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5/16/07 N.Y. St. Reg. Notice of Availability of State and Federal Funds
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 20
May 16, 2007
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
52 Washington Street Rensselaer, NY 12144
CURRENT MH/JJ COUNTY CONTRACTORS; NEW MH/JJ APPLICANTS
Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Project (MH/JJ)
The Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Project (MH/JJ) is designed to divert juvenile delinquent youth with identified mental health and/or substance abuse treatment need(s) from New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) residential placement within either a voluntary or State operated facility.
Approximately $1.3 million is available for the purpose of funding county programs to divert juvenile delinquent youth with identified mental health needs and/or substance abuse need(s) from OCFS. The MH/JJ Project requires that mental health teams be co-located within local probation departments providing the following services: screening, assessment (both strength-based and diagnostic), case management services including wraparound, as well as direct and referral services, for identified youth and their family.
Applications will be accepted from all current MH/JJ county contractors. New applications will be accepted from county governments within NYS with OCFS placements of 10 youth or higher within the period January 1, 2006 thru December 31, 20061, as specified below.
MH/JJ funds are available for:
Current MH/JJ County Contractors (Broome, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, NYC — Kings, Monroe, Schenectady, Suffolk, and Westchester)
New MH/JJ Applicants (Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Orange, Wayne, and NYC — Bronx, New York, Queens, and/or Richmond)
The initial term of the contract for successful bidders will be January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 with the potential of up to four annual (12-month) renewal periods (January 1st through December 31st) contingent upon availability of funds and satisfactory contractor performance. Five (5) to seven (7) awards totaling approximately $900,000 will be made available for current MH/JJ County applicants. Two (2) to four (4) awards totaling approximately $400,000 will be made available for new applicants.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than June 15, 2007. Funds are available for new or current programs and are not intended to supplant existing funds.
The NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) maintains an online bidders list (OBL) for use in announcing OCFS procurement opportunities. The OCFS OBL can be found at https://ocfsws.ocfs.state. ny.us/obl. If you wish to receive announcements of this procurement and future procurement opportunities and be able to download solicitation documents you must register on the Online Bidders List and associate yourself with an organization.
If unable to download solicitation documents, requests for documents must be submitted in writing either via e-mail, fax or mail to: MH/JJ Project Director, Office of Children and Family Services, Office of Youth Development, 52 Washington St., South Bldg., Rm. 309, Rensselaer, NY 12144, fax: (518) 473-6692, e-mail address: yd.mhjjrfp@ocfs.state.ny.us
1Per the 3/22/07 Statspop. Report does not include admissions into Secure Facilities.
DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES
Four Tower Place Albany, NY 12203
ALBANY, BROOME, CHAUTAUQUA, DUTCHESS, NIAGARA, ONONDAGA, SCHENECTADY AND ULSTER COUNTIES
Local Reentry Task Forces (2007 — 2008)
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is issuing a Request for Applications (RFA) to solicit applications for awards to support the continued operation of existing offender Reentry Task Forces in upstate IMPACT counties and to help establish new local Reentry Task Forces in upstate IMPACT counties that do not have them.
The following nine IMPACT counties are eligible to apply for awards of up to $100,000 each for the continuation of existing local Reentry Task Forces: Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester. Awards for continuation funding will be for the 12-month period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 with a one-year renewal option, contingent upon available State appropriations.
The following eight IMPACT counties are eligible to apply for awards of up to $100,000 each to establish new local Reentry Task Forces: Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Dutchess, Niagara, Onondaga, Schenectady and Ulster. Awards for start-up and implementation of new Reentry Task Forces will be for the 18-month period July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008 with a one-year renewal option, contingent upon available State appropriations.
Applications received on or before 12:00 noon (EST), June 14, 2007 will be accepted.
FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THE FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY (“COMMISSION”)
Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers and Federal-State Health Reform Partnership (HEAL-NY/ F-SHRP)
Applications will be accepted through July 15, 2007 for funds necessary to implement the requirements of the Commission's Final Report. Applicants will be required to demonstrate that funds will be utilized to ensure full compliance with that report.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be
one of the 81 facilities subject to one or more of the 57 recommendations issued in the Commission's report of November, 2006;
or
a corporation established under the Public Health Law as an active member of one or more of the 81 facilities.
Contact information: Robert Schmidt, Director, HEAL NY Implementation Team, Department of Health, Hedley Building, 6th Fl., Troy, NY 12180, e-mail: healnycap06@health.state.ny.us
OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
1220 Washington Avenue State Office Building Campus, Bldg. 7A Albany, NY 12242
HIGH RISK NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Fiscal Year 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Fiscal Year 2007 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding support for target hardening activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of international terrorist attack
Applications will be accepted through 11:59 pm June 8, 2007 through the State's electronic Grants Management System (GMS) for programs to support high-risk nonprofit organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code) that are at high risk of international terrorist attack and are located within one of New York's two UASI-eligible urban areas: 1) New York — includes New York City, City of Yonkers, Westchester County, Nassau County and Suffolk County; and 2) Buffalo — includes City of Buffalo, Erie County and Niagara County. The program seeks to integrate nonprofit preparedness activities with broader state and local preparedness efforts. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, State and local government agencies, and Citizen Corps Councils.
For an application and instructions, contact: Steve Tierney at the above address, e-mail: grants@security.state.ny.us, or call 1 (866) 837-9133
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance 40 North Pearl Street, 10-C Albany, NY 12243
PUBLIC AGENCIES, COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, OR ANY SUBDIVISION; NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS INCORPORATED, REGISTERED AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CHARITIES BUREAU OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
New York State Citizenship Initiative (NYSCI) RFP
The Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (BRIA) of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) will make available up to $5,520,000 for a 36 month period under the Request for Proposals (RFP).
This New York State Citizenship Initiative (NYSCI) RFP is soliciting proposals for two complementary program components.
Component A is for local agencies to provide direct services to assist non-citizens with naturalization. OTDA will pay selected agencies for achievement of specified contract outcomes to inform non-citizens about the benefits of becoming naturalized and to prepare them for each step in the naturalization process. This component is intended to make services available statewide. Bonus payments are made available in order to encourage providers to aggressively assist non-citizens who are at risk of losing federal benefits, as well as those who are in receipt of state benefits.
Component B is for technical assistance to direct service providers. The selected agency/entity is to be a source of current immigration information, on-site training, immigration presentations, workshops and dissemination of new information on any changes to immigration laws and policies. Component B will address the need for our service providers to remain current with the complicated and ever-changing immigration laws, policies, and procedures facing New York State's immigrant and refugee service providers today.
OTDA reserves the right to award Component A funds by geographic region in order to serve the greatest number of non-citizens. Based on our analysis of population trends in New York State, OTDA may fund Component A agencies to provide services in some or all of the following counties: Bronx, Kings, Queens, New York, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Oneida, Onondaga, Broome, Tompkins, Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Clinton, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence. Applicants may propose to provide services in other counties, with justification. One Component B agency will be funded to provide services statewide.
Eligible applicants for include public agencies, county or municipal governments, or any subdivision; not-for-profit corporations, including charitable organizations incorporated, registered and in good standing with the Charities Bureau of the Attorney General in the State of New York; and faith based organizations and educational institutions. In addition, eligible applicants must meet one of the following criteria:
have an attorney on staff,
be a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) recognized agency with an accredited representative on staff, or
be in the process of receiving BIA recognition/accreditation
In addition, eligible Component A applicants must have experience in providing, or a demonstrated ability to provide, services related to the naturalization process, and other related services to non-citizen residents of New York State. Eligible Component B applicants must have experience in providing, or a demonstrated ability to provide, technical assistance and training to service providers in New York State. In addition, eligible component B applicants must have a demonstrated ability to develop and deliver community education.
Proposals are due by June 5, 2007 by 5pm. To obtain a copy of the New York State Citizenship Initiative Request for Proposals and application package, you may find it at www.otda.state.ny.us/cgo or, you may write to the individual and address listed below, fax to (518) 402-3029 or send an e-mail to renee.figueroa@otda.state.ny.us and provide detailed information including a contact name, organization/ agency name, agency address, and telephone and fax number.
