N.Y. Executive Law § 548-d: Application for funding

§ 548-d. Application for funding. 1. Application process. In response

to a request for proposals, an eligible applicant may submit an

application for funding for a project to the department, which shall

receive all such applications on behalf of the committee. The department

shall forward all such applications for funding to the committee for

review and approval.

2. Components of application. Each application for funding shall

include, but not be limited to:

a. a description of the geographic boundaries and demographic

characteristics of the neighborhood in which the proposed project

services will be targeted and an explanation of why that neighborhood

was selected;

b. a description of the services that currently exist in the targeted

neighborhood, any gaps in or barriers to such services, including

identification of any known statutory or regulatory barriers, and the

resources available within the community to support such services;

c. a description of how existing services will be made more accessible

to residents of the targeted neighborhoods, whether or not any existing

services will be expanded, what new services will be provided, how both

the new and existing services will be coordinated, and what links will

be established among the providers of services in the community;

d. a statement of the project's goals and objectives, including the

intended outcome for each specific service or activity contained in the

action plan provided, however, that such outcomes may include, but need

not be limited to, appropriate measurable factors relating to

employment, health, education, substance abuse, and alcoholism;

e. a description of the process and criteria that will be used by the

applicant to select members of the council;

f. a description of the method that will be used to develop the action

plan. Such description shall address the process to be used to engage

the community residents in developing such action plan; and

g. a description of the community's involvement in the development of

the application including the involvement of local governmental

agencies, voluntary agencies, businesses, foundations, community

organizations, and community residents, and the methods by which the

applicant will assure continued community involvement in the delivery of

services and long range planning efforts.