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DSS-HRA budget breakdown and services
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Commissioner Park provides a detailed breakdown of the DSS-HRA budget for FY 2025, highlighting the various programs and services funded. She explains the allocation of the $13.3 billion budget, with a focus on city-funded portions and direct benefits to New Yorkers.
- Over 80% of HRA's city tax levy budget is earmarked for benefits administered on behalf of New York State
- Almost 97% of the DSS-HRA city budget provides direct benefits and support to New Yorkers
- The budget covers various programs including Medicaid, public assistance, rental assistance, and homelessness prevention
Molly Wasow Park
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So I'm going to now move to giving an overview of the HRA budget.
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This slide shows a pie chart highlighting the different portions of the DSS HRA budget.
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DSS HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality, providing essential benefits including cash assistance, nutrition and food programs, public health insurance, employment and transportation services, and access to housing, homelessness prevention, and emergency assistance.
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DSS HRA helps more than 3,000,000 New Yorkers annually through the administration of more than 15 major public benefit programs with a budgeted headcount of approximately 12,000.
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The FY '25 budget for DSS HRA is $13,300,000,000 including $10,400,000,000 in city funds.
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The majority, over 80% of HRA's city tax levy budget, is earmarked for benefits that the city administers on behalf of New York State.
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Almost 97% of the DSS HRA budget city budget provides direct benefits and support to New Yorkers.
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Cash assistance benefits, benefit levels, and eligibility rules are set by state law and regulation.
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Medicaid, which is the blue portion of the pie chart, including home care, managed care, mental health, substance use services, and hospital care is administered by New York State.
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The city pays a portion of Medicaid costs out of city tax levy.
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That is the 64% of the DSS HRA city funded budget shown here.
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HRA sends these funds directly to New York State, and the state uses it along with the state and federal funds it controls to pay medical providers and managed care plans.
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15% of the DSS HRA budget goes to public assistance, which is the red portion of the pie.
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11% to rental assistance and homelessness prevention, the green section, 3% for administration, which is purple, 2% for legal services, orange, and 1% each for HASA employment services, CFC, and domestic violence services.
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HRA also administers SNAP for 1,800,000 clients.
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These benefits, which are federally funded at about $5,000,000,000 a year, do not flow through our budget, but they represent another critical benefit that HRA is mandated to provide.
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Similarly, HRA administers another $48,000,000,000 in state and federal funds supporting New York City Medicaid clients which are not part of our city budget.
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I should note that the DSS budget for administration covers shared services for both HRA and DHS.
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The next slide again shows an image of the Manhattan skyline and presents the title of the next portion of our presentation, the DHS budget.