§ 45-d. Operating plans. 1. Contracts with not-for-profit corporations
and charitable organizations shall be approved by the social services
district, or the commissioner in the case of direct applications, in
accordance with an operational plan submitted pursuant to the provisions
of subdivision two of this section.

2. The social services district, or the commissioner in the case of
direct applications, shall require that, in order to receive funds
pursuant to this title, the not-for-profit corporation or charitable
organization must submit an operating plan. Preference shall be given to
plans which demonstrate that existing state, federal, local and private
dollars will be utilized to the fullest extent possible to fund the
service costs of the project. Such plans shall include but not be
limited to:

(a) the manner in which the capital expenses of the project shall be
met;

(b) the services that will be provided to the residents of the
project;

(c) the specific population that will be served by the project and how
the project will address the population's special needs;

(d) a description of the manner in which coordination with other
federal, state, local and private funding sources shall be achieved;

(e) the cost per month per eligible resident of the services to be
provided; and

(f) evidence demonstrating that such project complies or will comply
with existing local, state and federal laws and regulations.

3. Prior to entering into a contract pursuant to this title, the
social services district, or the commissioner in the case of direct
applications, shall determine that the not-for-profit corporation or
charitable organization submitting such plan is a bona fide organization
which shall have demonstrated by its past and current activities that it
has the ability to maintain, manage or operate such project, that the
organization is financially responsible, that the proposed project is
financially viable and that the project has been determined to be
appropriate for the needs of the homeless in the relevant community.