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Tonko Announces Nearly $84 Million for Capital Region Health Services & Research

Federal grants will provide funding to local public health organizations for emergency preparedness, mental health services

Washington, May 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that several local public health organizations have been awarded a combined $83,913,889 to be administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding programs that support local mental health services, crisis response, cancer research, technology systems updates and more.

“This year has offered powerful, often painful lessons in the importance of public health and the vital services our health centers and workers provide,” Congressman Tonko said. “We need to make sure these local facilities and staff can get the resources they need to get themselves and all of us through this challenging time, all while continuing to provide the critical lifesaving support that our communities depend on. This federal support will help ensure these folks and all who depend on them here in our Capital Region can access the resources they need. I will never stop working to deliver and expand essential federal investments like these that strengthen our local health systems, staff and the health and wellness of our Capital Region.”

The NY-20 organizations receiving HHS funding includes:

  • $66,017,548 will go to Health Research, Inc. for emergency crisis response preparedness.
  • $9,891,800 will go to Health Research, Inc. for the New York State Cancer Prevention and Control Program.
  • $2,671,258 will go to Health Research, Inc. for diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention.
  • $3,365,986 will go to Schenectady Family Health Services to improve the health centers services.
  • $1,315,168 will go to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to upgrade their Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system.
  • $253,188 will go to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for immunology research on Candida fungal infections.
  • $226,691 will go to Wadsworth Center on allergy and immunology research on multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria.
  • $95,000 will go to Families Together in New York State to provide support and services to families and children struggling with mental illness.
  • $77,250 will go to the University at Albany to research the effects of Medicaid expansions on infant health among Native Americans.


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