It's Your Money NYC: Hold Your Government Accountable

Funding for '09

$ 221,997,000

Employees

857

Who funds this program?

City

175,389,000 (65%)

State

77,518,000 (34%)

Federal & Other

282,000 (Less than 1%)

How is the money spent?

Salaries

28,937,000 (13%)

Supplies

7,147,000 (3%)

Property & Equipment

857,000 (Less than 1%)

Contracted Service

293,028,000 (76%)

Other

8,619,000 (8%)

What your money funds:

1. Forty-nine shelters throughout the City - 32 for homeless men, 25 for homeless women and 8 for both men and women.
2. Of these 49 shelters, only four are operated directly by the City; the other 45 are operated by contractors and funded by the City.
3. The shelter system contains a total of 7,500 beds. About 91% of the beds are occupied on an average night, housing approximately 6,850 individuals. Last year, homeless individuals who came to a shelter stayed an average of 87 individual nights throughout the year, and 87 nights during the year, with 22-consecutive day stays.
4. According to DHS, in total, about 9,400 individuals stayed in a shelter on one or more nights during 2008.
5. According to DHS, it cost the city approximately $73.00 per night to shelter a homeless individual in 2007. The average individual who uses the system costs the city $6,351 per year.