Section 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.