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Detailed explanation of Dwyer Program funding calculation and distribution
1:10:53
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4 min
Commissioner James Hendon provides a comprehensive explanation of the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Program funding, including its history, calculation, and distribution.
- Outlines the program's funding history from FY2021 to FY2026
- Explains the novel approach NYC takes in executing the Dwyer program
- Details the 70/30 split in funding allocation between community projects and overhead
- Provides specific figures on total funding received, amount spent, and remaining funds to be distributed
James Hendon
1:10:53
Thank you so much for that question, mister chair.
1:10:55
I wanna level set and then get in the weeds of what's going on with the Dwyer piece.
1:10:59
The as far as how it's let's start with how it's calculated and then go back to the other dynamics.
1:11:03
The city has received funding tied to the Joseph P.
1:11:07
Dwyer program since f y twenty three for the New York City as far as well, we recognize the city.
1:11:15
The state, it ties back to f y twenty one.
1:11:18
I'll get into that a little bit.
1:11:19
So since the, you know, 04/20/2020 and f y twenty one, that's when guar money, that spigot first turned on coming to the city of New York.
1:11:27
Money did not come to us at all during f y twenty two of the state.
1:11:30
It all went to the headstrong project.
1:11:33
It was a member directed situation where one of the members of the senate made some tweak at the state level and all that money went directly to the headstrong project to during the state's f y 22.
1:11:42
So when we talk about this money, I'll speak state and I'll stay in city for the rest of this time, it's state f 21, state f y 23, state f y 24, state f y 25, state f y 26.
1:11:56
And so when I speak about this, I'm gonna be speaking how that carries over to us as a city, f y 23 to f y 26.
1:12:03
And so I just wanted to level set on that.
1:12:06
Now the other pieces with Dwyer, things that must be said, we've taken a novel approach with how we execute Dwyer.
1:12:12
This is the only municipality in the state that does Dwyer the way we do it where it's run almost like a grant if you will, and it took time to do that within the constructs of government.
1:12:22
Putting together concept paper, a quest for expressions of interest, running a pilot program and we're currently in operation as far as going from qual to walk to run.
1:12:30
Another thing with Dwyer, the money takes a secure circuitous path.
1:12:34
It travels from the state's Department of Health, Office of Mental Health, to the city's Department of Health to us.
1:12:41
And so because it's taking that long path for years, we would get the money and not have much time to spend it.
1:12:46
So we'd get it and be like, oh, this is old state money only have so much time to spend it.
1:12:50
It created certain backlogs.
1:12:52
That will not happen moving forward.
1:12:54
Starting in July, officer management budget will recognize Dwyer money right away for us.
1:12:59
So instead of us being in a situation where we have this lag and are caught up with, hey, money just arrived, you have just a few months to spend it, sometimes less time than that, we will be able to, as soon as fiscal year begins count all of this money.
1:13:12
The next thing to say about Dwyer, there's a seventy thirty split in how this money is conferred.
1:13:16
No more than 30% of Dwyer funds go to the overhead aspects of it.
1:13:21
Anything that involves say communications, the data component, any sort of reporting and monitoring, etcetera, any staff that we have that supports Dwyer.
1:13:29
No more than 30%, the remaining 70% or more is going to go out to the community, so it's intended for the community.
1:13:36
And the other piece, we do this when I speak to this, I'm speaking to five years of funding as far as all those years that we've got.
1:13:43
So '23, '20 '4, '20 '5, '20 '6, all these years of funding and looking at it holistically.
1:13:49
We got caught up in a situation where we needed to push out money on the overhead side first because we had these short turnarounds and so you saw more money at first going to the overhead side.
1:14:00
You're seeing as we distribute in real time we're sending out money to recipients, you're seeing it get to where we're reaching that 70%, you know, balance as far as what's out going out into 2026.
1:14:12
And so with all that as a backdrop, the total amount of Dwyer money that's been remitted to the city of New York from the state in the life of the program, it's $1,800,000, 1 million 8 hundred 20 2 thousand dollars remitted and that's a life of the program from what we've been spending from f y twenty three all the way through f y twenty six.
1:14:31
One million '8 hundred '20 '2 thousand dollars.
1:14:34
The amount that has been spent thus far, $345,879.94.
1:14:41
Say again, 345,879 and 94¢ spent thus far.
1:14:47
The amount remains to be spent.
1:14:49
We've got to keep getting out.
1:14:51
$1,476,120.06.
1:14:55
1 million 4 hundred 70 6 thousand 1 hundred 20 dollars and 6 cents remains to go out.
1:15:01
When it looks when we look at how much has gone to the overhead piece, it's gone to just keeping everything, you know, the administrative side.
1:15:08
So far, it's $399,720.06 that's going out on the overhead piece.
1:15:16
And then for the excuse me.
1:15:18
Let me rephrase.
1:15:19
How much has gone out so far?
1:15:20
It's 145,000.
1:15:22
8 hundred and 70 9 and 90 4 on overhead has gone out thus far.
1:15:26
$1.04 $5.08 $7.09 94.
1:15:29
When it comes to what's going to the community, 200,000 has gone to community thus far.
1:15:33
And so it's about 42%.
1:15:35
It's $42.58 is the cut right now.
1:15:37
But in real time, we're funding projects.
Robert Holden
1:15:39
So you really have to have a team to manage this too.