other licensed clinicians in children’s programs. Programs must be licensed by the mental health or children and family services office, with a critical capacity shortage found by the relevant commissioner. Federal children’s mental health grants remain available: $14.488 million from 2025, $8.451 million from 2024, and $7.851 million from 2023. They also include $1.958 million from 2022 and $86,000 from 2021. Portions can transfer to related mental health programs, local aid, administration, and support costs under federal grant rules.

Communities receive disease and emergency funding

New York provides $1.095 million for municipal immunization aid and $3.036 million for local health departments and public health services. Tuberculosis control receives $3.845 million, which cannot replace existing local funds or state aid to county health departments. Another $2.9 million funds Health Commissioner-designated emergency aid vital to patient safety, staffing, facility operations, public health, or another emergency. Public health emergency response receives $40 million for county- or Health Commissioner-declared emergencies approved by the Budget Director. Transfers from that emergency appropriation to Health Department programs also need budget approval.

Community mental health care gets expansion

The law provides $2.8 million to expand and evaluate the Intensive and Sustained Engagement Treatment program. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, funding supports expanded state community hubs and voluntary-operated services for adults and children. Services include crisis and respite beds, waiver slots, supported housing, urgent walk-in care, mobile engagement, and first-episode psychosis teams. The law also continues a $26.25 million unallocated federal grant appropriation, with $14.727 million listed for reappropriation. The Mental Health Commissioner can distribute those grants without bidding, with Budget Director approval and compliance with federal rules.

Continued child care assistance for families

The law keeps an $8.041 million balance available from an original $459.557 million state child care assistance grant. Local districts receive funds under a child and family services agency plan approved by the Budget Director. Districts must spend funds during the relevant federal fiscal year and claim them by March 31 of the following year. They must follow federal and state requirements, maximize federal funding, and maintain required spending levels. This provision does not set new family eligibility rules or individual benefit amounts.

Continued county funding for senior services

The law renews $39.509508 million for Community Services for the Elderly. The Budget Director can allow up to $3.5 million to reimburse more than 75% of approved yearly county costs. County allocations and spending plans require approval. Approved waivers of county spending requirements exclude base-year costs. Funds above the per-person limit supplement that level uniformly under statutory allocations.

Continued drug assistance for HIV patients

The law renews previously approved funds for New York's AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The listed amounts are $41.05 million from 2025, $41.05 million from 2024, and $519,000 from 2023. The money transfers to Health Research Incorporated. This provision does not specify changes to individual benefits or eligibility.

Continued funding for Food Bucks

The law renews $2 million in previously approved funding for Double Up Food Bucks. The Field & Fork Network runs the program. This provision does not state who qualifies or how much each person receives.

Continued health support for schoolchildren

The law keeps $691,000 available for school health education and support services in the 2025–26 school year. This includes $86,000 for the former school health demonstration program. Moving these funds to a state agency requires Budget Director approval. Another $894,000 supports the Primary Mental Health Project at the Children’s Institute for 2025–26. The money funds services, not direct family payments.

Continued help for brain injury services

The law renews $11.465 million for traumatic brain injury services and related expenses. Services may include care for people enrolled in the federally approved home- and community-based services waiver. The funding does not change waiver eligibility or set an individual payment.

Continued payments support safety-net clinics

The law renews $54.4 million in previously approved payments for New York's clinic safety net program. Eligible diagnostic and treatment centers receive the money to support their services. This provision does not set patient payments or change household eligibility.

County mental health contracts can continue

The mental health commissioner can continue qualifying county service contracts and state aid letter payments with budget director approval. Contracts must have been signed by March 31, 2024, and serve people with mental illness. Continuation does not require new competitive bidding, requests for proposals, or added administrative steps.

County mental health contracts can continue

The mental health commissioner can continue qualifying county service contracts and state-aid letter payments without new bidding or proposal steps. Budget Director approval is required. One provision covers contracts supporting people with mental illness signed by March 31, 2026. Another covers county contracts signed by March 31, 2023. These authorities maintain funding arrangements rather than create household payments.

County services for seniors keep funding

The law renews about $37.68 million for county Community Services for the Elderly programs. The budget director can approve up to $3.5 million to reimburse counties for more than 75% of approved yearly costs. Approved waivers can lower counties' required spending, but cannot lower base-year spending requirements. Funding above the per-person limit supplements that level uniformly under the statutory allocation rules. Spending plans and county allocations require budget approval.

Crisis response and suicide prevention support

State costs under the referenced provision cannot replace separate existing or future funding dedicated to the 988 crisis response system. The law keeps $1 million available for suicide prevention among high-risk populations. These include Latina adolescents, Black youth, LGBTQ people, and rural communities. Another $1 million supports expanded crisis intervention and diversion programs. It funds police crisis-team training, regional Mental Health First Aid training for police, and analysis of diversion centers and alternatives.

Disability support staff can perform care

Direct-support staff in programs certified or approved by the state developmental disabilities office can perform tasks that office specifies. A registered nurse must provide supervision, training, and periodic inspection. Tasks must follow care ordered by an authorized practitioner. The law does not guarantee a particular service or payment to each person.

Districts get help enrolling Medicaid children

The law makes funds available by transfer or suballocation to reimburse local districts for children's Medicaid enrollment costs. This applies to newly enrolled children with household income between 100% and 133% of the federal poverty level. The funding pays district administrative costs, not families. It does not change children's Medicaid benefits.

Districts retain flexible family service funding

The law renews district funding for eligible services and people under New York's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan. No state or local matching share is required. State agencies set the allocation method; districts develop spending plans with local governing bodies and obtain state agency and budget-director approval. Allocations are available for reimbursement through March 31, 2028. Eligible non-foster-care child-welfare costs incurred October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, otherwise reimbursable on or after April 1, 2025, must be claimed by March 31, 2027.

Eligible families receive case management support

The law provides and renews $17.2 million funding lines for local case management under New York's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan. Households must qualify under that state plan. Services include assessments, crisis help, treatment support, help finding services, and connections to community resources. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance sets the district allocation method, with budget-director approval. These provisions fund services, not changes to household cash benefit amounts.

Expanded in-home help for older adults

The law renews $68.357277 million for expanded in-home, case-management, and related services for older adults. Up to $15 million can address unmet needs reported through the required aging-services process. Spending requires an approved county allocation plan, including New York City; transfers require Budget Director approval. Up to $2 million can move to state operations for administration. The Office for the Aging must report recipients, amounts, participants, and services by September 1, 2025.

Expanded online classes for older adults

The law renews $350,000 to expand GetSetUp online classes for older adults. It also renews $200,000 for Self Help, Inc. online classes. Both support health, wellness, learning, and efforts to reduce social isolation. The funding does not establish participant cash payments.

Expanded stipends for senior-service volunteers

The law renews $150,000 to expand volunteer stipends for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and HIICAP Medicare counseling. The funding supports volunteer retention. The provision does not state each volunteer's stipend amount.

Families retain adoption and prevention services

The law renews $704,000 from an earlier $785,000 appropriation for family preservation, foster-care prevention, and family treatment court partnerships. At least $274,000 must be available for post-adoption services. The Office of Children and Family Services prepares the funding plan, and the budget director approves it. Continuing existing programs can depend on satisfactory contractor performance, as determined by the agency.

Family planning and abortion access funded

New York provides $10.356 million and two additional $500,000 grants for family planning services; some funding can go to other agencies. Abortion access grants receive $25 million, including the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Grant program, plus another $1 million. Another $20 million supports abortion providers, including medication abortion, under a Health Commissioner plan requiring budget approval. The $25 million access grant can cover aid accrued before or after the appropriation. That grant is exempt from State Finance Law sections 112 and 163; these funds support services rather than set patient payments.

Farmers and workers get safety-program support

The law provides $450,000 for the John May Farm Safety Fund and another $50,000 for its services and expenses. It also provides $1.25 million for an on-farm health and safety program run by Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. The money supports services for New York farmers and farm workers. The provisions do not set individual benefit amounts or eligibility rules.

Funding child care openings and safer spaces

The law makes up to $5 million available for family child care networks. This includes recruiting and expanding providers in areas with few child care options. Up to $586,000 funds competitive grants for provider startup expenses and child health and safety. Eligible uses include equipment and minor renovations. The law does not state individual awards or guarantee a number of new care spaces.

Funding child care safety and oversight

The law makes federal child care block grant funds available to municipalities for services, safety checks, training, and administration. Allowed uses include infant and toddler activities, inspections, background checks, quality requirements, and specified disaster-relief payments. Up to $25 million supports automated child care licensing and oversight systems. Up to $130,000 pays for a statewide child care price survey. These provisions do not themselves change family eligibility, subsidy rates, provider payments, or individual licensing requirements.

Funding continues mental health planning groups

The law renews $1 million for the Daniel's Law Task Force. It also renews $250,000 for a maternal mental health workgroup. These funds cover the groups' services and expenses. The provisions do not establish specific household services or eligibility.

Funding continues the Healthy NY program

The law provides a $21.1 million appropriation for the Healthy NY program. It also renews $21.1 million from the 2025 appropriation. Part of the new appropriation can move to state operations. These funding provisions do not set individual eligibility or subsidy amounts.

Funding for adult and domestic violence services

The law reimburses local districts for eligible adult protective and domestic violence services provided October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025. Reimbursement equals 98% of half the eligible costs after federal funds are deducted. Residential domestic violence services qualify for victims not receiving public assistance while staying in the program. Claims for the listed domestic violence services are due March 1, 2026. These payments support local services, not direct household checks.

Funding for emergency medical response training

The law provides $10.57 million for emergency medical services administration and training in New York. Funding covers training courses, instructor development, state councils, and program agencies. It supports the emergency medical services system, not direct household payments.

Funding for reproductive and pregnancy care

The law provides $27.402 million for family planning grants, which may include cervical cancer vaccine services and program administration. It funds prenatal care assistance at $1.835 million; up to 100% may move to Medicaid for federal matching funds. Community Doula Expansion Grant Program funding entries provide $250,000, with an exemption from State Finance Law sections 112 and 163. Another $1.911 million funds grants to improve access to infertility services, treatments, and procedures. These provisions fund services without setting household payments or new individual eligibility rules.

Funding for students' school mental health

The law provides $1.5 million for school mental health programs through an education commissioner plan approved by the budget director. Up to $500,000 can support the School Mental Health Resource and Training Center. It also provides $250,000 community-school grants and renews $250,000 for mental health, school climate, anti-bullying, and related services. Renewed grants require commissioner-selected schools and budget director approval, with a $25,000 limit per school. District awards cannot exceed approved current-school-year spending or 40% of the renewed allocation.

Funding for vaccines and disease prevention

The law provides $7.52 million for local immunization services and $14.604 million for lead poisoning prevention and assistance. Some of these funds may pay for state program administration. Another $506,000 supports high blood pressure prevention, screening, and treatment grants. Community public health grants and expense reimbursements receive $1.5 million, which may be transferred to state entities. That allocation requires a plan naming recipients and amounts or a funding method, approval by the Senate leader and budget director, and a majority Senate roll-call vote.

Funding helps clinics and distressed providers

The law provides $54.4 million to eligible diagnostic and treatment centers through the clinic safety net program. It transfers $19.6 million to New York's Dormitory Authority for health facility restructuring. Safety-net providers in severe financial distress also qualify for awards from medical assistance funds to maintain vital services and develop sustainable care. The Health Commissioner sets eligibility criteria for those distress awards; the law sets no award amount or guarantee.

Funding helps families find child care

New York makes up to $25 million available for child care resource and referral agencies. It also makes up to $30 million available for legally exempt child care enrollment agencies in New York City. Infant and toddler resource centers receive up to $10.7 million. All three funding plans require approval from the Budget Director after preparation by the Office of Children and Family Services. Funds support satisfactory existing contracts or new nonprofit contracts through competition or replacement of unsatisfactory contractors, not direct family payments.

Funding helps hire mental health clinicians

The law provides $14 million to recruit and retain psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other licensed mental health clinicians. Eligible programs must be licensed by the Office of Mental Health and designated by its commissioner as having critical capacity shortages. Programs include hospital psychiatric units, psychiatric emergency services, crisis care, residential care, and outpatient care. Another $4 million supports clinicians in children's programs licensed by the mental health or children and family services office. Those children's programs must also have a critical capacity shortage designated by the relevant commissioner.

Funding helps mental health programs staff up

The law continues a $14 million clinician hiring and retention program, renewing $7 million in this funding item. It also continues a $4 million children's clinician program, renewing $3.162 million in this item. Adult programs need an Office of Mental Health license and a commissioner finding of a critical capacity shortage. Children's programs must serve children, have a mental health or children-and-family-services license, and receive the relevant commissioner's shortage finding.

Funding helps people find long-term care

The law renews $22.881 million for Area Agencies on Aging to improve access to long-term care and coordinate community services. It renews $7 million for Independent Living Centers to do similar work. Another $20 million in renewed grants supports Independent Living Center services, following the law's allocation schedule. The money supports organizations and services, not fixed household cash payments.

Funding helps public home health agencies

The law allows a transfer of up to $1.7 million to Medicaid for eligible publicly sponsored, certified home health agencies. Agencies must show unusually high losses from unpaid bills and charity care. Funding is limited to the state share of expected disproportionate-share adjustments for January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026. The money supports agencies rather than providing direct patient payments.

Funding infant and toddler resource centers

The law makes up to $7 million available to operate infant and toddler resource centers. Spending follows a children and family services agency plan approved by the budget director. Existing contractors can continue when the agency finds their work satisfactory. Nonprofits can receive new contracts through competition or when an existing contractor performs poorly. The funding does not set individual family payments.

Funding keeps veteran peer support available

The law provides $8.0236 million for the Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer to Peer Services Program. Counties, New York City, and the University at Albany School of Social Welfare receive funds under the law's allocation schedule. The money supports peer services for veterans, not a stated individual cash award.

Funding supports access to eating disorder care

The law renews $2 million to expand access to eating disorder treatment. It separately renews $1.178 million for the comprehensive eating disorder care centers program. These funds support providers and care centers, not direct household payments. These provisions do not set individual eligibility rules.

Funding supports aging and cancer institute

The law provides $200,000 for the Samuel Waxman Institute for Aging and Cancer’s services and expenses. The funding covers April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. It supports the institute’s work, not direct household payments.

Funding supports Albany autism center services

The law renews $1.24 million for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at SUNY Albany. The money supports the center’s services and expenses. This provision does not promise particular services or payments to individuals.

Funding supports cancer and disability research

The law makes $100,000 available for women's cancer prevention and education and $100,000 for childhood cancer research. It renews $2.58 million for breast cancer research and education and $8.475 million for spinal cord injury research. It also renews $5 million for rare disease research, treatment, education, programming, and related work in New York. Any award to the Empire State ALS Alliance must support ALS research and treatment. These funds support research and services without creating household payments or new treatment eligibility.

Funding supports cardiac emergency readiness statewide

The law provides $1.6 million to strengthen cardiac emergency readiness in New York. Some funding can move to state operations. The law does not establish a direct household payment or a guaranteed individual service.

Funding supports developmental disability services

The law renews $14.203 million for developmental disability services, including care-at-home waivers, epilepsy, hepatitis B services, Special Olympics, and voluntary fingerprinting. Named grants provide Albany Autism Society $200,000, Brain Injury Association of New York State $150,000, and Special Olympics New York $500,000 across listed purposes. People, Inc. and Best Buddies International each receive $150,000; Jawonio receives $260,000. Family Residences and Essential Enterprises and Backyard Players & Friends each receive $50,000. Separately renewed grants provide Autism Society of the Greater Capital Region $200,000 and Bring On the Spectrum $30,000. Brain Injury Alliance, Special Olympics New York, Best Buddies International, and Gigi’s Playhouse–Buffalo each have $150,000 renewed. Two Jawonio service grants each have $130,000 renewed; Family Residences and Essential Enterprises and Backyard Players & Friends each have $50,000 renewed. These funds support organizations and services, not set household payments.

Funding supports disease research and treatment

The law provides $8.5 million for spinal cord injury research and $2.58 million for breast cancer research and education. It provides $5 million for rare disease research, treatment, education, and related work; part can go to Empire State ALS Alliance. Separate funding provides $75,000 from the ALS Research and Education Account and $90,000 for a lymphatic disease patient registry and biorepository. Alzheimer’s research and assistance receive $820,000. The law also renews $13.866 million for transfer to Roswell Park Cancer Institute, including cancer research operating costs, without creating direct household payments.

Funding supports efforts against maternal deaths

The law renews $4 million in previously approved funding to reduce maternal deaths. Supported work can include a review board, racial-bias training, community health workers, and a maternal-outcomes data system. This funding does not establish direct payments or individual eligibility.

Funding supports family planning and childbirth safety

The law renews $27.402 million from 2025 for grants supporting local family planning services. Services can include cervical cancer vaccines. It also provides $25,000 for statewide reviews of maternal deaths and protocols to reduce deaths during childbirth. These funds support providers and safety work, not set payments to families.

Funding supports health and care advocates

The law provides $1.719 million for the Community Service Society of New York's Community Health Advocates Consortium and related services. It also renews $5.35 million for Medicaid's managed long-term care ombudsman program, which serves participants in that care system. The money supports advocacy programs rather than direct household payments.

Funding supports health clinics for workers

The law renews $9.349 million from 2025, $2.93 million from 2024, and another $5 million from a separate 2024 appropriation. The money supports a statewide network of occupational health clinics. Clinics provide diagnosis, screening, treatment, referrals, and education. This provision does not set individual eligibility or benefit amounts.

Funding supports local food programs

The law provides $50,000 for South End Children’s Cafe and $25,000 for St. Luke’s Community Food Program. The money supports their services and expenses. These grants do not specify household payments or rules for who can receive help.

Funding supports local mental health care

The law provides a $1.5 million grant or expense reimbursement item for adult and youth mental health services. It also renews separate funding items: $1.5 million for adult and youth care, $1.5 million for crisis services, and $1.75 million for mental health and addiction programs. Eligible services include outpatient care, education, substance use prevention, crisis response, safety planning, and follow-up. Spending plans need approval from the Senate's temporary president and the budget director. Plans must appear in a Senate resolution approved by a majority of elected senators in a recorded vote; adult and youth plans must identify recipients and amounts or an allocation method.

Funding supports named community mental health programs

The law renews two community mental health funding items, worth $2.385 million and $2.16 million. Each includes $2 million for Crisis Intervention Teams and $10,000 for the NY Mental Health Association in Orange County. The $2.385 million item also includes $125,000 for Syracuse Crunch's Mental Wellness Program, $100,000 for ARA Emotional Wellness Mental Hygiene, Inc., and $150,000 for CUNY Harlem Strong Model Mental Health programs. The $2.16 million item also includes $150,000 for The Trevor Project. Separately, $100,000 goes to Children of Promise, NYC, through the Office of Children and Family Services; its funded services are not specified.

Funding supports organ and tissue donation

The law provides a total of $1.15 million for Alliance for Donation and Donate Life New York State. The money supports organ and tissue donation programs. This provision does not establish a direct household payment or guarantee access to services.

Funding supports planning for aging communities

The law continues $1 million to develop New York’s master plan for aging. Some funds may go to the Department of Health; up to $1 million may move to state operations with budget director approval. Another $122,500 continues the Association on Aging in New York State’s Livable New York neighborhood-planning initiative. Its plan must be prepared by the state aging director and approved by the budget director. The law also provides $175,000 to match federal model or demonstration grants, allowing transfers needed to meet federal grant goals.

Funding supports poison control and paramedics

The law provides $2.4 million in grants to poison control centers. Some of that money may move to state operations. It also renews $7.898 million for emergency medical services administration, training courses, instructor development, councils, and program agencies. These funds support emergency health services rather than direct household payments.

Funding supports primary and regional healthcare

The law provides $450,000 to the Primary Care Development Corporation and $409,000 to the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency. It also provides $1 million in federal funds for services and expenses related to a federal health resources grant. Those federal funds can move to the Higher Education Services Corporation with budget director approval. The provisions do not specify household benefits, coverage changes, or loan repayment.

Funding supports residents in adult care

The law provides $3.266 million for clothing, independent-living training, food quality, and leisure projects at eligible adult care facilities. It targets facilities with many residents receiving SSI, state supplements, assisted-living Medicaid, or safety net assistance. Plans need approval from the residents’ council, department, and budget director; funds cannot replace operators’ existing safe-housing duties. Another $2.11 million supports assisted living oversight and licensing, with budget director approval for authorized transfers and allocations. Advocacy funding includes $225,000 for the Coalition for the Institutionalized Aged and Disabled and $26,000 for the Long Term Care Community Coalition.

Funding supports services for older adults

For April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, New York provides $600,000 in federal funds for aging services. Spending must follow federal rules. This supports program services, not a set payment to each older adult.

Funding supports sickle cell care programs

The law provides $170,000 for a sickle cell program and another $1 million for the Sickle Cell Anemia program. It also provides $500,000 in grants or expense reimbursements for local agencies and community providers delivering sickle cell services. The $500,000 requires a plan identifying recipients and amounts or a funding method, with required budget and Senate approvals. The plan must be included in a Senate resolution approved by a majority of elected senators on a roll-call vote.

Funding supports specialized behavioral health care

The law makes funds available for services needed because of reductions in Medicaid inpatient behavioral health care. Mental health and addiction officials develop funding adjustments with the Health Commissioner, subject to budget director approval. Eligible programs follow the specified licensing or certification provisions; no separate funding amount is stated. The law also provides $1.178 million for comprehensive eating-disorder care centers. These provisions fund services without guaranteeing individual care or payments.

Funding supports students' school health clinics

The law provides $4.23 million for school-based health clinic distributions through the pool administrator. Another $2.115 million goes to school health center providers based on their share of total enrollment across all sites. The Health Commissioner may set minimum and maximum awards for that enrollment-based funding. Named clinic grants include $22,000 for Anthony Jordan Health Center and $90,000 for Montefiore Medical Center. These provisions fund clinics without setting household payments or individual eligibility rules.

Funding supports tuberculosis prevention and treatment

The law allocates $3.845 million for a statewide tuberculosis-control campaign. It also provides $566,000 for treatment, detection, and prevention. Campaign funds cannot replace existing local or state funding for county health departments under the cited public health law. The money supports public health services rather than household cash payments.

Funding supports veterans' mental health training

The law provides $350,000 for the Veteran's Mental Health Training Initiative. Spending requires a plan approved by the Senate leader and budget director. The plan must identify recipients and amounts or explain the funding method. It must also be included in a Senate resolution approved by a majority of elected senators on a roll-call vote. The funding supports training, not direct payments to veterans.

Funding supports youth suicide prevention

The law provides $10 million for youth suicide prevention services and related costs. It also provides $1 million for broader suicide prevention, education, and awareness, including grants to organizations. These funds support services rather than direct household payments. The provisions do not set individual eligibility rules.

Funding sustains local health prevention services

The law renews $7.52 million for local immunization administration and $14.604 million for lead-poisoning prevention and assistance from 2025. It provides $430,000 for health promotion and $487,000 for genetic disease screening. Healthy Neighborhood Program balances are $116,000 from 2025, $109,000 from 2024, $146,000 from 2023, $263,000 from 2022, $56,000 from 2021, and $41,000 from 2020. Federal balances for prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment are $5.797 million from 2025, $4.487 million from 2024, $1.5 million from 2023, and $1.747 million from 2022. These provisions fund programs without setting household payments or new eligibility rules.

Grants support access to infertility care

The law keeps $1.232 million from 2024 and $1.224 million from 2023 appropriations available for infertility access grants. Funds must improve access to infertility services, treatments, and procedures. The provision does not set patient eligibility or provide direct patient payments.

Grants support community mental health groups

The law provides $3.685 million for services and expenses of 22 named community mental health organizations and initiatives. Awards range from $10,000 to $400,000. They include $400,000 for Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers and $300,000 for Crisis Services of Buffalo and Erie County. Another $350,000 funds organizations dedicated to reducing stigma around mental illness. The money supports organizations' work rather than direct household payments.

Grants support local mental health groups

The law funds named community mental health groups, not direct household payments. Cohen Veterans Network receives $500,000; Crisis Services of Buffalo and Erie County receives $300,000. EverGreen Meadow Services, Syracuse Crunch Corps, Mental Health Association of Erie County, and Amudim Community Resources each receive $250,000. University of Rochester’s Sources of Strength and Westchester Jewish Community Services each receive $200,000. EAC Network, FarmNet peer support, Common Ground Health, and MHANYS each receive $100,000. Each of two Harris Project initiatives also receives $100,000; additional listed awards range from $75,000 to $200,000.

Grants support patients' access to abortion

The law adds $4 million for abortion access and clinical training, including the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Grant program. It provides $5 million for abortion providers, including medication abortion care costs. Another $1 million supports abortion access and essential care grants. All three allocations cover accrued aid and are exempt from State Finance Law sections 112 and 163. The money supports providers and programs, not direct patient payments.

Grants support rural health care access

The law provides $10.51 million for rural health care access and network development. This includes $9.41 million in state grants and $1.1 million for access development and network services. The money supports rural providers and networks, not direct payments to residents.

Health care funding for farmworker families

The law includes $406,000 funding entries for health services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families. Grants support primary care, outreach, health education, and dental care through health centers and diagnostic and treatment centers. At least 70% must go to community health centers receiving federal funding for this purpose under section 330(g). The provisions do not set direct household payments.

Helping child care providers offer food

The law provides $250,000 for outreach and technical help to increase participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. It serves eligible afterschool, daycare, and other out-of-school care providers. Renewed balances include $68,000, plus $240,000 from 2023, $2,000 from 2022, and $32,000 from 2020. Nonprofits receive competitive awards; the listed older balances can also move to state agencies to carry out the program. The money supports provider participation, not direct payments to families.

Holocaust survivors receive funded support services

The law provides $1 million for statewide Holocaust Survivors Initiative case management and related support. Services may include mental-health care, legal and benefit counseling, emergency financial help, caregiver support, and end-of-life care. A separate $350,000 supports the initiative’s services and expenses. The law does not set a fixed payment for each survivor.

Housing and health help for childhood asthma

The law provides $2.14 million for housing and health programs for children with asthma; some may support state operations. Another $170,000 funds regional or community children's asthma plans. Plans may include school self-management programs, public and provider education, and tracking school absences and emergency-room visits. Applicants must show interest and expertise in serving people with asthma. The Health Commissioner may give priority to areas with high asthma rates.

Local funds can support family services

Districts can request transfers from family-services allocations to eligible child care or Title XX social services, within state-set percentages. Title XX transfers must serve children or families with income below 200% of the poverty level for their family size. Requested amounts had to be certified within 90 days of enactment and before August 15, 2025. Child care spending generally counts against the district's grant for the same federal fiscal year, excluding Title XX and SNAP employment-and-training claims. A separate child care transfer rule required certification to both state agencies within 90 days of budget enactment and before August 15, 2023.

Local mental health programs keep grants

One $2.8 million reappropriation provides $2 million for Crisis Intervention Teams, $400,000 for FarmNet, and $175,000 for Family Service League’s North Fork Mental Health Initiative. It also provides $125,000 for Rainbow Heights Club and $100,000 for the Mental Health Association in New York State. A separate $1.3 million provides $1 million for Crisis Intervention Teams, $175,000 for North Fork, $100,000 for that association, and $25,000 for The Penn Foundation. Another $1 million supports local agencies and nonprofits providing mental health and addiction treatment and support. That allocation plan needs Senate president and Budget Director approval, plus a Senate resolution approved by a majority of elected senators by roll-call vote.

Meals and rights help for seniors

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, the law provides $250,000 for home-delivered meals for older adults. Programs need approval from the Office for the Aging. It renews $403,000 for the congregate services initiative supporting older adults. Spending requires Budget Director approval of the Office for the Aging’s plan, including county allocations. It also renews $31,500 for the New York Statewide Senior Action Council’s patients’ rights hotline and advocacy project.

Medicaid enrollment help for eligible residents

The law renews $4 million to help older adults, blind people, and people with disabilities enroll in Medicaid. The money supports enrollment assistance. It does not change Medicaid eligibility or provide a set payment to applicants.

Medical care funding for incarcerated people

New York provides $14 million for the state's share of medical-assistance costs for people in state custody. The money covers costs incurred by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It does not create individual payments or change eligibility rules.

Mental health care and medications funded

New York provides $74 million for medical-assistance services, including behavioral health reinvestment tied to savings from Medicaid's managed-care transition. That reinvestment is limited to general-fund savings directly related to the transition. Up to $7 million funds two demonstrations through an Office of Mental Health contract with the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene. They support serious-mental-illness care management and coordinated care for people discharged from impacted New York City adult homes. County and New York City medication-service grants receive up to $15 million, alongside the medication reimbursement account, under commissioner-approved plans.

Mental health funding helps veterans and responders

The law renews $2 million for organizations serving veterans, first responders, and disaster relief workers. The money supports suicide prevention, peer-to-peer training, and mental health services. It funds organizations rather than setting payments to individuals.

Mental health help for court-involved people

The law renews $33.087 million for serious mental illness services and public safety. This includes $14.6 million for intensive FACT teams and $8.2 million for court-based mental health navigators. Housing receives $4.3 million for court-referred people and $2.8 million for people with serious mental illness and criminal histories. Another $1 million supports law-enforcement and mental health coordination, and $187,000 supports crisis intervention team training. Shower buses receive $2 million, requiring a plan from the mental health commissioner approved by the Budget Director.

Mental health help for veterans and responders

The law provides $1 million for suicide prevention serving veterans, first responders, law-enforcement officers, and corrections officers. Another $2 million funds organizations offering suicide prevention, peer training, and mental health support to veterans and first responders. Disaster-relief workers are included. The Veterans’ Mental Health Training Initiative receives $350,000 under a plan approved by the Senate’s Temporary President and Budget Director. The plan must name recipients and amounts or an allocation method, with a Senate roll-call resolution approved by a majority of all elected members.

Mental health teams receive safety funding

The law provides $31.087 million for services addressing serious mental illness to improve public safety. Funding supports intensive treatment teams, court-based mental health navigators, and transitional and specialized housing. It also supports law-enforcement and mental-health coordination and crisis intervention training. Transfers to state operations need budget-director approval.

More daily living help for seniors

The law renews $500,000 to expand GoGo Grandparent transportation services and capacity. It also renews $750,000 for Lifespan of Greater Rochester's bill-payer programs in up to ten counties. The programs support transportation access and help older adults manage bills. These provisions do not set personal transportation subsidies, fare reductions, or cash benefits.

More funding for children's school breakfasts

The law adds $5 million for school breakfast sponsors and renews a $5 million breakfast reimbursement allocation. Renewed funding covers eligible breakfast costs beyond federal reimbursement rates under agreements with the State Education Department. It includes sponsors required to start breakfast after the bell in the 2018–19 school year. Funding goes to sponsors, not directly to families.

More funding supports school breakfasts

The law adds $5 million to reimburse school breakfast program sponsors. The money supports breakfast services for participating students. It does not establish a direct household payment or change individual eligibility.

More school health funding for Rochester

The law gives Rochester City School District an extra $1.2 million for school health services in 2026–27. The money pays for district services, not direct payments to families.

More staffing and mental health treatment

The law provides $14 million to recruit and retain psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other licensed clinicians. Programs must be licensed by the state mental health office and found by its commissioner to have a critical shortage. Another $2 million funds services to expand eating-disorder treatment access. Neither provision sets a household payment amount.

Mothers and babies receive care funding

New York provides $10 million and a separate $7 million for maternal health grants. The Nurse-Family Partnership receives $3 million and two additional $500,000 amounts; Nassau County visiting nursing services receive $200,000. Regional perinatal centers and affiliated birth facilities receive $4.5 million. Infant mortality reduction receives $690,000, perinatal quality receives $700,000, and the Safe Motherhood Initiative receives $250,000. Municipal rehabilitation for children with special health care needs receives $170,000. The $7 million maternal grant is exempt from State Finance Law sections 112 and 163 and Economic Development Law section 142.

Native Americans receive health service funding

New York provides $36.742 million for its Indian health program. It separately provides $4.5 million for dental care for Native Americans in New York. Both programs follow plans prepared by the Health Commissioner and approved by the Budget Director. These appropriations support care, not a set payment to each person.

Older residents keep community service grants

The law provides $2.0275 million each for naturally occurring retirement communities and neighborhood naturally occurring retirement communities. These are communities where older residents receive program support, rather than direct household grants. Base funding prioritizes renewal of existing Office for the Aging contracts. An additional $2 million for each community type prioritizes extra funding for existing contracts.

Poison control centers keep grant funding

The law keeps $2.4 million available for grants to poison control centers. Some funds can be transferred to state operations. The provision does not change who qualifies for services or create direct household payments.

Public colleges retain child care subsidies

The law renews $334,000 for child care subsidies and quality activities at New York's public colleges. City University colleges receive $141,000: $56,000 for community colleges and $85,000 for senior colleges. State University campuses receive $193,000: $77,000 for community colleges and $116,000 for state-operated campuses. The funds move to the federal day care account. This provision does not set individual family eligibility or subsidy amounts.

Quality grants and backup child care staff

The law gives the United Federation of Teachers $1.266 million for quality grants to New York City child care providers. It gives the Civil Service Employees Association $2.75 million for licensed group or registered family daycare homes outside the city. At the union's request, its WORK Institute or another designated administrator can run that program. Another $2.5 million funds substitute pools that eligible providers use at no cost. An additional $500,000 pays for technical help and technology to run the pools.

Reimbursement supports foster and juvenile care

Flexible funds can reimburse foster-care tuition and specified care, supervision, maintenance, and tuition costs in authorized juvenile residential programs. The people served must meet the listed federal emergency-assistance standard; costs barred under federal Title IV-E cannot qualify. Costs generally must have been paid October 1, 2023–September 30, 2024. A different period needs approval from the children and family services commissioner and Budget Director. No state or local matching contribution is required.

Renewed funding supports blind New Yorkers

The law renews $350,000 from each listed 2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriation for the State Commission for the Blind. Funds can be transferred or assigned to the State Education Department. The money supports services and related expenses, without setting an individual benefit amount.

Renewed funding supports food bank help

The law renews three $500,000 funding lines for food bank gifts, from appropriations enacted in 2025, 2024, and 2023. The money must support food bank gifts under state law. It can move to the Department of Health. This supports food banks but does not set an individual household benefit.

School health clinics keep service funding

The law keeps $4.23 million available for school health clinic distributions through the pool administrator. A separate $2.115 million supports school-based health centers. Each center provider’s share depends on its enrollment across all sites compared with enrollment across all providers. The Health Commissioner can set minimum and maximum awards. These funds do not establish a set payment or service amount for each student.

School health funding for city students

The law provides $9.688 million in school health grants for the 2026–27 school year. Only city school districts in cities with more than 125,000 and fewer than one million residents qualify. Each eligible district receives its eligible 2010–11 grant amount. Buffalo City School District receives an additional $1.2 million for school health services in 2026–27.

School lunch aid rewards New York food

The law funds extra reimbursements for federally eligible school lunches, with funds available from April 1, 2022, and April 1, 2023. Sponsors must buy at least 30% of school-lunch food products from New York farmers, growers, producers, or processors. Total state aid, including other annual state subsidies, cannot exceed $0.25 per lunch. The money goes to sponsors; the law does not require lower meal prices for families.

Schools receive health and counseling funds

New York provides $10 million in school district grants for student mental health support. Mental health and education officials develop the plan, which needs Budget Director approval; each district's share is capped at 40%. School health centers and clinics also receive $13.32 million and two separate $1.912 million funding lines. One $1.912 million line requires budget and Senate approval, including a majority roll-call resolution naming recipients or an allocation method. These funds support school services, not guaranteed payments or care for each student.

Seniors and caregivers keep daytime support

The law provides $656,000 for respite services and $1.072 million for social-model adult day services, prioritizing existing aging-office contracts. Separate grants provide $118,500 for EAC/Nassau Senior Respite and $71,000 for Home Aides of Central New York. Another $86,000 supports the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens’ home-sharing and respite-care program. The law provides $122,500 and continues a separate $122,500 for the New York State Adult Day Services Association’s quality training. These funds support providers and services, not fixed payments or service guarantees for each household.

Seniors keep advocacy and bill-management help

The law continues $2.5 million for additional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program services. Another $150,000 expands volunteer stipends for that program and the Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance Program. Lifespan of Greater Rochester receives continued funding of $250,000 for elder-abuse outreach, education, and mitigation. It also receives $750,000 to expand older-adult bill-management programs in up to ten counties. Bill-management help does not pay household bills directly, and the law sets no individual volunteer stipend amount.

Seniors keep transportation and connection support

The law keeps $350,000 available for Ageless Innovation services intended to reduce social isolation among older adults. It also continues $500,000 for GoGo Grandparent to expand transportation services and capacity. The transportation funding does not promise lower fares or a set number of rides. Neither appropriation creates a direct household payment.

State funding supports tribal family services

New York pays 92% of eligible tribal service costs after applicable federal funds are deducted. Covered services include foster care, adult and child protection, preventive services, and adoption services. Services must be provided by Indian tribes under the law's specified social services authority. This supports service providers rather than direct household payments.

State funds medical society contract services

The law provides $990,000 for services and expenses under the medical society contract authorized by a 1984 law. The supplied description does not identify the contract's services or any direct household benefit.

State helps cover foster care costs

The law provides $6.62 million for eligible foster care costs above local districts’ block grant amounts. Available federal funds must be deducted first. The main reimbursement equals 94% of 98% of 50% of the remaining eligible costs. Extra reimbursement covers certain provider expenses tied to approved housing finance or Dormitory Authority projects and rates, with budget director approval. Payments go to districts or providers, not households.

State helps fund adoptive family subsidies

The state pays districts 62% of eligible adoption subsidy costs. Costs must qualify under New York's adoption subsidy program. This supports district payments to eligible adoptive families. The provision does not set a new household payment amount.

Summer food providers receive program funding

The law provides $3.049 million for summer food program services and expenses for the 2024–25 school year. The funding supports providers rather than direct household payments. It does not set each participant's food benefit amount.

Support services for Holocaust survivors

The law renews $1 million for statewide case-management services for Holocaust survivors. Services can include emergency help with food, housing, prescriptions, and medical or dental care. They can also include mental health care, legal help, caregiver support, and end-of-life services. The law does not set a payment amount for each survivor.

Workers receive occupational health clinic funding

New York provides $14.56 million to establish and operate a statewide network of occupational health clinics. The clinics offer diagnosis, screening, treatment, referrals, and education about work-related health issues. The law does not set patient charges or individual eligibility rules.

Funding for community housing support services

The law makes up to $20.259 million available for neighborhood and rural preservation programs under a budget-approved plan. It also makes $80.75 million available for affordable-housing services through state agencies and housing entities. Those transfers require budget director approval and a health commissioner allocation adjustment; spending must consider where grants are located. Separate grants of $142,000 and $25,000 support Habitat for Humanity NYC & Westchester and may move through state agencies or authorities. These funds support organizations and services, not specified household payments.

Funding for Jericho Road Vive Shelter

The law provides $100,000 for Jericho Road Vive Shelter’s services and expenses. It does not specify particular services, client eligibility, or direct household payments.

Funding reduces lead risks for renters

The law keeps $11.81 million from the 2025 appropriation available to reduce lead-exposure risks in rental homes. The money supports program expenses, not direct household payments. Assigning funds to other state agencies or accounts requires budget director approval.

Funding supports homeless housing and prevention

The law sets aside $74.181 million for homeless housing, prevention services, Solutions to End Homelessness, and AIDS housing operations. At least $56.3 million goes to the New York State Supportive Housing Program. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance must submit a spending plan for approval. Funds cannot be committed, contracted, or paid out because of the availability of $74.181 million for these programs under a 2026 law.

Funding supports housing and tenant groups

The law renews $1.5 million for community land trust operations in New York City and $100,000 for JustFix services. It also renews $50,000 for public housing services in South Jamaica, Baisley, and the Rockaways. Another $58,000 supports the NYCHA Tompkins Tenant Association and 4 Future Generations Youth Program. These appropriations fund named organizations and programs, not stated payments or eligibility rules for individual households.

Homelessness transition grants remain available

The law renews PATH grants for programs helping people transition from homelessness. Remaining amounts are $6.359 million from 2025, $6.257 million from 2024, and $3.439 million from 2023. It also renews $3.159 million from 2022 and $715,000 from 2021. Portions can support related local aid, administration, and support costs in other state mental health programs. Transfers must follow PATH grant terms.

Housing development aid for disabled residents

The state disability services agency can provide aid, loans, or grants toward developing supportive housing. Units must be set aside for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, under terms set by the agency commissioner. The agency receives a property lien equal to the loan or grant for up to 30 years. The lien can last longer when another regulator requires it. The provision sets no funding total, unit count, or direct resident payment.

Lead safety funding for rental homes

The law allocates $16.816 million for programs that reduce lead exposure risks in rental homes. Moving funds to other state agencies or accounts requires budget director approval. The provision does not identify covered properties, set household eligibility rules, or provide direct renter payments.

One-time help for affordable housing properties

The law renews $10 million for one-time services and expenses at Mitchell-Lama properties, requiring an approved state budget plan. A separate $10 million supports one-time expenses at Mitchell-Lama or public housing authority properties. That allocation plan requires approval from the Assembly Speaker and state budget director. It must name recipients and amounts, or an allocation method, and receive a majority Assembly roll-call vote. Neither appropriation promises direct payments to residents.

Service funding for homeless young people

The law provides separate $8.484 million and $6.484 million allocations for runaway and homeless youth services. Eligible counties and cities with at least one million people must have approved municipal plans. Within the $8.484 million allocation, up to $1 million annually can fund housing supports and programs addressing emerging needs. Spending requires approved annual plans and allocation certificates; claims are due within 12 months of the service quarter. Programs must also submit required outcome information.

Shelter service funding for large districts

The law carries forward $1 million for emergency services for homeless people and those at risk of homelessness. It also carries forward $15 million to reimburse shelter supplements in social services districts with more than five million people. The state reimburses 29% of supplements for safety net assistance recipients and fully reimburses other qualifying supplements. Both programs require approved plans involving the state's assistance agency and budget director. These are payments supporting district services, not new household checks.

Shelters receive funding for homeless adults

The law provides $69.018 million for New York City adult shelters, including court-required improvements for medically frail people and overcrowding relief. Another $5.5 million reimburses adult shelter and public home costs outside the city. Eligible costs must occur during 2026 and otherwise qualify for state reimbursement on or after April 1, 2026. New York City must claim costs by March 31, 2027, and report annually on services and spending. A separate $1 million funds emergency homelessness programs in districts above five million residents through a state-developed, budget-approved plan.

Treatment and housing help after convictions

The law provides $9.104 million for community treatment, residential stabilization, and related services for people with criminal convictions, including sex offenders. Programs can also provide temporary stipends or housing assistance to residents, housing providers, landlords, or government entities. Services can use existing contracts or a competitive process. The corrections department must report by April 1 each year on participants, average program stays, and permanent housing placements.

Winter emergency funding for homeless people

The law preserves winter emergency reimbursement provisions with annual district allocations capped at $20 million under each funding line. The line beginning April 1, 2024 covers eligible costs from October 1, 2023 and total state reimbursement for 2024–25. The line beginning April 1, 2025 covers eligible costs from October 1, 2024 and total state reimbursement for 2025–26. Allocations are due by September 1 each program year and can change based on district needs. The state's assistance agency develops the allocation method, subject to budget director approval.

Winter emergency help for homeless people

The law provides up to $20 million for local emergency measures for homeless people during harsh winter weather. Eligible costs must be incurred on or after October 1, 2025. For program years starting on or after April 1, 2026, total annual district allocations cannot exceed $20 million. Allocations must be issued by September 1 of each program year. Officials can revise them for actual needs within that cap.

Academic help funded for nonpublic students

The law keeps funding available for academic intervention in nonpublic schools. The education commissioner develops service plans, and the budget director must approve them. Listed funding includes repeated $922,000 amounts, plus separate amounts of $980,000 and $1 million. The supplied text does not state how many $922,000 funding lines appear, so a total cannot be calculated.

Added funding for farm-to-school programs

The law adds $750,000 to develop farm-to-school initiatives. The Department of Agriculture and Markets can administer the awards with Budget Director approval. The provision does not set household payments or changes in meal prices.

After-school programs keep existing grant awards

The law continues a $55 million Empire State after-school award entry: $35 million for 2017 applications and $10 million each for 2018 and 2019. A separate $45 million entry renews $35 million for 2017 awards and $10 million for 2018 awards. Awards follow responses to the listed program applications. With budget director approval, funds can go to the Office of Children and Family Services solely to administer the grants. These entries fund programs, not direct family payments.

Child care providers get training support

The law provides $1.433 million to the United Federation of Teachers for New York City child care provider training. It provides $1.75 million to the Civil Service Employees Association for training providers outside New York City. It also keeps an earlier $1.75 million allocation available for eligible providers outside the city. At the association's request, its training institute or another chosen administrator can administer those funds. Training supports provider skills and existing requirements; these provisions do not change families' eligibility or provide family payments.

Child care workers receive training support

New York makes up to $29 million available for child care provider training, education scholarships, and ongoing professional development. The money supports the child care workforce. The law does not set individual scholarship amounts or direct payments to families.

Continued funding for worker safety services

The law renews $155,000 for the New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health on Long Island. It also renews $350,000 for the New York committee on occupational safety and health. The money supports organization services, not stated direct payments to workers.

Continued funding for worker training initiatives

The law renews $1.8 million for Senate Majority Labor Initiatives. Up to $47,000 can support the specified pre-apprenticeship training program. Another $50,000 is designated for Cornell's Worker Institute. The provision does not set individual eligibility or direct household payments.

Continued preschool and extended learning funding

The law renews $88.36 million for 2025–26 universal prekindergarten expansion grants under the rules in place July 1, 2025. At least $21.59 million continues school-wide extended learning grants under the guidelines and awards established in 2013. At least $5 million continues QUALITYstarsNY, the early childhood education quality system. Transfers to the Office of Children and Family Services need Budget Director approval and can fund only system administration. Another $1.303 million covers remaining targeted preschool obligations for providers ineligible under Education Law section 3602-e and those operating in 2022–23, through an Education Commissioner plan approved by the Budget Director.

Continued services for displaced homemakers

The law renews $975,000 for displaced homemaker services through state contractors or local social services districts. Each displaced homemaker center can spend no more than 10% of its funds on administration. The provision does not state individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

Covered service workers receive license exemptions

Covered employees and programs are exempt from specified professional license requirements under Education Law articles 153, 154, and 163. Employees must work in programs operated, certified, regulated, funded, approved, or contracted by a listed public entity. Covered entities can serve as approved settings for supervised experience. They need no waiver under Education Law section 6503-a for covered services. The provision does not establish household payments or change service eligibility.

Early childhood programs keep state support

The law renews $1.303 million for targeted prekindergarten providers outside the standard state prekindergarten program. It covers remaining 2024–25 obligations and providers continuing in 2025–26, under an education plan approved by the Budget Director. Another $5 million continues QUALITYstarsNY, the early-childhood quality-rating system. Transfers to the Office of Children and Family Services require Budget Director approval and are solely for administering that system.

Early college partners can waive tuition

The law renews $5.3 million for 2017–18 early college high school programs. Priority goes to programs serving high-need districts and designated schools, and programs leading to computer-science careers. Part of program payments depends on students’ annual college credits and commissioner guidelines. College partners can reduce or waive tuition or fees without losing other support they otherwise qualify for. The commissioner’s program plan requires budget director approval.

Education support for immigrant and migrant youth

The law renews $1 million for education services for immigrant youth and young adults who are out of school. It provides $1.5 million for the refugee and immigrant student welcome grants program. Another $89,000 continues education services for migrant workers’ children for the 2025–26 school year. These allocations support education services, not stated individual payments.

Employment program funding for older adults

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, New York provides $9 million in federal employment-program funding. The money supports the Senior Community Service Employment Program under the federal Older Americans Act. The appropriation does not set individual wages, job placements, or benefit amounts.

Expense and science funding for nonpublic schools

The law includes $77.476 million in reimbursements for eligible nonpublic school expenses from 2020–21, payable during 2021–22. The stated claim deadline was April 1, 2022, and the payment deadline was May 31, 2022. It also makes $40 million available for nonpublic school science, technology, engineering, and math programs. Schools and programs receive the funding, not families.

Families get continued prekindergarten program support

The law provides $7 million to continue eligible agencies' statewide full-day prekindergarten awards for 2026–27 and earlier years. Providers need at least two inspections each school year, including one by the applicable licensing or oversight agency. Programs operating fewer than 180 days remain subject to the law's rules for shorter programs. Up to 25% of an award can be advanced in the service year's final quarter for later school-year costs. Another $1.303 million covers remaining 2025–26 costs and targeted programs continuing in 2026–27, including providers outside regular state prekindergarten funding eligibility. That targeted funding follows an Education Commissioner plan requiring Budget Director approval.

Families keep child care quality supports

The law includes two $5 million entries continuing QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s child care quality system. With budget director approval, funds can go to the Office of Children and Family Services solely to administer the system. These entries do not create direct family payments or set changes to child care prices.

Funding continues students' early college programs

The law keeps earlier funding available for early college high school programs, not direct payments to families. This includes $1.9 million for Early College awards under the 2017 program and $1.91 million for Smart Scholars under 2013 rules. Smart Transfer awards under the 2016 program retain $882,000. Technology-focused early college grants retain $14.09 million: $5.68 million for the 2013–20 award group and $4.18 million for 2014–21. The remaining shares are $2.48 million for 2015–22 and $1.75 million for 2018–24.

Funding expands after-school services for families

The law provides $5 million for additional Advantage After School Program services. Funds can extend or expand existing contracts and support qualifying new contracts with community groups. Spending follows a plan prepared by the Office of Children and Family Services and approved by the budget director. The provision does not establish a cash payment to families.

Funding for advanced and computer science courses

The listed advanced-course grant provisions each specify $1.5 million for school districts or cooperative education boards. They prioritize districts with few or no advanced courses. The listed Smart Start provisions each specify $6 million for computer science grants, without naming recipients or individual awards. Another $1.382 million supports math and science high school programs for 2023–24. That money is divided equally among entities funded in 2007–08.

Funding for child care zoning work

The law funds services and expenses for a child care zoning initiative. The available text does not state the amount, who runs it, or what zoning rules change. It does not establish a household child care payment.

Funding for civics and human rights education

The law provides $200,000 for the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center's services and expenses. Another $1 million supports civic education and values curriculum, plus materials about New York's diversity and religious tolerance. It also funds resources for the state's Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education Framework. Transfers to the State Education Department's state purposes account need Budget Director approval. These funds support educational resources, not household payments.

Funding for farm-to-school projects

The law provides $750,000 to develop farm-to-school initiatives. The Department of Agriculture and Markets can receive the money to administer awards with budget director approval. The funding supports projects, not direct household payments.

Funding for job preparation education

The law provides $96 million for 2026–27 employment preparation education; transfers to other agencies need Budget Director approval. Suffolk County's Vocational Education and Extension Board receives $150,000 for services and expenses. Eligible county vocational boards also receive $932,000, first for approved 2023–24 salary claims, then earlier unpaid claims. Covered courses must have been first submitted for approval by July 1, 2010. That aid covers half of qualifying teacher, director, assistant, and supervisor salaries, capped using an assumed $10,500 annual salary.

Funding for reading instruction and literacy

The law provides $1.5 million for a three-year literacy pilot in Rochester and Yonkers. Districts partner with colleges to train teachers in evidence-based reading instruction. The Education Commissioner develops the plan, which needs Budget Director approval. Literacy, Inc. and Literacy Partners, Inc. each receive $50,000; Read to Succeed Buffalo, Inc. receives $10,000. Those organization grants cover services and expenses, without naming specific services or family payments.

Funding for safer, supportive school environments

The law provides $466,000 for the State Center for School Safety in 2026–27, with a Budget Director-approved spending plan. It also makes $2 million available for school-climate programs addressing students' overall needs through proven or innovative approaches. The Education Commissioner's award plan must prioritize schools with high suspension levels and receive Budget Director approval. The listed discipline grant provisions each specify $3 million to help districts use alternative approaches to student discipline. These grants support schools, not direct family payments.

Funding for statewide school safety work

The law provides $466,000 to operate the New York State Center for School Safety during the 2024–25 school year. The money must support the statewide center. Its spending plan needs approval from the state budget director.

Funding for student opportunity programs

The law funds Liberty Partnerships awards with $24.23836 million plus $1.862 million; 2026–27 funding stays within the appropriation. Higher Education Opportunity Program awards receive $46.89642 million plus $3.602 million for disadvantaged students at independent colleges. That money can also support enrolled students in programs winding down. Science and Technology Entry Program awards receive $20.87168 million plus $2.742 million. Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program awards receive $15.81639 million; none of these provisions sets individual award amounts.

Funding for youth programs and sports

Separate $21.6217 million and $14.1217 million allocations support approved local youth development programs. Eligible counties and cities with at least one million people receive 100% reimbursement of qualified costs, within available funds and local allocations. Programs need approved comprehensive plans; claims are due within 12 months of the spending quarter. Active youth bureaus can use up to 15% for administration; runaway and transitional independent living programs are excluded from the $21.6217 million program. Another $5 million funds statewide sports and education grants for underserved youth under age 18, under a state-approved plan.

Funding helps job seekers get support

The law provides $12 million for the Individual Placement and Supports employment program. The money supports program services and providers. This provision does not set participant eligibility rules or individual payment amounts.

Funding keeps after-school programs available

The law provides $10 million for after-school programs in districts with high student homelessness or designated at-risk areas. Grants use $1,600 per approved student placement, cannot exceed approved actual spending, and cap each district at 40% of funding. An initial $2 million is reserved for high-need Nassau or Suffolk districts; awards consider need, quality, and gang-prevention programming. Awardees must use approved quality indicators and offer gang-prevention programming. The law also keeps $21.59 million available for school-wide extended learning under the 2013 program rules. It keeps $24.344 million available for competitive 2018–19 extended-day grants; nonprofits must partner with public schools or districts.

Funding supports children's book program

The law provides $1 million for eligible groups to participate in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program. Eligible groups include libraries, library systems, nonprofits, school districts, and boards of cooperative educational services. The money supports participating groups and the children they reach, not direct household payments.

Funding supports libraries and social work

The law provides $5.4 million in federal library aid, including aid under the Library Services and Technology Act. It also provides $100,000 for the Brooklyn Public Library Center for Brooklyn History. Another $500,000 funds competitive social work grants for public and association libraries and public library systems in high-poverty, economically disadvantaged communities. Grants can start, expand, or continue professional services, including qualified providers, interns, and shared or regional services.

Funding supports mental health worker pay

The law provides $7.63 million for eligible mental health organizations’ direct salary costs and related worker benefits. Costs must relate to a minimum-wage increase taking effect on or after December 31, 2016. Organizations must be required to file consolidated fiscal reports with the Office of Mental Health. They must also certify how they use the money, in the form and at the time the commissioner sets.

Funding supports participants seeking supported employment

The law provides $12 million for the Individual Placement and Supports employment program from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money funds employment-related services and program expenses. This provision does not set individual payments or an eligibility formula.

Funding supports regional health education centers

The law provides $2.2 million for Area Health Education Centers' services and expenses. The SUNY Research Foundation manages the funding on behalf of the University at Buffalo. The provision does not set a direct household benefit.

Funding supports school health and safety

The law provides $1 million to repay schools for added immunization-program compliance costs from the 2025–26 school year. Schools must certify compliance before receiving money. The Health Department, working with the Education Department, must establish the certification process by July 1, 2026. The law also renews $466,000 for the State Center for School Safety for 2025–26. Center spending requires a plan approved by the budget director.

Funding supports Syracuse school discipline pilot

The law provides $1.2 million to Onondaga County for a school discipline pilot with the Syracuse City School District. The provision does not specify eligible students or create household payments.

Funding sustains family and after-school services

The law provides $26.1622 million for home visiting services and renews $17.2553 million for the Advantage After School Program. Funding follows plans prepared by the child services office and approved by the budget director. The money supports continued or expanded programs and new contracts, including contracts awarded through competition. The office can replace providers whose work is unsatisfactory. Home visiting contracts must require reports on results; neither appropriation sets a direct household payment.

Funding to recruit and support teachers

The law provides $17.5 million for 2026–27 Teachers of Tomorrow district awards within a program described as totaling $25 million. It includes $5 million to attract qualified teachers with current or expected transitional certificates to teach math, science, or bilingual education in low-performing schools. Up to $500,000 of that amount supports Yonkers and Syracuse demonstrations; $1 million funds college matching grants for math and science teacher recruitment and training using a proven national model. At least $22.5 million continues the master teacher program, and $400,000 funds Empire State Excellence in Teaching awards. SUNY can administer the master teacher program and teaching awards with Budget Director approval; individual payment amounts are not set.

Gang and cyberbullying prevention for students

The law renews $500,000 for local programs helping middle- and high-school students avoid gang recruitment, violence, and peer pressure. Programs provide in-school training and student support. Another $300,000 supports cyberbullying prevention, including public-awareness campaigns and school-counselor training. The budget director must approve the cyberbullying plan and any transfers to state agencies or the court system.

Grants fund preschool places for children

The law provides $15 million for new full-day and half-day prekindergarten places for children ages three and four. Awards consider need, children served, program quality, and including children of all learning and physical abilities together. For 2019–20 awards, high-need districts without a state-funded program receive preference. Grants must add to existing programs, not replace them. Unawarded funds remain available for awards in 2020–21 or later school years.

Grants fund research and scholarship groups

The law provides $150,000 for Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's services and expenses. Extolling Excellence Foundation For Service and Scholarship, Inc. gets $20,000 for services and expenses. The provisions do not specify the activities funded, household eligibility, or individual scholarship amounts.

Grants help schools add advanced courses

The law provides $1 million to help schools add Advanced Placement or equally rigorous courses. Grants can pay for teacher training, materials, equipment, and digital learning. They must add to existing funding, not replace it. Awards cannot exceed approved current-school-year spending, and no recipient can receive more than 40% of the allocation. The education commissioner develops the plan, and the budget director approves it.

Grants support education, libraries, and arts

The law provides $10 million in education, library, and arts grants through a Budget Director allocation plan. Eligible recipients include school districts, libraries, nonprofits, public colleges, CUNY, SUNY, the Higher Education Services Corporation, and the State Council on the Arts. The plan must name recipients and amounts or explain how funds are divided. Professional Performing Arts School NYC also receives $100,000 for services and expenses. The funding supports institutions rather than direct household payments.

Grants support kids’ community programs

The law provides $10,000 each for St. Nicholas Chess 4 Kids and The Center for Youth. It also provides $50,000 for Tri-Community Youth Agency and $30,000 for Wiz Kids Books B4 Basketball Program. The grants support these groups’ services and expenses. They do not specify who can take part or establish direct household payments.

Hands-on training funds for current employees

The law renews chamber of commerce funding to help employers train their current employees through hands-on job training. The listed funding schedules are $980,000, $840,000, $750,000, $789,705, and another $750,000. Funds are divided among specified chambers, including those in Cattaraugus, Steuben, Clinton, Tompkins, Broome, Niagara, Tioga, and Kings counties. The funding supports training, not stated employee payments.

Immigrant students keep school welcome grants

The law lists two $1.5 million entries continuing refugee and immigrant student welcome grants. These grants support school communities serving those students through the program established in 2019. The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance can administer awards with budget director approval. The entries do not set individual payments or detailed student eligibility rules.

Job training funding supports people after incarceration

The law provides $9 million for the Neighborhood Work Project's job training. It serves parolees, other people with criminal convictions, and people formerly held in New York City jails. Participants must be involved in community programs with the Center for Employment Opportunities. Service projects can take place at sites provided by governments or public benefit corporations. A separate $1.029 million funds a program with the same center for job-skills training or help finding work.

Local food funding for schoolchildren

The law provides $758,000 through a competitive process and another $750,000 for farm-to-school efforts. The money helps schools buy food from local farmers and expand children’s access to healthy local food. It does not guarantee a particular purchase or provide direct payments to families.

Local schools receive community and student support

The law provides $28 million for My Brother's Keeper and separately renews $28 million in earlier funding for the initiative. Money moved within the State Education Department must still support that initiative. Another $1.2 million operates three regional centers helping districts start or run community schools; qualified nonprofit operators follow a state-approved selection process. Hempstead, Rochester, and Mount Vernon each receive $175,000 for district services; Wyandanch and East Ramapo each receive $225,000. These allocations support programs and district services, not direct family payments.

Local student support programs keep funding

The law renews $350,000 for Syracuse's Say Yes to Education program and $235,000 for SUNY Albany's Just for Kids program. It also renews $490,000 for Hillside Children's Center mentoring and tutoring in the 2025–26 school year. Hillside services must operate in city school districts with populations above 125,000 and below 1 million. They must use models shown to improve outcomes, such as graduation rates.

Management support for struggling public schools

The law renews $2 million for independent managers appointed to run failing or persistently failing public schools. These managers must be appointed through the state’s school intervention process. Spending requires approval from the budget director.

Mental health support for school students

The law provides $10 million in student mental health support grants to school districts. Another $250,000 helps community schools expand mental health services and capacity. It also provides $1.2 million for three regional centers helping districts start or run community school programs. Nonprofits with relevant expertise operate the centers. These provisions do not set individual service eligibility or household payments.

Migrant workers' children receive education funding

The law provides $89,000 for education services for children of migrant workers in the 2026–27 school year. The money supports services, not direct payments to families.

Nonprofits get help covering wage costs

The law renews $15 million to reimburse nonprofit human services agencies for costs tied to minimum-wage increases. Payments must follow a plan approved by the budget director. This provision reimburses agencies; it does not set workers’ wages or pay households directly.

Nonpublic schools get arts program funding

The law provides $5 million for arts and music programs in nonpublic schools. Spending follows a plan approved by the Budget Director. The money supports school programs, not direct household payments.

Older adults' job program funding continues

The law keeps federal funding available for the Senior Community Service Employment Program under the Older Americans Act. The listed funds come from 2023, 2024, and 2025 allocations. The supplied provision does not state those amounts or an individual payment amount.

Operating support for Yonkers public schools

The law provides $12 million plus another $14 million for Yonkers City School District services and expenses. This $26 million supports district operations. It does not create direct payments to families.

Renewed grants support child care quality

The law renews $343,000 from each of the 2021 through 2025 appropriations for child care provider grants. The grants support health and safety, staff training, and better child care quality or availability. The budget director must approve a spending plan before funds are spent.

School funding for Native American students

The law provides $51.329 million for public school education of Native American students in 2026–27 or earlier school years. The Education Commissioner develops the payment schedule, and the Budget Director must approve it. Schools receive the money, not households.

School grants support local food purchases

The law keeps $750,000 available for competitive farm-to-school grants. The program helps schools buy food from local farmers and expand students' access to healthy local food. It does not set individual grant amounts or payments to families.

School lunches get New York food subsidies

Beginning April 1, 2027, the law provides $10 million in added school lunch reimbursements. Sponsors must buy at least 30% of their total school lunch food products from New York farmers, growers, producers, or processors. For federally reimbursable lunches, the state pays $0.1901 per free or paid meal and $0.0519 per reduced-price meal. The money goes to qualifying meal sponsors, not directly to families.

School mental health services keep funding

The law renews $250,000 for community-school mental health grants and $1.5 million for school mental health programs. Up to $500,000 of the latter supports the School Mental Health Resource and Training Center. Another $1.2 million supports three regional community-school assistance centers for the 2025–26 school year. Nonprofit center operators must have community-school and technical-assistance expertise. The Education Commissioner develops plans for the $1.5 million and regional centers, subject to Budget Director approval.

Schools get mental health and discipline grants

The law renews $10 million for school district grants supporting student mental health. The Office of Mental Health can receive these funds only to administer grants, with Budget Director approval. It also renews $3 million for districts to increase their use of alternative approaches to student discipline. These grants fund district services and practices, not direct family payments.

September 11 workers’ compensation funding continues

The law continues a $175 million federal appropriation for workers’ compensation costs arising from the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack. It identifies $5.1 million for renewed spending authority. Funds transfer to New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board to cover the federal share of related services and benefit costs. Payments must follow federal rules; this entry does not set a new individual benefit or eligibility formula.

Sheltered employment funding supports vocational rehabilitation

The law renews $56.001 million for FEDCAP Rehabilitation Services' Long-Term Sheltered Employment program. Funding runs through the State Education Department's adult vocational rehabilitation program, known as ACCES-VR. The provision does not guarantee each participant a payment or a specific amount of service.

Sports and education grants for youth

The law provides $12.5 million for statewide sports and education grants serving underserved youth under age 18. The Office of Children and Family Services prepares the program plan. The budget director must approve that plan. The grants fund activities and education, not cash payments to families.

Sports grants for underserved children

The law provides $5 million for statewide sports activities and education grants serving underserved youth under age 18. The program must follow a state children and family services plan approved by the budget director. Money goes to programs and groups serving eligible youth, not directly to families.

State covers approved local youth programs

Municipalities can receive 100% reimbursement of qualified youth development costs, limited by available funds and their state-aid allocation. Programs need a comprehensive plan developed with the local youth bureau and approved by the child services office. Federal funds do not count as qualified costs, and claims must arrive within 12 months after the spending quarter. Up to 15% of an approved youth bureau’s allocation can cover administrative work. Bureaus that do not provide, run, administer, or monitor youth development programs are ineligible.

Students get continued extended-learning program funding

The law provides $24.344 million for competitive extended-day and school violence prevention grants for the 2025–26 school year. Nonprofits working with public schools or districts are eligible for extended-day funding. That nonprofit eligibility also covers grants for 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23. Another $21.59 million continues school-wide extended-learning grants under guidelines and awards established in 2013. Districts can work with nonprofit community groups; the funding does not guarantee services or direct family payments.

Students get tutoring and stronger math support

The law provides $9 million for intensive, individualized reading and math tutoring in high-need school districts. It provides $2 million for the NYSUT Education and Learning Trust to train educators in number skills and evidence-based math teaching. Another $2 million funds regional teacher-training hub pilots operated by boards of cooperative educational services. The hubs serve educators in districts with low math performance. All three programs follow Education Commissioner plans requiring Budget Director approval.

Students keep early college program grants

The law renews $6 million for Smart Scholars, with payments scheduled by the commissioner and approved by the budget director. It also continues $12.656 million in early college awards: $3.656 million under 2017 applications and $9 million under 2019 applications. A separate Smart Scholars entry continues $2.86 million: $1.91 million under 2013 awards and $950,000 under 2018 awards. Smart Transfer grants continue with $1.798 million under the 2016 application process. These awards follow their program rules and fund early college programs, not direct household payments.

Students keep math and advanced-course supports

The law renews $18 million for the My Brother’s Keeper education initiative. Transfers within the Education Department must still serve that initiative. It continues $1.5 million for Expanded Mathematics Access; SUNY can administer awards with budget director approval. Another $500,000 funds advanced-course access grants for districts and cooperative education boards, especially where offerings are absent or limited. These entries support education programs rather than direct household payments.

Students keep mathematics access program funding

The law renews $1.5 million for the Expanded Mathematics Access Program. It also renews $750,000 for the middle-school version of the program. Funds can go to the State University of New York to administer awards with Budget Director approval.

Teachers keep training and scholarship funding

The law continues $20.5 million for the Master Teacher Program and $3 million for We Teach NY. It renews $500,000 for Buffalo State’s pilot helping Buffalo district teacher aides and assistants earn teaching credentials. Two entries each continue $3 million for the masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program, and another renews $400,000 for teaching excellence awards. Budget director approval allows SUNY to administer the Master Teacher, We Teach NY, and excellence award programs. The scholarship agency can receive funds solely for program administration with that approval; these entries do not set individual award amounts.

Teachers receive training and preparation program support

The law renews $3 million for We Teach NY; SUNY administration requires Budget Director approval. Teacher resource and computer training centers get $6.418 million for remaining 2024–25 costs and $14.974 million for 2025–26. A separate allocation provides $6.418 million for remaining 2025–26 costs and $14.974 million for 2026–27. The stated annual center program amount is $21.392 million. The law also provides $1.882 million for accelerated teacher preparation under an Education Commissioner plan requiring Budget Director approval, and $1.5 million for Teach.org.

Technology students keep early college funding

The law makes $18.28 million available for Pathways in Technology Early College High School grants. Allocations are $6.095 million for 2013–20, $4.598 million for 2014–21, and $3.437 million for 2015–2022 applications. They also include $2.7 million for 2018–2024 and $1.45 million for 2019–2025 applications. Awards follow responses to those requests for proposals and fund programs rather than direct household payments.

Training funds for workers and young adults

The law renews $400,000 for a logger-training partnership and $300,000 for the North American Logger Training School at Paul Smith’s College. It lists two $300,000 YouthBuild allocations and $300,000 for the Worker Institute. Cornell’s Leadership Institute and labor-extension domestic-violence program each receive $150,000; WNYCOSH receives $200,000, and an LGBT community center receives $100,000. The Solar Energy Consortium receives $500,000, and the New York State Pipe Trades Industry United Association receives $140,000 for solar-thermal training. The solar-thermal pilots serve Rochester, Buffalo, the Southern Tier, and Long Island; these funds support services rather than stated participant payments.

Training support for future construction apprentices

The law renews $100,000 for pre-apprenticeship training at Construction Training Centers of New York State. Program locations are Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse, Ronkonkoma, and Rochester. A separate labor initiatives allocation allows up to $47,000 for the same program. These funds support training programs, not stated participant payments.

Training supports teachers and classroom aides

The law keeps $770,000 available for intensive bilingual and English-to-speakers-of-other-languages teacher training. It also keeps $500,000 available for a teacher diversity pilot. The pilot helps teacher aides and teaching assistants earn the education and professional credentials needed for teacher certification. Individual award amounts are not stated.

Federal funding protects farmland and water

The law provides $20 million in federal funds for agricultural runoff control, farmland preservation, and related farm programs. Funds can be assigned to state departments and agencies. Transfers between grant periods or operating and local-aid budgets must stay within the same federal fund or program and serve its purpose. Related earlier or later grant periods must receive renewed spending authority as needed.

Agencies gain federal program spending flexibility

From April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, agencies can use appropriated federal funds for eligible program costs. This applies regardless of which federal agency administers the program. New York's budget director must approve spending, and federal laws and rules still apply. State agencies can use interagency agreements to carry out this authority. The provision does not directly change household eligibility.

Agricultural fairs receive event funding

The law provides $2.5 million for annual fairs and expositions promoting agriculture and domestic arts. Up to $550,000 supports noncompetitive awards for advertising, promotion, and education, with each award capped at $50,000. Eligible recipients are agricultural and horticultural corporations or county extension services, and awards remain available until funds run out. Up to $500,000 can support off-season county-fair events.

Airport planning targets costly limited flights

The law keeps $234,000 available for airport service studies, market analysis, application help, and public-private partnership planning. The program serves communities with unreasonably high fares or insufficient service where better air service is essential to economic development. Assistance supports participation in the federal low-fare demonstration program. It does not reimburse household travel costs or guarantee lower fares.

Budget aid for cities and counties

The law provides New York City $45 million, including help with past public health costs, and Mount Vernon $10 million. Mount Vernon's comptroller must request a budget-gap plan that limits taxpayer burden and maintains public safety; reporting is due December 31, 2026. Auburn receives $2.2 million, New Paltz receives $300,000, and Broome County receives $115,000. Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton counties receive $124,000, $72,000, and $21,300, respectively. Those three county payments are due by March 31, 2027, subject to audit and the comptroller's payment warrant.

Counties can recover detention aid shortfalls

The law allows the state to correct underpaid prior-year county juvenile detention claims. The Office of Children and Family Services must review actual care, maintenance, and supervision costs and find an underpayment. The state can then pay its share of the shortfall. The provision sets no payment amount or affected calendar years.

Farms receive research and industry support

The law provides $8.27 million for Cornell’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory and $700,000 for additional lab services. It also funds research on berries, honeybees, maple, onions, vegetables, cider, grapes, barley, nematodes, hemp, and dairy. Cornell receives $300,000 for hops breeding and extension and $250,000 for its pro-livestock program. Industry support includes $75,000 for Empire Sheep Producers, $100,000 for Hop Growers of New York promotion, and $200,000 for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. Another $300,000 supports Northern New York agricultural development through Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County.

Funding for horse injury detection research

The law provides $5.8 million to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The money supports research and a protocol for detecting injuries in thoroughbred horses. It does not create direct household payments.

Gaming communities receive state aid payments

Yonkers receives $19.6 million in video lottery aid between April 1 and June 30, 2027. This settles the state’s aid obligation to Yonkers for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2027. Eligible municipalities receive $10.519594 million, based on their fiscal-year 2025–26 aid plus the required additional aid. A county receives $3.75 million if it hosts a gaming facility but lacks the specified share of state compact gaming-device revenue. These payments go to local governments, not households.

Gateway commission operating funds remain available

The law keeps Gateway Development Commission operating funds available: $14.815 million from 2025, $9.8 million from 2024, and $18,000 from 2023. Payments must follow its adopted operating budget and a periodic spending plan submitted to transportation and budget officials. The 2024 and 2023 funds include possible Port Authority reimbursements. These funds cover commission operations, not household payments.

Local agencies get transportation planning grants

The law provides $50 million in federal grants for local transportation planning and transit studies. Highway grants receive $35 million, and transit grants receive $15 million. Studies must be included in participating planning or municipal agencies’ unified work programs. The relevant federal highway or transit agency must approve grant agreements. This money funds planning, not household payments or promised fare reductions.

Local food and farm groups receive support

The law provides $150,000 to Cornell Cooperative Extension to connect upstate and downstate food networks. It provides $850,000 for Grow NYC’s services and expenses and $100,000 for Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension. Comfort Food Community and Pitney Meadows Community Farm each receive $50,000. These are organization grants; the provisions do not set household payments or individual service eligibility.

Local government efficiency funding remains available

The law continues Citizens Reorganization Empowerment Grants and Citizen Empowerment Tax Credits, administered by the Department of State. Listed balances range from $472,772 to $1.730564 million for appropriations from 2017 through 2025. Local Government Efficiency Grant balances from those years range from $1.703368 million to $8 million. Payments require a budget director approval certificate. These provisions do not specify a direct household payment.

Local governments receive gaming tax aid

The law funds payments to eligible local governments from licensed gaming-facility tax revenue. Regions one and two each get $10 million for municipal aid and $10 million for county aid. Region five gets $11 million for municipal aid and $11 million for county aid. Recipients must qualify under State Finance Law section 97-nnnn, and payments must relate to a licensed facility in their jurisdiction.

Manufacturers get modernization and partnership funding

The law provides $5 million for manufacturing modernization services, expenses, loans, and grants. Another $14 million in federal funds supports the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. The Budget Director can assign up to the full federal allocation to a state department, agency, or authority. Individual manufacturer award amounts are not specified.

Military base projects retain research funding

The law keeps separate $2 million and $980,000 allocations for military base retention and research. Another $5 million allocation includes at least $1.05 million for Griffiss Local Development Corporation. It also requires $600,000 for the Cyber Research Institute and $450,000 for West Point. A separate $600,000 remains available for military base redevelopment. These funds support organizations and projects, not direct military household benefits.

Pharmaceutical plaintiffs receive authorized settlement payments

The law authorizes up to $54.85452836 million in payments to listed pharmaceutical plaintiffs. Payments must follow the March 2025 settlement concerning New York's 2018 opioid stewardship act. This money goes to the settlement plaintiffs, not households or opioid treatment programs.

Regional business projects receive continued support

The law continues support for regional planning, business services, and tourism promotion. Listed prior-year allocations include $125,000 for the Long Island Fiber Optic Robotic Feasibility Study. They also include $50,000 for Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce services and $50,000 for Long Island Farm Bureau tourism promotion. These funds support projects and organizations, not direct household payments.

Regional development projects retain state funding

The law keeps $327,000 for Carmel's hamlet revitalization and separate $500,000 and $550,000 allocations for Bronx economic development. It also keeps $3.404 million and $7.404 million for development in economically distressed areas. Another $2 million supports the Western New York STAMP project. A $10 million regional development appropriation continues, with $5 million identified for renewed spending authority. Regional funds can move to state agencies or authorities under an agreement signed by the governor, Senate temporary president, and Assembly speaker.

Research and technology centers keep funding

The law renews $12.025005 million for Centers of Excellence operations and $2.474995 million for added operating expenses. Their work includes life sciences, energy, manufacturing, data science, agriculture, water, environmental prediction, and RNA research. It also renews $13.55932 million for designated advanced technology center services and matching grants, including related high-technology center initiatives. These three allocations require budget director-approved spending plans. Separate $500,000 allocations continue operations at Stony Brook's advanced energy research center and Buffalo's materials informatics center.

Research and technology centers receive funding

The law provides $14.75 million for centers of excellence: $12.025005 million plus $2.724995 million in additional operations funding. Fields include life sciences, environmental and energy systems, nanoelectronics, and wireless technology; the additional funding requires Budget Director plan approval. Advanced technology centers receive $15 million: $13.55932 million for services, expenses, and matching grants, plus $1.44068 million for operations. That funding can also support centers of excellence or other high-technology initiatives, under a Budget Director-approved spending plan.

Seneca casino revenue funds local grants

Seneca Niagara allocations are $39 million for grants and $25 million for eligible county payments. Seneca Allegany allocations are $20 million for grants and $13 million for eligible county payments. Grants equal 25%, and county payments 10%, of the negotiated share of electronic-gaming net drop received by New York. Uses follow State Finance Law section 99-h, including its county-payment rules. Allegany grants follow a joint Salamanca–Cattaraugus County plan submitted to the Budget Director, with copies to Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means chairs.

Six technology research centers receive support

The law renews $5.234 million and a separate $6.934 million for six New York centers of excellence. Each center is allocated $872,333 from the first amount and $1.155666 million from the second. The centers study bioinformatics, photonics, environmental and energy systems, nanoelectronics, wireless and information technology, and small-scale systems integration. Operations must follow a plan approved by the budget director. Funds can be transferred to a state department, agency, or public authority.

Sports promotion and football funding continues

The law keeps $150,000 available to promote fishing tournaments in New York. It also keeps $4.457 million for contract payments related to retaining professional football in Western New York. Neither allocation creates direct household payments.

Syracuse receives budget gap support funding

The law provides $20 million to Syracuse to help close its budget gap. The city's management and budget director must request the funds under a plan submitted to the state budget director. The request must attest that the money will limit taxpayer burden while maintaining public safety. Syracuse must report how it used the money by December 31, 2026. The provision does not promise a specific household tax reduction.

Technology development organizations keep grant support

The law renews $1.382 million for competitive technology development matching grants and $921,000 for industrial technology extension services. The budget director can assign up to the full extension-service amount to a department, agency, or authority. Another $4.606 million continues high-technology economic development through consortiums, foundations, and other organizations. That money can cover liabilities incurred before April 1, 2014. All three allocations require budget director-approved spending plans before spending.

Technology organizations receive matching grant funding

The law provides $1.382 million for competitive matching grants to technology development organizations under Public Authorities Law section 3102-d. It also provides $921,000 for industrial technology extension services. Both require approved spending plans. The Budget Director can assign the entire extension-services allocation to a state department, agency, or authority.

Tourism groups receive continued promotion funding

The law continues local tourism matching grants, including $2.45 million, an additional $1 million, and older allocations. It continues $100,000 for Lake Ontario and Thousand Islands promotion plus $500,000 in additional local tourism matching grants. Another $3.971 million supports agritourism and New York food and drink marketing, advertising, and retail operations. For that funding, named recipient amounts are maximums, and the budget director can move money to state operations. Broome County Community Charities receives continued $500,000 tournament-related support, released annually under a multi-year plan requiring annual budget director approval.

Tourism promotion and golf receive funding

The law provides $2.45 million plus another $1 million for local tourism promotion matching grants under Economic Development Law article 5-A. It also provides $500,000 for Broome County Community Charities' professional golf tournament services and expenses. Tournament funding follows a multiyear plan, with each year's funding requiring Budget Director approval. These funds support programs and organizations, not direct household payments.

Transportation studies keep prior funding available

The law keeps $750,000 available for a Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority study. It also keeps $1 million for Bronx subway station access, disability access, and ridership linked to the Kingsbridge National Ice Center. Another $191,000 funds a preliminary Hutchinson Parkway ramp and service-road study near Hutchinson Metro Center, covering traffic, congestion, and safety. Local planning balances include $33.281 million in 2025 highway funds and $14.815 million in 2025 transit funds, plus earlier balances. Local activities must appear in unified work programs, and grant agreements require approval from the relevant federal highway or transit agency.

Two counties retain bridge maintenance reimbursement

The law continues $300,000 to reimburse Erie and Cattaraugus counties for South Cascade Drive/Miller Road bridge maintenance. The former Route 219 bridge replacement must be complete before payment. Counties must give the state comptroller the documentation required by the state transportation department.

University research programs keep targeted funding

The law renews up to $1.503 million each for SUNY Polytechnic Institute's nanoscale focus center and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's focus center. It also renews up to $1 million for the University of Rochester's laser energetics program. Continued research funding includes $245,000 for Columbia's materials center, $490,000 for Cornell's nanoscale center, and $750,000 for Albany's nanoelectronics institute. Spending requires approved plans; Albany's plan must come from the Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation. These funds support research, not household payments or tuition awards.

University research programs receive capped funding

The law provides up to $1.503 million each for focus centers at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It also provides up to $1 million for the University of Rochester's laser energetics program. Spending requires a plan approved by the Budget Director.

Accessible transit funding continues for seniors

Federal transit funding remains available for transit-dependent people, including seniors and people with disabilities. Listed balances include $35 million each for 2024 and 2025, other balances of $1.618–$34.996 million, and $9.115 million in COVID-related funds. Eligible work includes capital projects, planning, and operations beyond traditional transit and disability-access requirements. Funds can address inadequate transit, improve fixed-route access, reduce reliance on paratransit, or provide transportation alternatives. Grants reach eligible public agencies, nonprofits, and transit operators, not riders directly.

Gateway transportation commission receives operating support

The law provides $30 million for New York's share of the Gateway Development Commission's annual operating expenses. It covers liabilities accrued before or after the appropriation. Periodic payments must follow the commission's adopted operating budget. A matching spending plan must be submitted to the state transportation department and budget division. The funding supports commission operations, not household payments or a stated fare change.

Public transit operating aid remains available

The law keeps supplemental operating aid available for eligible transit systems and costs from specified fiscal years. Balances include $2.8 million from each 2023–2025 appropriation and $1.96 million from each 2015–2022 appropriation. It also continues $1.96 million for costs from each fiscal year from 2008–09 through 2014–15, plus additional listed balances. The transportation commissioner sets aid amounts with budget director approval, limited to available funds needed for eligible costs. Incentives depend on approved service or financial benchmarks; 2023–2025 payments also require an approved financial plan.

Rural and small-city transit funding continues

Federal grants remain available for eligible rural and small-city transit capital projects, planning, and operations. Balances include $32.3 million each for 2024 and 2025 and other standard balances of $4.089–$31.693 million. COVID-related balances include $22.428 million, $10 million, $18.783 million, and $14.389 million. Services must be publicly owned, operated directly or under contract, or sponsored by an eligible municipality, federally recognized tribal nation, or the state. The funding supports providers rather than direct household payments.

Community finance funding supports distressed areas

The law renews funding for activities consistent with the federal Community Development Financial Institutions program. Listed allocations include $1.495 million and $300,000. Specified appropriations allow up to $1 million and up to $200,000, respectively, for institution activities in distressed or highly distressed areas. These funds support institutions and programs. The provision does not specify household grants, loan amounts, or eligibility terms.

Agencies can manage family service funds

At a district's request, the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance can retain some Flexible Fund for Family Services money. The state budget director must approve, and the services must be eligible for that fund. A state agency must have a contract to provide the services. Approved transfers can send money to transportation or other state agencies as needed. This changes funding administration, not household payment duties.

Districts receive foster care cost reimbursement

The law provides $1.857 million to reimburse the state share of eligible local social services district costs. Charges among districts are based on their current foster care placement counts. The method is updated quarterly using the latest available data. The appropriation does not create direct household payments.

Doctors and dentists get coverage support

The law provides $78.5 million for the physicians' excess medical malpractice program. Funds can provide excess insurance or equivalent coverage for physicians or dentists. Coverage must qualify for payment from available hospital excess liability pool funds. The money supports provider coverage, not direct household payments.

Funding backs September 11 sick leave

The law provides $9 million to reimburse eligible New York public authorities and local governments for sick-leave costs. The leave must cover officers or employees with a qualifying World Trade Center condition. Funding includes qualifying costs incurred before April 1, 2026, and other costs allowed by the state reimbursement law. It pays employers’ costs, not a new individual cash benefit.

Funding continues for clinical research investigators

The law renews $3.445 million for payments through the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program. The money transfers to the pool administrator for program payments. It does not state payment amounts for individual recipients or create a direct household payment.

Funding supports medical research and planning

The law provides $55.463 million to Roswell Park Cancer Institute, including cancer research operating costs. It transfers $3.445 million to the pool administrator for Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program payments. Another $487,000 funds physician workforce studies, and $120,000 supports work on the annual hospital cost report. The New York Medical College Center of Excellence in Disaster Medicine receives $250,000 for services and expenses. These funds do not establish direct household payments or a specific change to patient coverage.

Funding supports summer food for children

The law provides $3.049 million for summer food program services and expenses for the 2026–27 school year. The money supports the program rather than setting household payments. This provision does not state individual eligibility or the amount of food assistance a household receives.

Local accounts support prompt provider payments

The state comptroller can hold certified local payments in interest-bearing accounts to support prompt child care and Medicaid provider payments. Any interest goes to the locality. These accounts do not create household payments or new individual payment duties.

Local Medicaid funds can earn interest

The state comptroller can hold certified local Medicaid payment shares in an interest-bearing account. Amounts must be certified by the state commissioner or health commissioner, using the health commissioner's district-share estimates. Interest goes to the locality. This supports orderly provider payments and does not create a new household payment obligation.

Physicians and dentists retain malpractice support

The law keeps $39.25 million available for the physicians excess medical malpractice program. It supports eligible excess insurance or equivalent coverage for physicians and dentists. Coverage must qualify for payment from the hospital excess liability pool. This is provider insurance support, not a direct household payment.

School meal aid rewards New York purchases

The law makes $10 million available beginning April 1, 2026, and continues a $10 million allocation available from April 1, 2025. School lunch sponsors must buy at least 30% of their food products from New York farmers, growers, producers, or processors. The state subsidy is $0.1901 per free or paid lunch and $0.0519 per reduced-price lunch. Payments are based on federally reimbursable lunches served under state agreements and go to sponsors, not families.

Specified union members retain health support

The law keeps $2.81 million available for health coverage or participating-plan payments related to DC37 or Teamster Local 858. Funds support Family Health Plus or Medicaid coverage, or payments to participating New York State Health Benefit Exchange plans. The provision does not set a per-member payment amount.

State reimburses eligible child welfare costs

The law covers 62% of eligible district child welfare costs after federal funds received or expected are deducted. Costs must date from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, with claims filed by March 31, 2025. Covered services include prevention, child protection, independent living, after-care, and adoption administration and services, subject to exclusions. Districts must certify that reimbursements do not replace other state or local funds. They must also meet their share of the $382.322341 million statewide threshold through specified flexible family-services spending. Districts cannot claim the same type and level of services previously claimed under a contract existing on October 1, 2002.

Funding for local property tax administration

The law provides $926,000 for property tax administration under a budget-approved plan from the state tax department. Up to $750,000 supports qualifying reappraisals, and up to $176,000 reimburses assessor and county director training. Assessing units qualify for reappraisal aid only if they have not received this aid in the previous two years. The provision does not itself change household property tax bills.

Funding supports affordable housing services

The law makes $93 million, plus available federal matching funds, available for affordable housing services and expenses. Funds can move to designated state agencies and housing entities. That requires an allocation adjustment by the health commissioner and approval by the state budget director. Spending must consider where grants are located. The provision does not set household eligibility or individual awards.

Funding to build and repair affordable housing

The law makes up to $25 million available to build or repair housing for low- and moderate-income households. Those homes must serve households earning no more than 130% of area median income. A separate allocation of up to $25 million finances repairs to existing limited-profit housing companies covered by state housing law. Both allocations require program plans approved by the budget director. Neither sets a direct household payment.

Higher rates support existing supportive housing

The law makes up to $50 million available for higher rates at existing scattered-site supportive housing units. These units must be overseen by the Office of Mental Health. Distribution requires budget director approval of the administering organization’s program plan. The funding goes to housing units or providers, not directly to residents; no individual rate increase is stated.

Academic and arts support for nonpublic students

The law renews $85.5 million for science, technology, engineering, and math programs at nonpublic schools. It also renews $922,000 for academic intervention and $5 million for arts and music programs. Academic intervention follows an education commissioner’s plan approved by the budget director. Arts and music funding also requires a budget-approved plan. These funds support school programs, not direct family payments.

Advanced and career courses keep support

The law keeps $30.863 million from 2024 available for programs including Carl D. Perkins vocational and applied-technology education. It provides $1.5 million for advanced-course access grants to school districts and regional school-service boards. These grants target more course offerings, especially in districts with few or no advanced courses. Another $6 million continues Smart Start computer science grants for school districts and other eligible recipients. This money funds education programs, not direct household payments.

Aging services receive staff training support

For April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027, the law provides $980,000 from a state trust fund for aging-office services and expenses. During that period, federal aging funds can also be transferred for Association on Aging in New York State staff training. Transfers require an aging-office director’s plan approved by the state budget director. The law separately renews $250,000 for aging-network training, education, and technical help. The Association must get advance plan approval, identify training needs, prioritize more state-certified staff, and prepare contracts and vouchers promptly.

Child care providers get training funding

The law makes up to $8 million available for child care provider training in New York. It covers training services and expenses. This provision does not specify individual awards, training terms, or direct payments to families.

College funding supports students and job training

For 2026–27, targeted college grants include $3 million for job links and $3 million for registered apprenticeships with local businesses. They also include $2.099 million for campus child care, requiring at least 35% nonstate matching funds. Grants provide $1.692 million for high-need programs, $940,000 for low-enrollment colleges, and $300,000 for Dutchess Community College. SUNY Schenectady gets $200,000 for student housing and food needs; the law also renews $1.88 million for community college contract courses and workforce development. A separate $3 million supports SUNY workforce development; both that funding and job-linkage grants require SUNY plans approved by the budget director.

College opportunity and science programs continue

The law keeps $46.89642 million available for Higher Education Opportunity Program awards to independent colleges serving educationally and economically disadvantaged students. Funds can also support enrolled students in projects being phased out. Another $2.493 million supports St. Bonaventure University's program through the cycle ending in the 2028–29 academic year. It continues $20.87168 million for Science and Technology Entry Program awards and $15.81639 million for its collegiate counterpart. Another $250,000 supports SUNY Orange County Community College services and expenses; these provisions do not state individual student award amounts.

Community colleges keep base state aid

For college fiscal year 2026–27, each community college receives at least 100% of its 2025–26 base state aid. Funding for eligible enrollment follows formulas developed jointly by the state and city university boards. The Budget Director must approve those formulas. Aid distribution follows City University trustees’ guidelines. This rule protects college funding; it does not set a student payment or tuition cut.

County vocational boards receive salary aid

The law provides $932,000 in 2025–26 aid to county vocational education and extension boards. Eligible courses must have been submitted for approval by July 1, 2010. Aid is based on half of covered salaries, using an assumed yearly salary capped at $10,500. Approved 2025–26 salary claims are paid first; remaining money can cover unpaid earlier claims. The salary figure is an aid-calculation cap, not a worker pay limit.

Disability providers get wage cost support

The law provides $38.05 million for disability providers’ salary and benefit costs tied to minimum-wage increases. Eligible increases took effect on or after December 31, 2016. Providers must be required to file a consolidated fiscal report with the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. Each recipient must certify how the money supports eligible costs, using the commissioner’s required form and timing. This funding does not set each worker’s raise.

Districts can help fund training vouchers

Social services districts can choose to use part of their state payments to fund education and training vouchers. Each district must approve the transfer and choose to cover the vouchers’ local funding share. The money moves through state agencies to a dedicated fund. This changes program financing, not individual payments or eligibility.

Early college grants support student credits

The law keeps $19.9 million available: $9 million under the 2018 grant request, $1.9 million under 2017, and $9 million under a separate plan. The separate plan prioritizes computer science career programs and schools with below-average graduation rates outside school-wide turnaround plans. Funded districts and regional school-service boards must offer every student a chance to graduate with at least one college credit. Annual grants are capped at $500,000, and part of payments depends on college credits earned each year. College partners can reduce or waive tuition or fees without reducing other support for students earning credits. The education commissioner must establish shared student data collection and reporting through an agreement with SUNY and CUNY.

Early college pathways keep their funding

The law keeps $15.84 million available for Pathways in Technology Early College High School grants. This includes $6.095 million under the 2013 grant request, $4.505 million under 2014, $3.05 million under 2015, and $2.1 million under 2017. Awards follow responses to those grant requests. It also continues $1.91 million for Smart Scholars early college grants under existing guidelines and awards. Another $1.35 million continues Smart Transfer early college grants awarded through the 2016 grant request.

Eligible school districts receive local aid

The law provides $1.868 million in small government assistance to school districts that received this aid in 2010–11. Each district’s payment cannot exceed its 2010–11 amount. Payments are due by March 31, 2027, after the Comptroller’s audit and payment authorization. The money goes to districts, not directly to families.

Entertainment workers' pilot program receives continued funding

The law provides $3 million for an entertainment industry employee pilot, including unpaid costs from before April 1, 2026. It also renews $3 million from the 2025 appropriation, including costs from before April 1, 2025. Another $3 million is renewed from the 2024 appropriation, including costs from before April 1, 2024. The provisions do not specify individual payments or employee eligibility rules.

Extended learning and classroom support for students

The law renews at least $21.59 million for school-wide extended learning grants to districts, including those working with community nonprofits. It renews $1.2 million for three community-school support centers for 2024–25, under an approved plan with nonprofit operator selection. My Brother’s Keeper receives an $18 million allocation and a separate $10 million allocation; funds can be transferred within the Education Department for the initiative. Remaining obligations receive $1.303 million for targeted prekindergarten and $6.418 million for teacher resources and computer training centers. Another $10 million supports NYSUT educator training in evidence-based reading instruction; prekindergarten and reading-training spending require budget-approved plans.

Funding continues faculty and technology programs

The law keeps prior-year funding available: $343,000 for the science and technology law center and $650,000 for faculty development. It also continues separate incentive-program amounts of $2.92 million and $4.65 million. A 2006 faculty appropriation retains its historical 6% reduction, based on funds unpaid as of August 15, 2008. That reduction applied to funding available after September 1, 2008. These funds support programs, not direct household payments.

Funding continues for medical education programs

The law renews Area Health Education Center funds: $2.2 million from 2025, $333,000 from 2024, and $234,000 from 2022. SUNY’s Research Foundation administers these centers on behalf of the University at Buffalo. It also renews $1.244 million for Associated Medical Schools of New York Scholars in Medicine and Science. That program name replaces the earlier diversity-in-medicine and postbaccalaureate designation. These entries do not set individual awards.

Funding for the workforce innovation center

The law provides $10 million for services and expenses related to the New York State Workforce Innovation Center. The provision funds the center rather than setting a payment to workers. It does not identify specific individual services or eligibility rules.

Funding supports autism center services

The law provides $1.74 million through two allocations for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at SUNY Albany. The money covers services, expenses, and additional services. It does not set an individual benefit amount or direct household payment.

Funding supports charter school operations

The law provides $4.837 million for charter school development, operations, and administrative or technical support in 2026–27. The SUNY Charter School Institute must submit a spending plan. The SUNY Board of Trustees and Budget Director must approve the plan before spending. Funds move to the charter schools stimulus account. The allocation does not set an individual student benefit.

Funding supports community learning for kids

The law provides $350,000 for Syracuse City School District’s Say Yes to Education program. It also provides $235,000 for SUNY Albany’s Just for Kids program and $500,000 for United Community Schools, Incorporated. A separate $490,000 supports Hillside Children’s Center’s mentoring and tutoring program for 2024–25. Hillside services must reach students in city school districts with populations above 125,000 and below 1 million. The funding supports program services, not direct family payments.

Funding supports education and history centers

The law provides $650,000 for the Center for Educational Innovation. It also provides $150,000 for the Underground Railroad Education Center. Both allocations cover services and expenses. These provisions do not specify participants, detailed services, or direct household payments.

Funding supports educator training and leadership

The law provides $1 million for the Executive Leadership Institute. It provides $385,000 for the intensive teacher institute’s bilingual extension and English-to-speakers-of-other-languages program. New York State United Teachers receives $1.125 million for Many Threads, One Fabric implicit-bias training for public school educators. The Long Island Latino Teachers Association receives $50,000 for services and expenses. These allocations do not set individual payments or participant eligibility rules.

Funding supports Long Island preschool services

The law provides $750,000 for the Long Island Pre-K Initiative operated by Nassau BOCES. The money supports the initiative’s services and expenses. This provision does not set family eligibility rules, service amounts, or a funding period.

Funding supports special workers’ compensation services

The law provides $698,000 for services and expenses of the special workers’ compensation program. It funds the program rather than setting an individual payment. This provision does not state who qualifies or when services begin.

Funding supports students’ health and wellbeing

The law provides $691,000 for school health education, including comprehensive health and AIDS education, for 2026–27. Within that amount, $86,000 supports the former school health demonstration program. It also provides $894,000 for The Children’s Institute’s Primary Mental Health Project for the 2026–27 school year. The money supports programs, not health insurance or direct family payments.

Funding supports worker training and credentials

The law provides $75,000 for Cornell Agriculture Workforce Development and $250,000 for the Consortium for Workers Education Credential Initiative. It also provides $932,000 for county vocational education and extension boards in 2026–27. Board aid covers half of qualifying salaries, using an annualized salary amount capped at $10,500. Courses must have first been submitted for approval by July 1, 2010. Approved 2026–27 salary claims are paid before older unpaid claims.

Funding to expand campus child care

The law renews $5.4 million to open child-care centers at more State University of New York campuses. Funds can also expand existing campus centers to serve more children. The law does not set the number of spaces, family eligibility, or child-care fees.

Grants support after-school programs and safety

The law provides $24.344 million in competitive grants for 2024–25 extended-day and school violence prevention programs. Nonprofits qualify for extended-day funding only when working with a public school or school district. The grants support program services rather than direct payments to families.

Grants support schools, libraries, and colleges

The law provides $7.5 million in Senate-directed grants, $9 million in Assembly-directed grants, and $15 million in additional grants. These support eligible school districts, libraries, public colleges and universities, and nonprofits; the Senate pool covers education and arts nonprofits. Each legislative pool requires its chamber leader’s and Budget Director’s approval, plus a resolution passed by majority roll-call vote of all elected members. All three allocation plans must name recipients and amounts or explain how funding is divided; the Budget Director develops the additional-grant plan. Transfers from that pool to CUNY, SUNY, the Higher Education Services Corporation, or the State Council on the Arts require the Director’s approval.

Local schools and libraries keep grants

The law keeps $34.425 million available for grants to schools and other eligible groups. Another $5 million supports certain school districts, public libraries, and nonprofits under a budget director plan naming recipients or allocation methods. School grants also retain $5 million from 2025 and $4.9 million from 2024 in the Federal Health and Human Services Account. A separate $5 million from 2025 remains available in the Federal Operating Grants Account; these provisions do not name the specific programs. Another $922,000 supports academic intervention at nonpublic schools under a plan developed by the education commissioner and approved by the budget director.

Medicaid funding covers minimum wage costs

Medicaid program funds can cover direct salary costs and related employee benefits tied to minimum wage increases. The increases must take effect during the appropriation period under New York's minimum wage law. The commissioner can require funding recipients to certify or report how they use the money and can authorize advance payments. This provision funds wage costs; it does not itself raise the minimum wage.

Nonpublic schools get academic and arts funding

The law provides $922,000 for academic support in nonpublic schools. The Education Commissioner develops that spending plan, and the Budget Director must approve it. A separate $5 million supports nonpublic school arts and music programs under a Budget Director-approved plan. The funding supports school services, not direct payments to families.

Operating aid for schools serving disabled students

For 2026–27, the law provides $5.6075 million in operating grants to ten schools serving students with disabilities. New York School for the Deaf and Lexington School for the Deaf each receive $903,000; Henry Viscardi receives $1.0015 million. Mill Neck Manor and Cleary schools for the deaf each receive $500,000; Rochester School for the Deaf receives $300,000. St. Francis de Sales and St. Mary’s schools for the deaf each receive $150,000; St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf receives $200,000. Lavelle School for the Blind receives $1 million; grants go to schools, not directly to families.

Physician loan relief and workforce support

The law renews $15.865 million from a 2025 allocation and $11.626 million from 2024 for physician loan repayment and practice support. Participating physicians can receive help, but individual awards and repayment terms are not stated. Another $244,000 funds physician workforce studies. These funds support existing state physician workforce programs.

Scholarship funding for child care workers

The law makes up to $17.413 million available for child care scholarships and ongoing professional development. The funding supports education and professional learning in the child care field. This provision does not state individual award amounts or who qualifies.

Science program funding for nonpublic schools

The law provides $73 million for science, technology, engineering, and math programs at nonpublic schools. The funding covers program services and expenses. It does not set a payment for students or families.

State funds child care price survey

The law makes up to $130,000 available for a child care market-rate survey. The survey supports state rate-setting work. It does not itself change family eligibility, child care payments, or household costs.

Summer education aid for students with disabilities

The law makes state aid available for July and August programs for students with disabilities, including unpaid earlier obligations. Funds cover only costs incurred before July 1, 2027, and 2025–26 school-year claims are paid first. Current-year payments cannot exceed 70% of state aid due for approved tuition, maintenance, and transportation. No single payee can receive more than 45% of the allocation. Eligible claims are paid in the order approved by the education commissioner; the total funding amount is not stated here.

Targeted funding supports high school students

The law provides separate $1.382 million math and science high school allocations for 2026–27 and 2024–25. Each is split equally among entities funded in 2007–08; new entities are not included in this allocation. Bard High School Early College Queens receives separate $461,000 allocations for 2026–27 and 2024–25 services and expenses. Queens College Townsend Harris High School receives $250,000 for services and expenses. These are school funds, not direct family payments or specified tuition cuts.

Targeted school grants keep helping students

The law keeps $64.886 million available for programs including English language learning under Title III. It continues $28 million for programs including charter school grants under Title IV. It also keeps $4.87 million from 2024 for programs including the Title V rural education initiative. Another $10.5 million supports programs including McKinney-Vento education services for students experiencing homelessness. Grants go to eligible schools and groups, not directly to families.

Teacher scholarships and career awards continue

The law makes at least $3 million available for master's-in-education teacher incentive scholarships. Budget director approval is required to make funds available to the Higher Education Services Corporation, solely to administer the program. It also provides $400,000 for Empire State Excellence in Teaching awards; making funds available to SUNY requires the same approval. Another $368,000 remains available for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification grants for the 2025–26 school year. These provisions do not state individual award amounts or scholarship eligibility rules.

Wage cost help for disability providers

The law provides $39.33 million for eligible developmental disability providers' direct salary costs and related benefits. Covered costs must relate to minimum-wage increases taking effect on or after December 31, 2016. Organizations must be required to file consolidated fiscal reports with the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. Each recipient must certify eligible uses in the form and at the time the commissioner requires. The funding does not itself set an individual worker's wage.

Workforce center keeps funding for services

The law renews remaining funds for the New York State Workforce Innovation Center’s services and expenses. The amounts are $9.628 million from 2025, $9.814 million from 2024, and $9.515 million from 2023. These funds support the center, not a new individual award or eligibility rule.

Youth education partnerships keep their funding

The law keeps $18 million available for the My Brother's Keeper initiative. Money moved within the State Education Department must still serve that initiative's purposes. It also continues $24.23836 million for Liberty Partnerships Program awards under Education Law section 612. Liberty Partnerships funding for the 2025–26 fiscal year is limited to the amount appropriated. These provisions support program activities and do not set individual award amounts.

Business assistance centers keep program funding

The law renews $490,000 for the entrepreneurial assistance program. It also renews $1.274 million for additional services and expenses at designated centers. The budget director must assign the entire $1.274 million to the Department of Economic Development. This funds programs and centers, not specified direct payments to business owners.

Business incubators receive operating support funding

The law provides $5 million for New York's innovation hot spots and business incubators. Funding covers services, expenses, loans, and grants related to their operation. The law does not set individual award amounts.

Cannabis business groups receive state funding

The law provides $100,000 to the Cannabis Association of New York and $100,000 to the Cannabis Farmers Alliance. Funds can also be assigned to other state agencies, authorities, or entities. The provisions do not specify services, individual business awards, or household payments.

Farm business assistance programs receive funding

The law funds Cornell farm assistance, including $1.4 million for FarmNet and $500,000 for Small Farms. It also provides $702,000 for a Cornell farm-labor specialist. The New York Farm Viability Institute receives $1 million plus an additional $1.15 million. Another $200,000 supports the Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation, alongside funding for related farmer, educator, and industry programs. These funds support organizations and services, not stated payments to individual farms.

Funding for manufacturing and technology support

The law provides $1.47 million in state matching funds for the federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Spending requires a plan approved by the budget director. It also provides $343,000 for the science and technology law center program. These funds support programs, not direct household payments.

Funding promotes New York farm products

The law provides $2.02 million for agricultural development and separate $5.8 million and $5.75 million lines for farm tourism and local-product promotion. Funding supports marketing, advertising, retail operations, and agricultural industry groups. The $5.75 million line includes up to $550,000 for the North Country Welcome Center. Budget-directed transfers to state operations are capped at $1 million for agricultural development and $150,000 for dairy-excellence programs. Related promotion funds can also move to state entities or operations, subject to recipient limits; these are not direct household payments.

Grants support downtowns and business groups

The law makes up to $5.5 million available for nonprofit and municipal contracts supporting main street or downtown revitalization projects. Distribution requires state budget director approval of the administering group's program plan. It also renews $115,000 for the Bronx Business Alliance. Renewed grants provide $38,000 to the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and $75,000 to the Queens Chamber of Commerce. The business-group provisions do not specify funded services or direct household payments.

Manufacturing assistance funding continues for businesses

The law continues $1.47 million in state matching funds for the federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership. It also continues federal appropriations with listed $14 million allocations from 2022–2025 and $12 million allocations from 2019–2021. The budget director can assign up to the full appropriations to state departments, agencies, or authorities. Spending the state matching funds requires an approved plan. The money supports manufacturing assistance services rather than direct household payments.

Technology grants and business incubators funded

The law provides $12 million and renews another $12 million for technology matching grants that leverage federal or private resources. Supported programs include START, Small Business Innovation Research, and Small Business Technology Transfer. New funds can pay liabilities incurred before April 1, 2026; renewed funds can pay liabilities incurred before April 1, 2025. Both grant appropriations require approved spending plans; the law also renews $5 million for innovation hot spots and incubators. Incubator funds cover services, expenses, loans, and grants; renewed grant and incubator funds can move to state agencies or public authorities.

Women’s business center funding continues

The law renews $38,000 for the Canisius College Women’s Business Center. The funds go to the center, not directly to business owners or households. The provision does not state which services the money supports or set individual eligibility rules.

York College immigrant business services funded

The law renews $150,000 for the EB-5 Immigrant Program at York College's small business development center. The money covers program services and expenses. It does not set direct household payments or individual eligibility rules.

Medical cannabis counties receive sales-based aid

The law allocates $3.5 million to counties where medical cannabis is manufactured. A separate $3.5 million allocation supports counties where it is dispensed and allocated. Each aid stream equals 22.5% of the money required to be deposited in the medical cannabis trust fund. County shares depend on local gross sales, certified quarterly by the state tax commissioner. The money goes to counties, not directly to households.

Residents' managed money can fund care

A covered facility director can continue using a resident's managed money for that resident's care and treatment. The facility must be licensed, but not operated, by New York's developmental disabilities agency. The director must be the resident's federally appointed representative payee and follow federal rules. This use can leave less money for other personal needs. It does not require every resident or payee to make these payments.

District debts can reduce foster-care aid

The state can reduce a district's foster-care aid by amounts the district owes under Executive Law section 529. This reduces district funding, not payments directly owed to families.

Financial enforcement for youth detention providers

New York’s Office of Children and Family Services can adopt financial penalties for secure and non-secure detention facilities that break its rules. It can also set detention reimbursement cost standards. The state can withhold money otherwise due to a social services district that fails to repay a detention bill. This applies after 60 days from receipt, or after a later deadline set by the office. Withholding cannot exceed the debt under Executive Law section 529; the money goes to the youth facility per diem account. These rules do not impose a direct household payment duty.

County health aid requires funding certification

County health reimbursements require a certification from the county’s chief financial officer in its state aid application. The officer must certify that tobacco settlement funds have not directly or indirectly added to or replaced county health department tax funding. The restriction does not apply during a public health emergency determined by New York’s Health Commissioner. Residents have no new personal filing duty.

Past senior service payment increases limited

For April 1, 2021–March 31, 2022, the law barred other cost-of-living increases for affected aging-program rates, contracts, and reimbursements. The 1% increase authorized by a 2021 law remained allowed. This restriction governed agency payments, not household bills. The listed period has ended.

Psychiatric emergency providers need state designation

Until July 1, 2027, the Mental Health Commissioner alone decides which providers can apply to operate comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs. Hospitals, local governments, and voluntary agencies must receive that designation before applying for an operating certificate. The rule limits provider applications, not household eligibility for benefits.

State controls psychiatric emergency program applications

Until July 1, 2026, the mental health commissioner alone selects organizations allowed to apply for psychiatric emergency program certificates. This covers general hospitals, local governments, and voluntary agencies. Organizations without that designation cannot seek an operating certificate under this rule.

Districts face homeless service reporting rules

Social services districts must report yearly to the state on temporary housing services and spending for homeless people and families. Reports must be electronic when feasible, and service plans need state approval. Outcome reports must meet state requirements. The state can withhold or deny some or all repayment for missing plans or reports, or failing to deliver planned services and outreach.

Homeless service funding faces compliance checks

Social services districts must report yearly on temporary housing services and spending, electronically when feasible. The state may withhold or deny some or all reimbursement when districts fail to submit an approved homeless services plan. The same penalty applies when districts fail to provide planned services and outreach or submit required outcome reports. These duties apply to districts, not households.

Homeless services reimbursement requires district compliance

Districts seeking temporary housing reimbursement must report requested service and spending information to the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. Reports must be electronic when the office finds that feasible. Districts must have an approved homeless services plan, follow its service and outreach requirements, and submit required outcome reports. The office can reduce or deny reimbursement for failures. These duties apply to districts, not households.

Districts bear foster care compliance losses

Beginning April 1, 2025, social services districts bear state or federal funding losses and sanctions caused by their rule violations. This includes failures to document eligibility. Federal foster care audit losses are allocated using case findings, error rates, offsets, and review procedures. Districts must submit required sample reviews within 60 days after receiving the sample to keep appeal rights. The state remains responsible for disallowed costs involving placements in facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services.

Districts bear social services funding penalties

New York can reduce district block grants for specified state-share decreases, disallowed costs, or sanctions, with budget director approval where required. Districts generally bear penalties caused by their noncompliance, including claims before or after April 1, 2026. The state remains responsible for qualifying January 1–May 31, 1999 costs caused solely by late enactment of adoption-safety legislation. Federal foster care costs disallowed through statistical estimates can be charged to noncompliant districts and immediately offset against aid, with final shares reflecting district cases and error rates. Districts lose appeal rights unless they complete and submit the sample review within 60 days of receipt.

Prior-year local aid spending authority ends

At enactment, the law repeals covered appropriations and renewed appropriations from Chapter 53 of the Laws of 2025. The repeal covers only spending authorities otherwise scheduled to lapse on March 31, 2027. The supplied provision does not identify the affected programs or dollar amounts. Their service impacts cannot be measured from this text.

Supportive housing provider increases stay limited

The law blocks additional cost-of-living increases under the New York-New York III supportive housing appropriation. This covers provider payment rates, contracts, and other reimbursements. It preserves the authorized 2.84% adjustment for April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The restriction applies to provider funding, not a new household bill.

Facility payees can use residents' funds

Directors of facilities licensed, but not operated, by New York's mental health office can continue using residents' funds for their care. The director must be the resident's federally appointed representative payee and take responsibility for managing the funds. Spending must follow federal law and rules. This supports care using residents' own money, leaving less for other uses, but creates no general duty to pay.

College funding flexibility and possible tuition increases

For college fiscal year 2026–27, local sponsors can use excess-student-revenue reserves for community college operating support. This is allowed even when expenses and student revenues exceed one-third of net operating costs. Sponsors cannot reduce their combined contributions below comparable prior-year amounts. Colleges can also raise tuition and fees above the usual legal limit when applicable standards or regulations require it and sponsor contributions meet the prior-year comparison. The law sets no increase amount.

Foster care funding caps allow carryover

For April 1, 2025–March 31, 2026, each district's allocation limits state reimbursement for specified services. Unused funds can carry into the next fiscal year for preventive, independent-living, and aftercare services. Claims above that remaining allocation receive 62% state reimbursement, excluding federal funds. Allocations use claims for the year ending June 30, 2024, with specified adjustments and approved agency factors. Claims receiving no state or federal reimbursement during a fiscal year cannot count against the next year's allocation.

Governments share foster family fingerprinting costs

State funding covers 94% of 98% of half the nonfederal share of specified fingerprinting fees. Districts must repay 53.94% of the nonfederal state and national fingerprint-record costs. Covered checks concern foster parents, prospective adoptive parents, and other adult household members. District charges use current foster placement data and are recalculated quarterly. The provision assigns government costs, not a new household payment duty.

Older legal provisions have July expiration

Sections 1, 2, and 4–20 of Chapter 723 of the Laws of 1989 remain effective until July 1, 2026. On that date, their amendments and additions expire, and affected laws return to their earlier text. The supplied provision does not identify the resulting changes to household costs, rights, or services.

Past youth detention aid includes cuts

For January 1–December 31, 2024 detention services, the law reduces calculated state aid by 2%, within applicable municipal limits. Allocations use detention history, youth population, and other agency factors. Unclaimed aid can reimburse 62% of qualifying supervision and treatment costs from that same period. Qualifying out-of-county care reimbursement is capped by the service county's allocation. The youth's home county must repay the child welfare agency 51% of that care cost.

Shared costs for foster care fingerprinting

The law renews $1.857 million for state and national fingerprint checks tied to foster care and adoption. State funding covers 94% of 98% of half the nonfederal share; local districts reimburse 53.94% of nonfederal costs. Spending follows an approved state plan and must reflect federal and local shares. District charges are set quarterly using current foster care counts. These rules do not create a new personal bill for applicants.

Youth care reimbursements include county repayments

Municipalities can use unused detention distributions to recover 62% of eligible youth supervision and treatment costs from January–December 2021. Claims cannot exceed the unused distribution, and services cannot otherwise qualify for reimbursement under the specified 2011 law. Counties caring for youth from another county can recover up to 100% of eligible care, maintenance, and supervision costs. Recovery is capped by the provider county's distribution, and the youth's home county must repay the state child-services agency 51% of costs. These are government reimbursements, not direct payments to families.

Youth detention aid and funding penalties

The state can reimburse up to 100% of eligible detention costs for youth served outside their home county, within the serving county's allocation. After state payment, the youth's home county must repay the Office of Children and Family Services 51% of those costs. The law provides $9.444 million for past detention aid underpayments identified through review of actual county costs. The office can require electronic claims and facility-use data, set reimbursement cost standards, and adopt funding penalties for detention-rule violations. These payment duties and penalties apply to counties and operators, not households.

Youth detention aid cut with offsets

The law cuts calculated state juvenile detention reimbursements by 2% after other budget limits, within each municipality's allocation. This includes services provided January 1–December 31 in both 2025 and 2026; allocations partly reflect detention use and youth population. The law provides $76.16 million for secure and non-secure detention aid for 2026 services. Unused allocations can reimburse 62% of qualifying supervision and treatment costs not otherwise reimbursable under the specified 2011 law. Eligible out-of-county youth costs can receive up to 100% reimbursement within the county's allocation, but the home county must repay 51%.

Youth detention aid includes payment limits

The law provides $76.16 million for secure and non-secure youth detention services delivered January 1 through December 31, 2022. It reduces state liability under the detention-aid law by 2%. Municipalities can use unclaimed detention allocations to reimburse 62% of specified supervision and treatment costs. Certain nonresident youth-care costs qualify for up to 100% reimbursement, with the youth's home county billed 51%. Allocations depend partly on past detention use, youth population, and state-set factors; claims or usage data can require electronic submission, and overdue district payments can be withheld and transferred to the youth facility per diem account.

Youth detention aid retains county costs

The law provides $76.16 million for secure and non-secure youth detention services delivered during calendar year 2023. It reduces the state’s calculated liability by 2%. Unused local allocations can reimburse 62% of qualifying supervision and treatment costs from that year. Specified out-of-county care payments cannot exceed the county’s allocation; the youth’s home county must repay 51% of specified costs. Another $9.444 million pays prior-year county claims when a state review finds detention aid was underpaid.

Youth facility payment rates get recalculated

The child welfare agency must reissue youth facility daily rates for calendar years 2002 through 2009. Those rates must exclude adjustments tied to changes in federal funding. Rates set afterward must also exclude those adjustments. The provision does not state whether rates rise or fall, or how household payments change.

Early intervention funding cut and transfer

For state fiscal year 2025–26, the law reduces specified early intervention state payments and funding obligations by 2%. The reduction applies after the statutory funding calculation. The Budget Director can also transfer up to $40 million to the program's state escrow account. That transfer supports state and municipal delivery of early intervention services.

Governments share older home care costs

The state reimburses 94% of 65% of the nonfederal share of qualifying Medicaid home- and community-based waiver payments. The services must have been provided before April 1, 2019, under the specified waiver law. Selected districts can authorize preventive-service funds for these costs. The state can intercept district funds to cover the 38.9% local share of preventive-service spending. This changes government cost sharing, not household benefit amounts.

Medicaid home-care funding retains past rate limits

The law renews $73.289 million for Medicaid home and community-based waiver services and local administration. Covered expenses include those incurred before April 1, 2019. Spending needs a Budget Division-approved plan, and funds can be transferred for the specified medical assistance services. The funding terms bar cost-of-living increases in rates, contracts, and reimbursements for April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020.

Older Medicaid costs reimbursed with local offsets

The law provides $73.289 million for Medicaid home and community-based waiver costs, including local administration, incurred before July 1, 2021. Spending needs a state budget-approved plan; funds can be transferred or assigned to other agencies for these older costs. For eligible services before April 1, 2019, reimbursement equals 94% of 65% of the nonfederal share. This applies to districts that chose preventive-service funds to support those costs. The state can withhold money otherwise due to districts to cover the 38.9% local share of preventive-service spending.

After-school aid targets need with caps

The law renews $35 million to start or expand Empire State after-school programs in selected high-poverty areas. Eligible locations include poverty-reduction initiative municipalities, counties or districts above 30% child poverty, or districts with over 5,000 but under 20,000 children in poverty, using cited 2015 estimates. District grants equal $1,600 per approved student, capped at approved current-school-year spending and 40% of the total allocation. Awards weigh district and student need, focus on highest-need schools and students, and proposal quality. Districts must adopt approved measures of program quality, staff-student interactions, and student outcomes.

Child care pilot faces reporting penalties

The child care pilot administrator's documented report was due by January 1, 2025. The Consortium for Worker Education must submit quarterly program counts without personally identifying information. Late reports can reduce or stop reimbursement or put future funding at risk. Administrator mismanagement, including improper spending or late reimbursement claims, can lead to termination of the pilot.

Independent colleges get aid with limits

The law provides $16.103 million in unrestricted aid to independent colleges and universities for 2026–27. Institutions cannot receive aid without a faculty-diversity improvement plan with measurable goals and a progress-reporting schedule. Colleges with endowment assets above $750 million are also ineligible. Endowments are measured using the latest academic-year federal college data reported by the National Center for Education Statistics. Total aid is limited to the amount appropriated.

Schools get funding for student device bans

The law provides $13.5 million to help schools carry out policies banning student use of internet-connected devices. The policies cover the school day on school grounds. Schools receive implementation support, while students face limits on device use. Funding follows a plan approved by the Budget Director.

Local child care funding can shift

The child services office can defer some or all local child care funding requirements for federal fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The office must tell each district which later federal fiscal year receives the deferred amount. Districts must set the money aside for that year. This changes funding timing, not household eligibility or benefit amounts.

Flexible family funds carry spending limits

Districts can request transfers of flexible family-services funds to social services or child care, following state and federal requirements. Social services funded this way must serve eligible children or families below 200% of the federal poverty level. Child care transfers must cover eligible costs; other yearly child care claims count against the district's child care grant. At a district's request, budget-approved funds can also support state-agency contracts through transportation or other agencies.

Local Medicaid payments face state controls

The comptroller can reserve up to $65 million in certified monthly local payment shares in an interest-bearing account. Amounts follow the health commissioner's district-share estimates; interest goes to the locality, and the reserve supports prompt provider payments. Districts also need health department and budget director approval to use covered funds for specified rate, fee, or procedure changes. This covers personal care providers, case managers, health plans, out-of-state facilities serving New Yorkers, and transportation providers. The rules do not create a new payment duty for Medicaid recipients.

Targeted provider raises, but broader limits

Covered substance-use service reimbursements face a ban on general inflation, cost-of-living, and trend increases from April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026. The separately authorized 2.6% targeted increase remains allowed. Mental health rates, contracts, and reimbursements face similar limits from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. The separately authorized 2.7% targeted increase remains allowed. These rules govern provider payments, not charges imposed directly on patients.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

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Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 176 • No: 50

Senate vote • 5/27/2026

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 44 • No: 18

House vote • 5/27/2026

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 112 • No: 30

committee vote • 5/27/2026

Finance Committee Vote

Yes: 20 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

THRU LINE VETO MEMO.4
6/9/2026Senate
LINE VETO MEMO.2
6/9/2026Senate
SIGNED CHAP.53
6/9/2026Senate
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
5/28/2026Senate
RETURNED TO SENATE
5/27/2026House
PASSED ASSEMBLY
5/27/2026House
MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
5/27/2026House
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.214
5/27/2026House
SUBSTITUTED FOR A10003D
5/27/2026House
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
5/27/2026House
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
5/27/2026Senate
PASSED SENATE
5/27/2026Senate
MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
5/27/2026Senate
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1331
5/27/2026Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9003D
5/26/2026Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
5/26/2026Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9003C
5/26/2026Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
5/26/2026Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9003B
3/9/2026Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
3/9/2026Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9003A
2/20/2026Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2/20/2026Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE
1/21/2026Senate

Bill Text

Amendment C
5/26/2026
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Amendment D
5/26/2026
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Amendment B
3/9/2026
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Amendment A
2/20/2026
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Original
1/21/2026
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