Nonpublic School Security Reimbursement Program (NPS)

On January 5, 2016, Local Law 2 of 2016 was enacted, which empowers the mayor of the City of New York to authorize a program to reimburse qualifying non-public schools for the cost of procuring certain security services. The mayor designated the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) as the law’s administering agency, through the DCAS Division of Fiscal & Business Management (FBM). DCAS is responsible for managing all aspects of the citywide initiative, including but not limited to, the processing of applications for new schools, recertifications for existing schools, annual budgets, invoices for reimbursements, and conducting periodic training seminars.

Note: The 2024-2025 application period opened on March 1, 2024 and will close on May 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm EST.

For additional eligibility information and instructions, please access the hyperlinked documents below:

• 2024-2025 Application Period Letter
• Instructions for Responding to the 2024-25 Application

Effective July 1, 2024, the Health & Human Services Accelerator (HHSA) will be decommissioned. Invoices submitted after June 14, 2024 are to be emailed to Reimbursement4schools@dcas.nyc.gov.
Actions required from Schools:

• Return all invoices currently in HHSA that were “Returned for Revision” with the requested changes incorporated. Failure to comply by June 14, 2024, will delay your reimbursement.
• After June 14, 2024, new invoice submissions are to be emailed to Reimbursement4schools@dcas.nyc.gov. Adhere to previous guidelines when submitting your invoice.
• Schools are required to download their important documents currently in the Document Vault for record-keeping and audit purposes by June 30, 2024. The files will not be accessible after the June 30, 2024 decommissioning date.
• Schools should monitor their Budget and spending if they are not doing so presently.

Spring Information Sessions

• Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Monday, April 22, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, May 7, 2024 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

All sessions will be held via Zoom.

Please RSVP at least five (5) days before the session you plan to attend. Please email the requested information below to ContactDCAS@dcas.nyc.gov. Please note that the same information will be presented at each session so there is no need to attend more than one session. In your response please include:

1. Preferred Information Session Date and Time
2. School Name
3. School Address
4. Your name and contact information
5. Name(s) and number of attendees
6. Any question(s) you may have prior to attending the information session. (Optional)

Contact Information

Mailing Address:

New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Attn: Nonpublic School Security Reimbursement Program
1 Centre Street, 17th Floor North
New York, NY 10007

Telephone:

Schools: 212-386-0040
Fax #: 646-500-7142

Email:

You can email the Nonpublic School Security Reimbursement Program for more information.