2023 New York Laws › MHY - Mental Hygiene › Title E - General Provisions › Article 41 - Local Services › 41.37 - Community Residence and Residential Treatment Facility for Children and Youth Development Grants.

§ 41.37 Community  residence  and  residential  treatment  facility  for
children and youth development grants.
(a)  The  commissioner  of  the  office  of  mental  health   or   the
commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities is
authorized, within appropriations made therefor, to make grants to local
governmental   units  and  voluntary  nonprofit  agencies  developing  a
community residence as defined in subdivision  twenty-eight  of  section
1.03 of this chapter. The commissioner of the office of mental health is
authorized,  within  appropriations  made  therefor,  to  make grants to
voluntary nonprofit agencies developing a residential treatment facility
for children and youth. Such grants shall be limited to the  development
costs  incurred  prior  to  the  operation of a community residence or a
residential  treatment  facility  for  children  and   youth,   or   for
development costs incurred to expand the capacity to provide services at
such residences and facilities.
Development  costs which may be eligible for up to one hundred percent
reimbursement under this grant include:
1. reasonable professional fees and other fees for services which  are
necessary for project development;
2. initial staffing;
3.  up  to  six  months  rent, construction loan or permanent mortgage
payments, together with other necessary costs associated with rental  or
ownership of property;
4. reasonable and necessary fees paid to secure financing;
5. furniture; and
6. reasonable rehabilitation costs.
(b)  Application  for  grants shall be made in the manner and on forms
prescribed by the  appropriate  commissioner.  Each  commissioner  shall
establish  schedules,  subject  to  the  approval of the director of the
division of the budget, indicating the maximum development cost per  bed
for  such  community residences and residential treatment facilities for
children and  youth.  Such  schedules  may  include  varying  rates  for
distinct  geographic  areas of the state, if in the determination of the
commissioner  the  location  of  an  eligible  community  residence   or
residential treatment facility for children and youth has direct bearing
on  the  level of development costs. The commissioner may also establish
varying rates based on the size of an eligible  community  residence  or
residential treatment facility for children and youth.
(c)  No grant will be awarded by the commissioner if the projected per
bed  development  cost  for  the  community  residence  or   residential
treatment   facility   for  children  and  youth  exceeds  the  schedule
established in subdivision (b) of this section.
(d) No such grant will be awarded unless there is  prior  approval  by
the  local  governmental  unit  of  the  area  in  which  such community
residence or residential treatment facility for children and youth is to
be located.
(e) The state comptroller, or his legally  authorized  representative,
is  authorized  and  empowered  to examine the books and accounts of the
offices relating to program development grants and from time to time  to
examine  the  books  and  accounts  of  each  local governmental unit or
voluntary  nonprofit  agency  receiving  such  grants,   including   its
receipts,  disbursements,  contracts, leases, loans and any other moneys
relating to its financial operation.