GENERAL HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, OR CORPORATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AS ACTIVE MEMBERS OF ANY COMBINATION OF THE PRECEDING, DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, ARTICLE 28, MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT CLINIC LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, ARTICLE 31 OR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS AND RESIDENCES, ADULT HOMES, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAMS, INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS

Continuous Recruitment under the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers Capital Grant Program (HEAL NY)

Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis for grants to provide support and funding for capital projects which will address and meet a documented unmet health care need in New York State as determined by the Commissioner. Authority based upon the Health Care Efficiency and affordability law for New Yorkers Capital Grant Program.

PHL Section 2818 (2):

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, the commissioner and the director of the dormitory authority may award, in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the health care system improvement capital grant program allocation in any given fiscal year, grants to eligible applicants without the process set forth in subdivision one of this section. With respect to the process for the awarding of such funds without the process set forth in subdivision one of this section, the commissioner and the director of the dormitory authority shall determine eligible awardees based solely on an applicant’s ability to meet the following criteria:

(i) Have a loss from operations for each of the three consecutive preceding years as evidenced by audited financial statements; and

(ii) Have a negative fund balance or negative equity position in each of the three preceding years as evidenced by audited financial statements; and

(iii) Have a current ratio of less than 1:1 for each of three consecutive preceding years; or

(iv) Be deemed to the satisfaction of the commissioner to be a provider that fulfills an unmet health care need for the community as determined by the department through consideration of the volume of Medicaid and medically indigent patients served; the service volume and case mix, including but not limited to maternity, pediatrics, trauma, behavioral and neurobehavioral, ventilator, and emergency room volume; and, the significance of the institution in ensuring health care service access as measured by market share within the region.

The application to apply for awards under 2818(2) is available at the New York State Department of Health public website at www.health.state.ny.us.

Please send your completed application to: Robert G. Schmidt, Director, HEAL NY Implementation Team, Department of Health, Division of Health Facility Planning, Corning Tower, Rm. 1119, Albany, NY 12237, (518) 474-5565, e-mail: [email protected]

Announcement will be posted on a quarterly basis.

MUNICIPALITY (CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNS^[1], FIRE DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES

Fiscal Year 2010 Technical Rescue Grant Program seeks applications up to $150,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) funding made available by the NYS Office of Homeland Security (OHS) for local emergency response entities that provide targeted technical rescue and urban search and rescue (USAR) related services. This grant focuses on technical rescue and USAR related services involving structural collapse, trench, confined space, swift water and/or rope rescues in an all-hazards environment. For the purposes of this grant, vehicle and machinery rescue activities are not considered technical rescue. The three primary objectives of this grant are: (1) Advancement of Targeted Technical Rescue and USAR Capabilities; (2) Development of Regional Response Capabilities; and (3) Increasing the Resource Typing of Technical Rescue and USAR Resources in New York State. Applicable standards include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Typing for search and rescue where applicable and, for those capabilities not addressed within the NIMS System, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1670 - Standard on Operations and Training, Technical Search and Rescue Incidents.

Applications will be accepted from July 1, 2010 through September 1, 2010 through the State’s electronic grants management system (E-Grants).

A municipality (cities, villages, towns^[1], fire districts and counties) is eligible to apply for the FY2010 Technical Rescue & USAR Grant Program on behalf of one or more emergency response entities. For purposes of this grant program, an “emergency response entity” is strictly defined as an entity that provides technical rescue or USAR services located in New York State. The emergency response entity must already be established and maintained by one or more municipalities and must be a resource identified in the county fire mobilization and mutual aid plan.

For an application and instructions, contact: Office of Homeland Security, at the above address or e-mail: [email protected], 1-866-837-9133

^[1] A town is the municipality responsible for providing emergency services within a fire protection district.