MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE COASTAL AREA OR ALONG A MAJOR INLAND WATERWAY

The Department of State is soliciting applications from local governments for matching grants available under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) for local waterfront revitalization projects. Grant applications will be accepted until 4:00 pm on September 16, 2009 for the following purposes:

• Visioning and development of local or regional revitalization strategies

• Completing or implementing a Local or Regional Waterfront Revitalization Program

• Adapting to climate change

• Downtown and hamlet revitalization

• Preparing or implementing a local or regional watershed management plan

• Urban waterfront redevelopment

• Creating a blueway trail

• Interpreting waterfront resources - New York State Coastal Resources Interpretive Program

Eligible applicants include municipalities (cities, towns, and villages) and counties located within the State Coastal Area or along a major inland waterway designated pursuant to Executive Law, Article 42.

Grants will be available for up to 50% of the total eligible project costs set forth in the application and as approved by the Department.

Notification has been transmitted to all eligible municipalities, and application materials are available online at www.nyswaterfronts.com. For more information, eligible applicants should contact the Department of State, Office of Coastal, Local Government and Community Sustainability, at the above address, or call (518) 474-6000.

MUNICIPALITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS, ORANGE, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND, SULLIVAN AND WESTCHESTER AND THE SOUTHERN TOWNSHIPS OF ULSTER COUNTY

The Department of State is soliciting applications from local governments and not-for-profits for grants available under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) for Smart Growth planning projects. Grant applications will be accepted until 4:00 pm on September 16, 2009.

Funding is available for two categories of planning: 1) municipal and area planning to revitalize "centers" – e.g., downtowns, "Main Streets", hamlets, urban cores, historic districts, transit stations and older first-tier suburbs; and 2) a regional plan.

Funding is available in the first category to:

• Develop a comprehensive center revitalization plan and program.

• Develop community designs consistent with the Smart Growth principles contained herein that improve the physical characteristics of the center, create synergies among diverse land uses and invite investment.

• Create a positive image of the center and encourage consumers and investors to live, work, shop, play and invest in the center.

• Organize and coordinate community talent, resources and stakeholders to implement a center revitalization program.

• Create public consensus and input through education and outreach, including surveys, focus groups, public meetings, stakeholder meetings, data collection, charettes and concept preparation.

• Conduct market analysis of the demand for revitalization of the center, including residential, commercial/retail and support services.

• Develop local ordinances, zoning overlays and land use regulations that foster the center revitalization plan.

• Identify potential public and private funding sources and partners.

• Conduct an inventory of existing resources that will bolster the revitalization plan.

• Identify and develop the institutional tools needed to support revitalization, including retail management organizations, business improvement districts, public-private partnerships, financial strategies and organizational structures.

Funding is available in the second category for a regional plan that:

• Documents Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMTs) in the Lower Hudson Valley and the connections between transportation and development patterns in relation to VMTs, and makes projections for the future with and without Smart Growth.

• Documents the connection between land use patterns and climate change, primarily in relation to transportation-based greenhouse gases due to VMTs.

• Develops regional and inter-municipal land use solutions to the trend toward increased VMTs, based on the Smart Growth principles contained herein, with particular emphasis on the anticipated effects of the Stewart Airport expansion and the Tappan Zee Bridge project on land use and development patterns.

• Designates Priority Growth Areas - areas appropriate for a concentration of compact, mixed-use development - based on a regional analysis.

Eligible applicants include municipalities and not-for-profits within the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester, and the southern townships of Ulster County (Gardiner, Lloyd, Marlborough, Plattekill, Shawangunk and Wawarsing).

Grants will be available for up to 100% of the total eligible project costs set forth in the application and as approved by the Department.

Notification has been transmitted to eligible municipalities, and application materials are available online at www.dos.state.ny.us. For more information, eligible applicants should contact the Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources, at the above address, or call (518) 473-3355, or e-mail [email protected].

NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS

Anticipated RFP Released…………. July 22, 2009

Proposals Due……………………… September 4, 2009

Notification of Awards…………….. November, 2009

Anticipated Contract Start…………. March 1, 2010

The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is announcing the anticipated release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Emergency Needs for the Homeless Program (ENHP).

ENHP Program Description:

OTDA is requesting proposals from not-for-profit corporations, including charitable organizations, for the Emergency Needs for the Homeless Program (ENHP). The intent of ENHP is to improve the overall system of providing emergency services to homeless individuals and families, and those at risk of becoming homeless by ensuring that these services are targeted and enhanced in order to assist the homeless toward a stable and secure independent future.

State financial assistance will be made available, pursuant to the enacted State Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Aid to Localities Budget appropriating funding for this program, to organizations in social services districts with a population in excess of 2,000,000. Funds will be made available to support programs that meet the emergency needs of homeless individuals and families, and those at risk of becoming homeless who are eligible for benefits under the State Plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant and whose incomes do not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level, provided that such services to eligible persons not in receipt of public assistance shall not constitute "assistance" under applicable federal regulations. Contracts awarded under ENHP are 100% federally funded and the ENHP has a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number of 93.558.

The legislation authorizing this program limits participation to New York City providers with demonstrated experience providing all of the following four services: crisis intervention; eviction prevention; mobile emergency feeding services; and summer youth services. Services funded under this ENHP contract may include, but are not limited to these four services. Organizations may work in partnership to demonstrate the required experience and submit one application with one agency designated as the lead agency.

For more information, or to obtain a copy you can contact the individual listed below via e-mail, fax, or write to the address listed below. Be sure to include the following information: a contact name, organization/agency name, agency complete mailing address, telephone, and fax number.

Linda Camoin

e-mail: [email protected]

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

Center for Specialized Services

Bureau of Housing and Support Services

40 North Pearl Street, 10-B

Albany, NY 12243

Fax: (518) 486-7068

Once released you may also download the RFP at http://www.otda.state.ny.us/main/cgo/procurement_bid.htm