New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter A - General Welfare › Article 1 - Program and Organization › Part 300 - Local Welfare Administration › Section 300.11 - Research and demonstration projects

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Social Services Law, §§ 36-a, 113
(a) Local social services districts are
			 authorized to sponsor, conduct, and participate in the operation of such
			 research or demonstration projects as the department may approve. These
			 projects may be federally initiated, State initiated, or locally initiated, and
			 may encompass either administrative and operational activities or program and
			 services delivery activities or both. A research project is actively designed
			 to discover or develop knowledge or data relating to a particular subject or
			 practice. The activity encompasses at least one or more of the methods of
			 scientific research,
e.g.,
interview, survey, records review,
			 statistical analysis, etc. A demonstration project is activity-designed to
			 demonstrate, test or evaluate the feasibility or effectiveness of a new or
			 innovative practice, technique, process, procedure or program. Any research or
			 demonstration project that shall in any way effect a change in or conflict with
			 the rules, regulations, bulletins, procedures, directives or guidelines of the
			 department, or which shall involve the use of State funds either as direct
			 expenditure or reimbursement, shall require the approval of the department
			 prior to implementation of such project. The provisions of this section shall
			 not be deemed to affect the ability of the local districts to ask for waivers
			 pursuant to other sections of this regulation or to prohibit local districts
			 from making submissions pursuant to 300.6 of this Part. No claims for State
			 reimbursement of expenses incurred by a research or demonstration project,
			 other than for a project initiated by the department, shall be submitted unless
			 written permission has been secured from the department prior to initiation of
			 such project.
(b) In order to
			 comply with the requirements for department approval prior to a local
			 district's initiation of a research or demonstration project, any local social
			 services district which intends to sponsor, conduct or participate in any such
			 project shall submit materials to the department as follows:
(1) Federal grant projects. When a local
			 district wishes to conduct, sponsor or participate in a research or
			 demonstration project funded or otherwise operated in conjunction with a
			 Federal grant (such as, but not limited to, grants made pursuant to sections
			 1110 and 1115 of the Social Security Act, special purpose grants made pursuant
			 to Federal law or appropriation grants made under the Law Enforcement
			 Administration Act for the provision of social services, etc.), such local
			 district shall notify the commissioner of the department, in writing, of its
			 intent to conduct, sponsor or participate in such project. Prior to application
			 for Federal grant funds, the local district shall submit to the department for
			 approval a narrative description of such project, specifying the goals of such
			 project, a list containing the departmental rules, regulations, bulletins,
			 procedures and guidelines for which waivers are needed, and a statement
			 projecting the fiscal effects of such project. Upon approval by the department,
			 the local district shall furnish the department with copies of all materials
			 and/or correspondence sent to or received from the grant-awarding agency or
			 officer(s) relating to such project. The department may request such additional
			 submittals as it deems necessary.
(2) Locally initiated projects. When a local
			 social services district wishes to conduct, sponsor or participate in a
			 research or demonstration project, such local district shall notify the
			 commissioner of the department, in writing, of its intent to conduct, sponsor
			 or participate in such project. Prior to initiating operation of a project
			 which a local district wishes to sponsor, conduct or participate in, the local
			 district shall submit to the department for approval a narrative description of
			 such project specifying the goals of such project, a list containing the
			 departmental rules, regulations, bulletins, procedures and guidelines for which
			 waivers are needed, and a statement projecting the fiscal effects of such
			 project. Upon approval by the department and upon implementation by the local
			 district of any locally initiated research or demonstration project, the local
			 district shall furnish the department with monthly reports of project progress.
			 Upon completion of such project, the local district shall furnish the
			 department with a final summation of the project, listing its key activities, a
			 report of project results, findings or recommendations, and a statement
			 assessing the fiscal effects of such project. The department may request such
			 additional submittals as it deems necessary.