Sec. 700.1. Scope and purpose

(a) This Part applies to all adjudicatory proceedings commenced by service of a preliminary determination of funding action upon public or private grantees which receive or are entitled to receive Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) entitlement funds under P.L. 97-35, as amended, and Article 6-D, Executive Law, section 159-i, as amended.

(b) The purpose of this Part is:

(1) to comply with P.L. 97-35, as amended by P.L. 98-558, with respect to terminations of present and future funding; and

(2) to provide particular CSBG grantees with notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the record of the department's preliminary determination of funding action for a statutory allocation of CSBG entitlement funds for cause.

(c) This Part applies to any grantee receiving its statutory allocation of CSBG entitlement funds under Executive Law, section 159-i, as amended, as allocated to the State in PL 97-35, as amended. This Part does not apply to the remainder of CSBG funds, commonly referred to as “discretionary” funds, which may be received by a grantee or other statutorily specified entity.