New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter D - Adult-Care Facilities › Part 491 - Shelters For Adults › Section 491.3 - Operational plans

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A social
		    services district may be reimbursed from State or State-administered grants or
		    funds for costs incurred for shelter and services provided by a shelter for
		    adults, a small-capacity shelter, or a shelter for adult families where such
		    facilities are operated in accordance with both the requirements of this Part
		    and with operational plans approved by the office pursuant to this section, and
		    where such facilities have been issued operating certificates pursuant to
		    section
		    491.4  of this
		    Part. A separate operational plan must be submitted by the social services
		    district for each shelter for adults, a small-capacity shelter or a shelter for
		    adult families for which the social services district seeks reimbursement or
		    makes payments to from State or State-administered grants or funds.
(b)
Preliminary approval.
Prior to the submission of an operational plan for a
			 shelter for adults, a small-capacity shelter, or a shelter for adult families,
			 a social services district must obtain the preliminary approval of the office
			 for the establishment of such facility. For acquisition, construction or
			 operation of a new facility, a social services district must submit a request
			 for preliminary approval prior to entering any binding commitments for the
			 acquisition of the property, for construction, for financing or for operation
			 of the facility. The office must advise the social services district in writing
			 of its approval or disapproval of an application for preliminary approval
			 within 30 days of receipt of the plan except if it determines that additional
			 information is required, in which case the office must advise the social
			 services district in writing within 30 days of receipt of the additional
			 information of its approval or disapproval of the application.
(1) Preliminary approval to establish a
		    shelter for adults, a small-capacity shelter, or a shelter for adult families
		    will be granted only to a social services district that demonstrates and
		    documents, on forms and in a manner prescribed by the office:
(i) that there exists sufficient need for the
		    establishment of the facility, including but not limited to a description of
		    the number of homeless individuals and homeless adult families in the district,
		    the vacancy rate for low income housing in the district, the geographic
		    location of the shelter and the type of population to be served by the
		    shelter;
(ii) that the costs of
		    development, including, but not limited to, acquisition,
		    construction/rehabilitation, professional fees, including legal and
		    architectural fees, and financing costs, are reasonable as determined by the
		    office; and
(iii) how the proposed
		    facility will be included in the district's overall plan for providing
		    emergency shelter to homeless individuals and families in receipt of temporary
		    housing assistance.