N.Y. PBH Law § 2515-B

§ 2515-b. Community service project plans. 1. Plans for community\nservice projects may be submitted to the department by not-for-profit\nagencies or by county or municipal governments, or any subdivision\nthereof. Such plan shall:\n (a) include a statement of project goals and objectives and a\ndescription of the services to be provided to meet such goals and\nobjectives;\n (b) identify the geographic area to be served, which may include a\ncounty, municipality or any subdivision thereof, or a combination of\ncounties, municipalities or subdivisions thereof;\n (c) identify the prevalence and incidence of adolescent pregnancy and\nparenting and related problems to be addressed by the project in the\ngeographic area; and a description, by number and characteristics, of\nthe project's target population to be served;\n (d) describe the services currently available to serve the eligible\nadolescents which may help reinforce the goals and objectives of the\ncommunity service project;\n (e) describe how services for eligible adolescents will be coordinated\nwithin such project plans, and efforts to be made to improve client\naccess to such services by improving interagency cooperation and program\ncoordination;\n (f) describe how the project funds received pursuant to this title\nshall be used;\n (g) describe the community's involvement in the project plan, and the\ninvolvement of relevant agencies and appropriate groups involved within\nsuch project plan;\n (h) describe how the proposed services are relevant to the population\nbeing served; and\n (i) describe the method to be used to evaluate and report upon the\neffectiveness of the community service project funded under the\nprovisions of this title.\n 2. The community service project plan shall be developed by the\ncommunity council which shall direct the activities of the community\nservice project. The community council shall select a lead agency which\nshall be responsible for the administration of the community service\nproject. The community council shall select and approve the funding of\nsubcontractors pursuant to this title for the purpose of the development\nof the community service project plan.\n