Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes
What the 2026 round offered
How the 2026 round of SCAHC (NY) worked, from the agency's own documents. Rules and amounts change every round: this is not the current round.
- Application window
- Opens April 15, 2026 · Deadline July 8, 2026 (12:00 p.m. (noon). RFA release date April 15, 2026; notification of awards scheduled for September 2, 2026; anticipated contract start January 1, 2027. DCJS anticipated 140 to 280 awards.) Source
- Maximum award
- Up to $250,000 per organization (award ceiling $250,000) Source
- Total funding
- Up to $70 million ($35 million from the FY 2026 budget, the rest subject to the FY 2027 budget) Source
- Awards made
- 290 organizations (announced September 8, 2026) Source
- What changed that round
- The $250,000 maximum request is the highest since the program was created in 2017. Source