N.Y. PBH Law § 2515-A

§ 2515-a. Administration. 1. The department is authorized to request\nand receive community service project plans, as defined in section\ntwenty-five hundred fifteen-b of this title. Such projects shall be\nlimited to a twelve month duration but may, with the approval of such\ndepartment, be renewed for additional periods based on demonstrated\neffectiveness, need, and availability of funds. The department shall\noffer technical assistance to applicants for and operators of community\nservice projects. Technical assistance shall be provided for, but shall\nnot be limited to, the following activities: development of community\nservice plans, overall program planning, contract development,\nbudgeting, and designing local client-specific data collection systems.\n 2. The department shall review such community service project plans.\nThe commissioner, within appropriations made therefor, may approve such\nplans for funding in accordance with the provisions of this title. In\napproving or disapproving the funding of such plans, the commissioner\nshall only approve projects which meet the requirements set forth in\nsection twenty-five hundred fifteen-b of this title which demonstrate\nclear coordinating activities with local social services districts and\nother available city, school, county, state or federally funded programs\nand shall give priority to projects which:\n (a) stress the development and expansion of primary prevention\nprograms aimed at decreasing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy, and\nthe establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to prevent\ninitial and repeated pregnancy and to deal more effectively with the\nconsequences associated with adolescent parenting;\n (b) serve a geographic area where there is a large number of eligible\nadolescents, or a high rate of adolescent pregnancy;\n (c) serve a geographic area where the incidence of infant mortality,\nlow birth weight infants, childhood obesity and the prevalence of\nlow-income families are high and where the availability or accessibility\nof services for eligible adolescents is low;\n (d) utilize existing community resources; and\n (e) maximize the use of federal, or other state, private and local\nresources.\n