Section 481-E. William B

Hoyt  Memorial children and family trust fund;
  awarding of grants. 1. The commissioner is hereby  authorized  to  issue
  grants  from funds credited to the William B. Hoyt Memorial children and
  family trust fund as provided in section four  hundred  eighty-one-f  of
  this  article  to public agencies or not-for-profit corporations for the
  purpose of establishing or extending any or all of the following:
    (a) primary prevention programs;
    (b) secondary prevention programs;
    (c) programs which provide services to  victims  of  family  violence,
  such  as  establishing  temporary shelters and other emergency services;
  programs which provide or facilitate counseling,  or  other  appropriate
  follow-up services to victims and their family or household members; and
  any  other  program deemed helpful in the treatment of victims of family
  violence.
    2. (a) Funds shall be awarded in the following manner:  forty  percent
  for  local  child  abuse  prevention  or  family  resource  and  support
  programs, forty  percent  for  local  domestic  violence  prevention  or
  service  programs  and  twenty  percent for regional or statewide family
  violence prevention programs; provided,  however,  that  any  unexpended
  portion  of such twenty percent as allocated shall be made available for
  local family violence prevention programs and provided further, however,
  that in determining the eligibility of any regional or statewide  family
  violence  prevention  program or of any local family violence prevention
  program for any part of such unexpended portion, the commissioner  shall
  give  first  consideration  to  those  programs which combine both child
  abuse prevention and domestic violence prevention.
    (b) For a program which combines child abuse prevention  and  domestic
  violence  prevention, the commissioner shall predetermine, to the extent
  feasible, the percentage of concentration for each within  such  program
  and  shall apportion the total amount awarded between such forty percent
  allocation in the same proportion.
    3. No moneys from  the  fund  established  pursuant  to  section  four
  hundred  eighty-one-f  of  this  article  shall  be granted for services
  mandated  under  this   chapter.   Funds   awarded   to   not-for-profit
  corporations   or   public   agencies  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
  subdivision one of this section shall not  be  used  to  supplant  other
  federal, state or local funds.
    4.  The  commissioner,  with  the  advice  and  recommendations of the
  William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund advisory  board,
  shall  issue  requests for proposals and specify methods to evaluate the
  effectiveness of proposed programs.  Such evaluation shall  include  but
  not be limited to the following:
    (a)  appropriate  accounting and fiscal control procedures which shall
  include the filing of an annual financial statement by each provider  so
  as  to  ensure the proper disbursement and accounting for funds received
  by public agencies and not-for-profit corporations for services; and
    (b) appropriate written records regarding the  population  served  and
  type and extent of services rendered by the provider; and
    (c)  confidentiality standards in conformance with appropriate federal
  and state standards so as to ensure the confidentiality  of  records  of
  persons receiving services; and
    (d)  nature  and  quality  of  services  provided and impacts upon the
  populations and communities served.
    5. The commissioner shall solicit and shall select proposals  for  the
  provision  of  services funded pursuant to this act. Public agencies and
  not-for-profit  corporations  shall  be   eligible   for   purposes   of
  application  for grants provided for herein and subject to any rules and
  regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision four of this section.

    6. The commissioner, with the advice of the William B.  Hoyt  Memorial
  children  and  family  trust  fund  advisory  board, shall publicize the
  availability of funds to be used  for  purposes  of  this  section.  The
  commissioner  shall request, on prescribed forms, information determined
  to be necessary and relevant for the evaluation of each application. The
  commissioner  may  solicit  comments  on the applications from concerned
  individuals  and  agencies.  Applications  for  local  grants  shall  be
  submitted  to the local commissioner of social services and to the local
  youth bureau in the locality in  which  the  program  will  operate  and
  applicants  for  local  grants shall solicit comments on the application
  from such local commissioner of social services  and  such  local  youth
  bureau  prior  to  submitting  such  application  to  the  commissioner.
  Applicants shall inform the local commissioner of  social  services  and
  the  local  youth bureau that their comments upon the application may be
  submitted either to the applicant or to the commissioner or to both. The
  commissioner shall give full consideration to any such comments received
  within twenty-one days after the application deadline and  shall  review
  the applications in relation to relevant local plans before approving or
  disapproving such applications.  The commissioner shall inform the local
  commissioner  of social services and the local youth bureau of the final
  disposition of the applications. No grant award shall be for a period in
  excess of twelve months unless renewed by  the  commissioner,  with  the
  advice  of  the  advisory  board.  The  initial grant and the first year
  renewal, if any, shall not exceed one hundred percent  of  the  cost  of
  providing  the  service.  The third year grant, if any, shall not exceed
  seventy-five percent of the initial grant. The fourth year grant and any
  grant thereafter, if any, shall not exceed fifty percent of the  initial
  grant. No program shall receive funding after the fourth year unless the
  commissioner,  annually,  finds  that  the  program effectively prevents
  family violence or provides a necessary service  to  victims  of  family
  violence.
    7.  Pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this   section, the commissioner
  shall ensure that grants  are  awarded  evenly  across  the  state  with
  consideration  given to geographic areas with the greatest need and that
  priority is given to programs:
    (a) which are innovative; or
    (b) of demonstrated effectiveness; and/or
    (c) illustrates the capacity to coordinate with established  community
  programs; and/or
    (d)   which   can   demonstrate   a  potential  for  future  financial
  self-sufficiency.
    8. The commissioner with the advice and recommendations of the William
  B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust  fund  advisory  board  shall
  submit  a  report  prior  to the fifteenth day of December beginning  in
  nineteen hundred eighty-five and annually thereafter to the governor and
  the legislature regarding  the  implementation  and  evaluation  of  the
  effectiveness  of  prevention  and  treatment services related to family
  violence. Prior to submitting such  reports  to  the  governor  and  the
  legislature,  the commissioner shall permit the William B. Hoyt Memorial
  children and family trust fund advisory board to review and comment upon
  such reports. Such report shall include:
    (a) the number of persons estimated to have been assisted in  programs
  covered by this section;
    (b)  the  number,  recipients and amounts of grants to public agencies
  and not-for-profit corporations;
    (c) the amount of public and private funds used for approved  programs
  by service type;
    (d) the amount of funds used for the administration of such services;

    (e)  a  description of the nature and quality of services provided and
  the impact  upon  the  populations  and  communities  served  and  their
  potential for being replicated elsewhere; and
    (f)  all such other matters as may be necessary to inform the governor
  and the legislature regarding the implementation and evaluation  of  the
  effectiveness  of  programs  covered  by this section and the success of
  such programs in accomplishing the intent of the legislature.