New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter LXIX - Interest On Lawyer Account Fund
Part 7000 - Trustees' Regulations And Procedures
Section 7000.15 - Application for grants and contracts
Universal Citation: 21 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 7000.15
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) The board of trustees shall seek submissions of grant and contract applications on a regular and periodic basis, and distribute available IOLA funds, after the payment of administrative expenses, to qualified recipients pursuant to the provisions of this Part on the basis of the merits of the applicants. The board of trustees may delegate the screening of the funding applications to its staff or other entity it deems appropriate.
(b) All applicants seeking funds pursuant to this Part shall:
(1) submit a written grant
proposal;
(2) respond adequately to
the recommended grant proposal format and any additional requests for
information;
(3) agree to carry out
the program for which funds are requested, report on its progress and results,
and return any funds not utilized in accordance with the grant;
(4) cooperate with all data collection and
evaluation activities requested and submit annually an audited financial
statement by a certified public accountant and a report of the programs on
which the IOLA funds were expended.
(c) All grant and contract applications submitted to the board of trustees shall include the following information:
(1) community characteristics demonstrating
the need for legal services and describing the affiliation with existing legal
services providers, volunteer lawyer programs and local bar
associations;
(2) organizational
structure of the applicant, including policy board composition, sources and
amounts of other funding, planning and priority setting processes, and client
and community input and support;
(3) description of the applicant, including
community outreach, office and staffing patterns, staff qualifications,
specialty units, client statistics, client screening, intake and referral
procedures, systems of quality control (case assignment and review, supervision
and follow-up training, technical assistance and other support), client
grievance procedures and staff and program evaluation;
(4) description of the program for which IOLA
funding is sought;
(5) program
budget which sets forth the proposed use of the requested IOLA funds and a
timetable and self-assessment plan to monitor the implementation and operation
of the proposed program;
(6) the
documentation to be provided by the applicants shall include:
(i) tax-exempt status;
(ii) latest audited financial
statements;
(iii) affirmative
action policy;
(iv) current
professional liability coverage; and
(v) approval of the proposal by the
applicant's board of directors; and
(7) any other relevant information requested
by the executive director.
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