New York State Senator Pete Harkham announced today that he secured $604,500 in an end-of-year resolution in the State Senate for additional grant funding for important youth workforce training and community programs distributed to 15 different recipients.
The funding, awarded at Harckham’s discretion, comes from several areas in the enacted FY2025-2026 State Budget, including the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services, Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Department of Health, Department of Labor, Department of State, Office of Mental Health, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation; State Education Department, Urban Development Corporation and New York State Council on the Arts.
“These investments are important to organizations that are providing frontline services to our most vulnerable residents,” said Harckham. “Many of these are nonprofits operating on shoestring budgets and they accomplish so much. I am glad to have secured this funding because these programs will help empower residents and benefit them in so many ways. Each of these recipients is deserving of our support, and I thank Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins for acknowledging the impact of their work in our communities.”
Among those receiving funding through the end-of-year resolution:
- Hope’s Door, Inc.: $50,000 for Crisis Response, Outreach Expenses
- Neighbor’s Link, Inc.: $57,500 for Legal Services to Immigrant Community
- Prevention Council of Putnam, Inc.: $7,000 for Operations and Educational Programs
- Putnam Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center: $35,000 for Advocacy Outreach
- WMC Health Network / Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital: $80,000 for Sickle Cell Anemia Program
- City of Peekskill: $50,000 for Workforce Training programs for Young Adults
- CAREERS Support Solutions: $85,000 for Operations and Educational Programs
- Daisy Jopling Music Mentorship Foundation: $25,00 for Operations and Programming
- Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA): $25,000 for Operations and Outreach
- My Brother Vinny, Inc.: $50,000 for Operations, Storage Costs and Vehicle Maintenance
- CURE 100, Inc: $25,000 for Educational Programming
- Latino U College Access, Inc.: $25,000 for Educational Programming
- STEM Leadership Center, Inc.: $25,000 for Educational Programming
- Support Connection, Inc.: $25,000 for Educational Programming
- The Ossining Micro Fund, Inc.: $20,000 for Operations and Advocacy Outreach
