N.Y. Executive Law 159-I – Distribution of funds
§ 159-i. Distribution of funds. At least ninety percent of the community services block grant funds received by the state shall be distributed pursuant to a contract by the secretary to eligible entities as defined in subdivision one of section one hundred fifty-nine-e of this article. Each such eligible entity shall receive the same proportion of community services block grant funds as was the proportion of funds received in the immediately preceding federal fiscal year under the federal community services block grant program as compared to the total amount received by all eligible entities in the state, under the federal community services block grant program.
Terms Used In N.Y. Executive Law 159-I
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Eligible entity: shall mean any organization
(a) officially designated as a community action agency or a community action program under the provisions of section two hundred ten of the economic opportunity act of 1964 for fiscal year 1981, unless such community action agency or a community action program lost its designation under section two hundred ten of such act as a result of a failure to comply with the provisions of such act; or
(b) designated by the process described in section one hundred fifty-nine-m of this article (including an organization serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated). See N.Y. Executive Law 159-E - Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Secretary: shall mean the secretary of state. See N.Y. Executive Law 159-E
- tribal organizations: shall mean those tribes, bands or other organized groups of Indians recognized in the state or considered by the federal secretary of the interior to be an Indian tribe or an Indian organization for any purpose. See N.Y. Executive Law 159-E
The secretary shall, pursuant to section one hundred fifty-nine-h of this article, retain not more than five percent of the community services block grant funds for administration at the state level.
The remainder of the community services block grant funds received by the state shall be distributed pursuant to a contract by the secretary in the following order of preference: a sum of up to one-half of one percent of the community services block grant funds received by the state to Indian tribes and tribal organizations as defined in this article, on the basis of need; and to community based organizations. Such remainder funds received by eligible entities will not be included in determining the proportion of funds received by any such entity in the immediately preceding federal fiscal year under the federal community services block grant program.