N.Y. Labor Law § 838: Substate grantees

§ 838. Substate grantees. 1. Substate grantees shall be designated on

a biennial basis through agreement between the governor, local elected

officials and private industry councils pursuant to the act.

(a) preference for selection shall be given to those entities which

have demonstrated fiscal and administrative capability to directly

administer basic readjustment and retraining services and provide

support services or have demonstrated the administrative capacity to

contract out for such services.

(b) entities eligible for selection as substate grantees must

demonstrate the capacity to administer the required services either

directly or by contract continuously through the period covered by the

substate plan, and include:

(i) private industry councils in the substate area;

(ii) service delivery area grant recipients or administrative

entities;

(iii) private nonprofit organizations;

(iv) units of general local government in the substate area or

agencies thereof;

(v) local offices of state agencies; and

(vi) other public agencies, such as community colleges and area

vocational schools.

2. Substate grantees shall administer substate activities as defined

in subdivision two of section eight hundred thirty-nine of this article.

3. The state shall establish procedures to review the designation of

substate grantees on a biennial basis. Such procedures shall include the

use of evaluation data defined in section eight hundred forty-nine of

this article.