§ 482-C — Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants

§ 482-c. Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized to issue grants for the purpose of\nenhancing and coordinating activities and programs, expanding programs\nto serve more individuals and families, and/or promoting inter-agency\ncoordination with other neighborhood organizations offering\ncomplementary services.\n 2. Funds awarded to settlement houses pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision one of this section shall be used to supplement and not to\nsupplant other federal, state or local funds.\n 3. The commissioner shall issue requests for applications to all\nsettlement houses and shall specify that applications include a\ndescription of the nature of the services to be provided, a discussion\nof the relatedness of the services to the purposes of a settlement house\nas defined in section four hundred eighty-two-b of this article and an\nestimate of the number and composition of clients to be served. Such\napplications may include a discussion of plans to develop or enhance\noutreach services to individuals and families, institute or augment\nassessments of individual and family needs, coordinate services, develop\nlinks with neighborhood organizations, develop employment inititatives,\nmentoring programs and other cooperative programs with unions,\nneighborhood businesses and community corporations, and identify sources\nof private funding. Such applications shall also include at least the\nfollowing:\n (a) appropriate accounting and fiscal control procedures that assure\nthat funds are expended in accordance with this article, including the\nfiling of an annual financial statement by each provider; and\n (b) appropriate written records regarding the number of individuals\nand families served and the type and extent of services rendered by the\nsettlement house.\n 4. The commissioner shall solicit and select applications for the\nprovision of programs and services funded pursuant to this article. It\nis necessary that settlement houses receiving funding pursuant to this\narticle demonstrate a plan to raise one dollar for each two dollars of\nstate grants received. Subsequent year funding may be adjusted to\nreflect prior years' experience.\n 5. The commissioner may issue a request for applications to the extent\nfunds are available on a multi-year basis.\n 6. The commissioner shall make grants of up to fifty thousand dollars\nto settlement houses following approval of an acceptable plan submitted\npursuant to the request for applications so long as there are funds\navailable. The commissioner shall notify the local social services\ndistrict of a grant award to a settlement house in that district.\n