Section 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.