N.Y. SOS Law § 50

§ 50. Homeless intervention contracts. 1. The commissioner shall,\nwithin the amounts appropriated therefor, select through a competitive\nrequest-for-proposal process, local social services districts and\nnot-for-profit corporations serving homeless and at-risk households to\nprovide homelessness intervention services to homeless and at-risk\nhouseholds. In order to ensure that contracts are awarded and services\nprovided in geographic areas of the state to homeless and at risk\nhouseholds in greatest need, and to maximize the effect of state funds,\nthe commissioner shall, prior to entering into a contract with an\neligible applicant pursuant to this section, consider the extent to\nwhich existing homelessness intervention services are available in the\nlocal social services district and the extent to which these services\nshould be expanded.\n 2. The commissioner shall require eligible applicants to submit\noperating plans in order to receive funding pursuant to this article.\nSuch plans shall include:\n (a) a description of the homeless intervention services to be\nprovided, including procedures for intake, referral, outreach, the\nprovision of services, follow-up and anticipated outcomes;\n (b) the specific population that will be served and how the services\nprovided will address the population's special needs;\n (c) a description of the manner in which coordination with other\nfederal, state, local and privately funded services will be achieved;\nand\n (d) a description of how the services will be designed to assist\nhouseholds transition from a reliance on outside interventions and move\ntoward housing stability and economic self reliance.\n 3. Prior to entering into a contract pursuant to this section, the\ncommissioner shall determine that the eligible applicant is a bona fide\norganization which shall have demonstrated by its past and current\nactivities that it has the ability to provide such services, that the\norganization is financially responsible and that the operating plan is\nappropriate for the needs of households to be served.\n