N.Y. Social Services Law § 45-d: Operating plans

§ 45-d. Operating plans. 1. Contracts with not-for-profit corporations

and charitable organizations shall be approved by the social services

district, or the commissioner in the case of direct applications, in

accordance with an operational plan submitted pursuant to the provisions

of subdivision two of this section.

2. The social services district, or the commissioner in the case of

direct applications, shall require that, in order to receive funds

pursuant to this title, the not-for-profit corporation or charitable

organization must submit an operating plan. Preference shall be given to

plans which demonstrate that existing state, federal, local and private

dollars will be utilized to the fullest extent possible to fund the

service costs of the project. Such plans shall include but not be

limited to:

(a) the manner in which the capital expenses of the project shall be

met;

(b) the services that will be provided to the residents of the

project;

(c) the specific population that will be served by the project and how

the project will address the population's special needs;

(d) a description of the manner in which coordination with other

federal, state, local and private funding sources shall be achieved;

(e) the cost per month per eligible resident of the services to be

provided; and

(f) evidence demonstrating that such project complies or will comply

with existing local, state and federal laws and regulations.

3. Prior to entering into a contract pursuant to this title, the

social services district, or the commissioner in the case of direct

applications, shall determine that the not-for-profit corporation or

charitable organization submitting such plan is a bona fide organization

which shall have demonstrated by its past and current activities that it

has the ability to maintain, manage or operate such project, that the

organization is financially responsible, that the proposed project is

financially viable and that the project has been determined to be

appropriate for the needs of the homeless in the relevant community.