Olmstead Housing Subsidy (OHS) is a statewide rental subsidy and transitional housing support service program for high-need Medicaid beneficiaries. 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 nursing home settings or preventing nursing home placement.
Eligible participants of the program are those enrolled in Medicaid who are in need of nursing home level of care, who are homeless or unstably housed, and who have spent at least one hundred and twenty (120) consecutive days in a nursing home over the most recent two-year period and who 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.
List of Regional Contacts.
OHS informational brochure for participants and social workers.
OHS informational brochure for existing landlords and tenants.
Olmstead Housing Database
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: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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 |
Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center (SAIL)
Sharon Frederick (lead)418 Geyser Road Ballston Spa, NY Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 518-584-8202 Fax: 518-584-1195 |
North Country Center for Independence, Plattsburgh
Carissa Baiano This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 518-563-9058
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| Albany South Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie |
Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley (ILCHV)
Hunter Share (lead) 15-17 Third Street, Troy, NY 12180 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 518-274-0701 Fax: 518-274-7944
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Capital District Center for Independence, Albany
Shannon DeMayo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (518)459-6422 |
| Buffalo Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming |
Western New York Independent Living (WNYIL)
3108 Main StreetBuffalo, NY 14214 Tel: (716) 284-4131 Fax: 716-835-3967 Kaylin Corbran (lead) Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 716-836-0822 |
Southwestern Independent Living Center, Jamestown
David Marg This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 716-661-3010 |
| Long Island Nassau, Suffolk |
Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO)
Lori Corrar (lead)755 Waverly Road Holtsville, NY 11742 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 631 -880-7929 x121 Fax: 631- 946-6377 |
Angelica Licciardi
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Daisy Diaz
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| Lower Hudson Valley Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester |
Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC)
Don Wiggins
10 County Center Road
2nd Floor
White Plains, NY 10607 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 914- 682-3926 |
Resource Center for Accessible Living, Kingston Tom Caplan Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 845-331-0541 Rockland Independent Living Center, New City LaTerra McGee/ Joseph Quelch Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 845-624-1366 Taconic Resources for Independence, Poughkeepsie
LaKeisha Hill This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 845-452-3913 Westchester Disabled on the Move, Yonkers
Melissa Lopez-Robles This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 914-968-4717 |
| New York City Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond |
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (CIDNY) Jorge Gomez Christina Mora |
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Brooklyn
Desimarie Wright Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: 718-998-3000 Bronx Independent Living Services, Bronx
718-515-2800 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Irving McDonald Kimberly Escolastico |
| Rochester Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates |
Center for Disability Rights (CDR)
John Simaitis (lead)497 State Street Rochester, NY 14608 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 585-546-7510 Fax: 585-546-7542 |
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| Southern Tier Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins |
Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
Kimberly Kappler (Lead) OHS assistant: Michael Phillips Binghamton, NYTel: 607-724-2111
Fax: 607-772-3606 |
AIM Independent Living Center, Corning
Sherilynn Stage 607-962-8225 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Access to Independence, Cortland Terri Rigge Catskill Center for Independence, Oneonta
Meghan Starring This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 607-432-8000 |
| Syracuse Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Jefferson |
ARISE Independent Living Center
635 James Street Syracuse, NY 13203 Kate Haskins
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 315-671-2992 Fax: 315-671-2977 Housing Specialist:
Tammy Deitrich
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Massena Independent Living Center, Massena
Tina Laflesh Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 315-764-9442
Resource Center for Independent Living, Utica Cliff Franklin Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel: 315-797-4642 |