Olmstead Housing Subsidy (OHS) is a rental housing subsidy program that provides transitional housing support to Medicaid beneficiaries with a disability that have lived, or currently live in a nursing home. The funding was made available as part of the Medicaid Redesign Team’s Supportive Housing Workgroup initiative to help address the needs of eligible Medicaid participants in transitioning from Skilled Nursing Facility settings.
Eligible participants of the program are those enrolled in Medicaid who are homeless, living in a Skilled Nursing Facility for at least 120 consecutive days, and have the ability to live safely in the community.
The OHS subsidy is modeled after the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) waiver subsidy programs in that the individual is required to pay 30% of their monthly income, less allowances. There will also be funding available for “community transition services” which includes security deposits, moving expenses, utility payments and household establishment purchases.
NYAIL is partnering with member ILCs to staff housing specialists across the state to provide outreach to and assist eligible individuals with OHS program enrollment.
Olmstead Housing Subsidy Referral Form.
Olmstead Housing Program Brochure:
Olmstead Housing Database (Authorized Users Only)
For more information, please contact:
Valerie Brennan
Director of Housing Programs
155 Washington Ave, Suite 208
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: 518-465-4650 x110
Fax 518-465-4625
Email:
Olmstead Housing Subsidy Regional Contacts |
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Regional Counties |
Contact Information | Auxiliary Independent Living Centers |
Albany North Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren, Washington |
Kindre Anderton (lead))
Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center (SAIL)
418 Geyser Road,
Ballston Spa, NY, 12020
Tel: 518-792-3537
Fax: 518-584-1195
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North Country Center for Independence
Christina Walton
80 Sharron Ave.,
Plattsburgh, NY, 12901
Email: Tel: 518-564-0239
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Albany South Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie |
Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley (ILCHV)
Brenda White (Lead)
15-17 Third St.,
Troy, NY 12180
Tel: 518-274-0701
Fax: 518-274-7944
Email:
Maritza Mendez
Email: |
Capital District Center for Independence
Shannon DeMayo
1716 Central Ave.,
Albany, NY, 12205
Email:
Tel: 518-459-6422
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Buffalo Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming |
Vacant (Lead) Western New York Independent Living (WNYIL) Email:
Justice Fryling Western New York Independent Living (WNYIL) Independent Living of Niagara County 746 Portage Road Niagara Falls, NY 14301 Email: |
David Marg
Southwestern Independent Living Center
843 North Main St.,
Jamestown, NY, 14701
Tel: 716-661-3010
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Long Island Nassau, Suffolk |
Nicole Johnson (Lead) Assistant Director |
Simone Kelly Email: Josselyn Cacciatore Email: Arianna Yannetta Email: |
Lower Hudson Valley Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester |
Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC)
Don Wiggins (Lead)
10 County Center Rd.,
2nd Floor,
White Plains, NY, 10607 Email: Tel: 914-682-3926 |
Resource Center for Accessible Living BRIDGES Kaitlyn Scilla
873 NY 45, New City, NY 10956 Email: Tel: 845-624-1366 Taconic Resources for Independence
Melissa Llauger 82 Washington St., Suite 214
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
Email: Tel: 845-452-3913 Yael Kortsarz Westchester Disabled on the Move, 984 N Broadway, Suite 400, Yonkers, NY, 10701 Email: Tel: 914-968-4717 |
New York City Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond |
Aba Egyin
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (CIDNY)
80-02 Kew Gardens Suite 400
Kew Gardens, NY, 11415
Tel: (646) 442-4156 ext. 4183
Fax: 718-866-1069
Cell: (347) 335-2590
(Email:
Housing Specialists:
Ester Benjamin,
Jorge Gomez,
Christina Mora,
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Soraya Burrell Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, 25 Elm Pl., 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 Email: Tel: 718-998-3000 ext. 305
Irving McDonald and Madeline Maldonado Bronx Independent Living Services, 4419 3rd Ave., #2C, Bronx, NY, 10457 Tel:718-515-2800 Email: Email:
Shante Alexander Staten Island Center for Independent Living 470 Castleton Ave. Staten Island, NY, 10301 Tel: 718-720-9016 EXT 202 Email: |
Rochester Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates |
Susan Stahl
Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
497 State Street
Rochester, NY, 14608 Email:
Tel: 585-546-7510
Fax: 585-546-7542
Housing Specialists:
Dawn William
Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
497 State Street
Rochester, NY, 14608 Tel: 585-546-7510
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Southern Tier Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins |
Eileen O’Brien (lead)
Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
135 East Frederick St.
Binghamton, NY, 13904
Tel: 607-724-2111
Fax: 607-772-3606
Khyrstal Griswold
Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
135 East Frederick St.
Binghamton NY 13904
Tel: 607-724-211
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AIM Independent Living Center
LaTrisha Gaboriault 271 E. 1st St.,
Corning, NY, 14830
Tel: 607-962-8225 ext. 141 Email: Access to Independence Catskill Center for Independence
6104 NY-23 Oneonta, NY, 13820 Heather Merrill
Email:
Tel: 607-432-8000
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Syracuse Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Jefferson |
ARISE Independent Living Center
Jeff Parker (Lead)
635 James St.
Syracuse, NY, 13203
Email:
Tel: 315-671-2992 Fax: 315-671-2977 Housing Specialist:
Cliff Franklin
Email:
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Lauren Mason
Maximizing Independent Living Center,
1033 Paterson Street
Ogdensburg, NY, 13669
Tel: 315-764-9442 ext. 401
Becky Vanderwood
Resource Center for Independent Living,
131 Genesee St.,
Utica, NY, 13501
Tel: 315-797-4642 x 2929
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