N.Y. Social Services Law § 482-c: Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants

§ 482-c. Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants. 1.

The commissioner is hereby authorized to issue grants for the purpose of

enhancing and coordinating activities and programs, expanding programs

to serve more individuals and families, and/or promoting inter-agency

coordination with other neighborhood organizations offering

complementary services.

2. Funds awarded to settlement houses pursuant to the provisions of

subdivision one of this section shall be used to supplement and not to

supplant other federal, state or local funds.

3. The commissioner shall issue requests for applications to all

settlement houses and shall specify that applications include a

description of the nature of the services to be provided, a discussion

of the relatedness of the services to the purposes of a settlement house

as defined in section four hundred eighty-two-b of this article and an

estimate of the number and composition of clients to be served. Such

applications may include a discussion of plans to develop or enhance

outreach services to individuals and families, institute or augment

assessments of individual and family needs, coordinate services, develop

links with neighborhood organizations, develop employment inititatives,

mentoring programs and other cooperative programs with unions,

neighborhood businesses and community corporations, and identify sources

of private funding. Such applications shall also include at least the

following:

(a) appropriate accounting and fiscal control procedures that assure

that funds are expended in accordance with this article, including the

filing of an annual financial statement by each provider; and

(b) appropriate written records regarding the number of individuals

and families served and the type and extent of services rendered by the

settlement house.

4. The commissioner shall solicit and select applications for the

provision of programs and services funded pursuant to this article. It

is necessary that settlement houses receiving funding pursuant to this

article demonstrate a plan to raise one dollar for each two dollars of

state grants received. Subsequent year funding may be adjusted to

reflect prior years' experience.

5. The commissioner may issue a request for applications to the extent

funds are available on a multi-year basis.

6. The commissioner shall make grants of up to fifty thousand dollars

to settlement houses following approval of an acceptable plan submitted

pursuant to the request for applications so long as there are funds

available. The commissioner shall notify the local social services

district of a grant award to a settlement house in that district.