December 2022 Newsletter
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| BREAKING NEWS: Individual development awards The application period for the next round of IDA grants will be opening up from 11/14/22 through 1/27/23. The period covered by the grant is 7/2/22 to 3/31/23. Any project for which there is a submission must be completed by 3/31/23. The award is up to $2000 and can be split up between up to 2 projects. The application process will be online as it has in the past with all documentation uploaded to the application portal. The IDA grants will pay for continuing education, support for conferences, and tuition (not fees). It will not pay for books, hardware or software, subscription or other items that are deemed as either property or invalid content. Read More ———————————————————————————- Consider Helping Members in Need Perhaps you did not know, NYS has a leave donation program that allows state workers to donate their vacation time to be used as sick time to assist employees in need. These donations can be made across unions and can mean the world to a peer with a long-term medical issue. Please consider donating extra leave time to members on long-term medical leave. By donating vacation days these members can remain on the payroll and continue to receive much-needed health insurance. The donations are directed specifically to individuals the days cannot be placed into a pool. Links to the necessary forms are below. Complete the form and email or fax to time and attendance. Katrice Keenan – Joint Commission – Cont Readiness Luisa Maldonado – Housekeeping Adam Zazzera – EMT Robert Jacobsen – Nuclear Medicine Como Clercien – Dialysis Every day donated is a tremendous help and comfort to those in need . Also, if you know of someone who might be in need of leave donations due to an unforeseen extended illness please pass on the form below for them to complete and return to Human Resources to evaluate for eligibility and processing. Leave Donation request. ———————————————————————————– Tell Albany Today: Fund SUNY Campuses and Hospitals Click here to send a letter today! | —————— Workshops and other UUP events Read more |
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