State Awards $3.2 Million to Adult Care Facilities to Improve Air Conditioning in Residents' Rooms
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 15, 2009) - A total of $3.2 million in New York State grants have been awarded to 51 adult care facilities (ACF) across the State to provide increased air conditioning in resident rooms.
The Adult Care Facility Air Conditioning Initiative grants, administered by the Department of Health, are the result of a competitive process under which operators of adult homes and enriched housing programs applied for funding to support the installation, operation and maintenance of air conditioning in resident rooms. The Department's goal is to provide increased comfort for residents of adult care facilities
In distributing the grant funds, the Department gave priority to applicants whose residents demonstrated the highest level of need, including but not limited to those with psychiatric disabilities and the elderly, and to those applicants in the greatest financial need of such assistance. Facilities are required to use either NYSERDA pre-qualified equipment or Energy Star certified equipment. Funds to pay for the cost of a NYSERDA energy audit to assess a facility's air conditioning needs are included in the award for those facilities that obtained an audit prior to applying for funds.
Applicants were required to confirm that their proposals would not result in additional operating costs being passed on to facility residents. Another competitive round for these air conditioning grants is anticipated shortly.
The following facilities were awarded funding under this initiative:
| Region | Award Amount |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Region | |
| Amber Court, Brooklyn | $ 75,100 |
| Amber Court, Westbury | $ 76,000 |
| Belle Harbor | $ 75,000 |
| Brooklyn Adult Care | $ 73,500 |
| Crystal Manor House | $ 5,000 |
| Elm York Home | $ 70,239 |
| Founda Elderly, Rockaway | $ 75,000 |
| Green Hills Estate | $ 75,400 |
| Lakeside Manor | $ 67,026 |
| Madison York | $ 40,978 |
| Madison York | $ 32,278 |
| Mermaid Manor | $ 75,400 |
| New Broadview Manor | $ 75,000 |
| New Gloria's Manor | $ 75,000 |
| New Haven Manor | $ 43,667 |
| New Monsey's | $ 75,000 |
| New South Shore Manor | $ 56,190 |
| Oceanview Manor | $ 74,989 |
| Palm Beach | $ 74,631 |
| Pearl Garden | $ 60,950 |
| Queens Adult Care | $ 73,500 |
| Regency of Boro Park | $ 75,000 |
| Sanford Home | $ 43,440 |
| Seaview Manor | $ 75,000 |
| St. Nicholas | $ 39,500 |
| St.Francis/Mt. Alverno | $ 75,000 |
| Surfside Manor | $ 75,000 |
| The Arbors-Islandia | $ 69,800 |
| The Arbors-Westbury | $ 75,000 |
| The Eliot | $ 75,000 |
| Valley Vista | $ 23,746 |
| Vassar-Warner Home | $ 75,000 |
| WSFFSSH - Fred Fleming | $ 50,595 |
| Capital District | |
| Holbrook's Adult Home | $ 46,608 |
| Home Sweet Home | $ 58,650 |
| Samuel Villas | $ 10,173 |
| Woodland Village | $ 75,400 |
| Central New York | |
| Adirondack Manor, Evergreen | $ 63,160 |
| Adirondack Manor, Massena | $ 44,700 |
| Adirondack Manor, Pulaski | $ 74,280 |
| Adirondack Manor, Ticonderoga | $ 57,068 |
| Adirondack Manor, Valehaven | $ 64,485 |
| Elizabeth Brewster House | $ 75,000 |
| Lincoln Elms I | $ 4,140 |
| Western Region | |
| Bickford Home | $ 30,000 |
| New Falls Home | $ 75,305 |
| Pilgrim's Landing | $ 74,910 |
| St. Columbans | $ 75,185 |
| The Bristol Hom | $ 69,414 |
| The Courtyards | $ 65,000 |
