N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 6661.4 – Applications and activities.

(a) Combined centers funded under this Chapter shall provide and combine, to the extent possible and financially feasible, services that include, but are not limited to, staffing and administration, transportation, nutrition and health, and the costs of utilities, heat, insurance and rent or mortgages. Program models should include intergenerational program activities.
(b) Grants may be awarded for combining separately existing programs or for combining newly proposed programs. Such grants shall be limited to start-up costs that may include legal and architectural fees, planning and administrative costs for the purpose of combining such programs, moving expenses and minor capital improvements and up to the first two months' expenses for salaries or wages, training, rent or mortgage payments, utilities and insurance or such other start-up costs identified and approved by the Office.
(c) The combining of a residential health-care facility and a child day-care center on a lease or contract arrangement shall be subject to the prior approval of the New York State Commissioner of Health.
(d) To the extent funds are available therefor, public and private not-for-profit organizations and corporations may apply for grants under this Chapter on forms prescribed by the Office, which shall include:
1. (1) plans for coordinating, combining and consolidating existing or proposed senior citizen services centers, or residential health-care facilities and child day-care centers;
2. (2) the start-up costs necessary to combine such programs, which may include legal and architectural fees, planning and administrative expenses for the purpose of combining such programs, moving expenses and minor capital improvements, and up to the first two months' expenses for salaries or wages, training, rent or mortgage payments, utilities and insurance and such other start-up costs identified and approved by the Office;
3. (3) an outline of steps to be taken to ensure the health, safety and welfare of program participants;
4. (4) innovative utilization of operating funds which may include, but not be limited to, pooling of administrative and support staff, insurance costs, maintenance costs, transportation services, nutrition services, energy costs, building space, health services and supplies, and program models including intergenerational program activities;
5. (5) the impact and effectiveness of the combined center in meeting the community's need for such programs;
6. (6) the range and type of services to be offered and the number and types of personnel to be employed;
7. (7) coordination with other community services;
8. (8) sources of revenue during the term of the pilot project and anticipated revenue sources after the project terminates, and the manner in which all available reimbursement for services will be sought;
9. (9) such other information as required by the Office to satisfy senior citizen services center, residential health-care and child day-care regulations and licensing requirements promulgated by the Office, by the State Department of Social Services or by the State Commissioner of Health, and by the appropriate local jurisdictions in which the proposed center is to be located;
10. (10) comments on the application from other concerned agencies such as the designated area agency on aging, the local department of social services, the local department of health, and other groups concerned with the needs of the elderly or children; and
11. (11) such other pertinent information as the Office shall require.
(e) Two or more organizations may submit a joint application.
(f) To the extent funds are available therefor, the Office shall review and, where necessary, require modifications and, upon such modifications, approve no fewer than three applications. The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health shall be provided the opportunity and be given reasonable time to review and comment on such applications before approval.
(g) A grant amount available under this Chapter shall not exceed the total start-up costs necessary only to combine existing or newly proposed programs, less any income from governmental, third-party or any other sources that may be available for the purpose of combining such programs.
(h) Grants shall be made available for each combined center on a one-time basis.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, costs incurred combining such programs or attributable to the operation of the child-care centers may not be transferred to a residential health-care facility for purposes of reimbursement under title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act, nor shall funding for combining such programs be substituted for funds provided under the Federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, the Social Services Block Grant under title XX of the Social Security Act, or any other Federal, State or local funding.
(j) The Office shall determine the amount of each grant, within the funds available.