Available Grant: Direct Caregiver Flexibility
The New York State Department of Health Office of Aging and Long-Term Care has announced the availability of up to $19 million annually for Direct Caregiver Training Centers and a Support Hub component. The initiative aims to establish at least one Training Center in each of New York’s ten Economic Development Regions (EDRs). Applicants must be approved DOH or SED training programs and may offer in-person, hybrid, or distance education formats if previously authorized. Applicants can apply for more than one region, but each region applied for will require a separate application. Applicants can submit no more than one application per region.
Table 1:
| Economic Development Regions | ||
| 1 | Capital Region | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington |
| 2 | Central New York | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego |
| 3 | Finger Lakes | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates |
| 4 | Long Island | Nassau, Suffolk |
| 5 | Mid-Hudson | Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester |
| 6 | New York City | Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Queens, Richmond |
| 7 | Mohawk Valley | Fulton, Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego, Montgomery, Schoharie |
| 8 | North Country | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, |
| 9 | Southern Tier | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins |
| 10 | Western New York | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara |
This RFA has been posted on the NYS Statewide Financial System website at: SFS Public Portal Homepage and additionally, via a link provided on the Department’s public website at: Direct Caregiver Flexibility.
Request for Applications #20422
SFS #: DCF2025
SFS Event Name: RFA#20422: Direct Caregiver Flexibility
KEY DATES
- RFA Release Date: December 3, 2024
- Questions Due: December 23, 2024 by 4:00 PM ET
- Updates Posted: (on or about): January 7, 2025 by 4:00 PM ET
- Applications Due: January 21, 2025, by 4:00 PM ET
QUESTIONS
All Questions must be received by the date and time specified on the Cover Page of this RFA, under “Key Dates”, opposite the heading “Questions Due”.
All questions submitted by email should state the RFA Title and Number set forth on the Cover Page (RFA# 20422 – Direct Caregiver Flexibility) in the subject line of the email.
To the degree possible, each question submitted by a potential Applicant pursuant to the terms of this RFA should cite the RFA section and paragraph to which it refers. Written questions will be accepted until the date posted on the Cover Page of this RFA.
Questions and answers, as well as any updates, addendums to, and/or other modifications of this RFA, will be posted on these websites. All such questions and answers, updates, addendums to, and other modifications to this RFA will be posted by the date identified on the Cover Page of this RFA under “Key Dates”.
DOH Contact:
Carol Rodat, Special Advisor to Office of Aging and Long-Term Care
Telephone: (518) 402-0990
Email: DCF.Grant@health.ny.gov
NYSHFA | NYSCAL CONTACTS:
Christina Audi, MHA, LNHA
Executive Director, NYSCAL
caudi@nyshfa-nyscal.org
518-462-4800 x 13
