NYS Seal

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN & FAMILIES
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE and the
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

SUBJECT:
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program

PURPOSE:
To obtain input regarding the Department of State's 2011-12 CSBG Management Plan.

Wednesday
June 16, 2010
10:30 A.M.
Roosevelt Hearing Room C
Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12247

Persons wishing to present pertinent testimony to the Committees at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to 10 minutes. In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committees will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible. In the absence of a request, witnesses will be scheduled in the order in which reply forms are postmarked.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to further publicize these hearings, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Committees' interest in hearing testimony from all sources.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Keith L.T. Wright
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Social Services
William Scarborough
Member of Assemblly
Chair
Committee on Children and Families
Daniel Squadron
Member of Senate
Chair
Committee on Social Services


Velmanette Montgomery
Member of Senate
Chair
Committee on Children and Families
Carl Kruger
Member of Senate
Chair
Committee on Finance
Herman D. Farrell, Jr.
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Ways and Means

RoAnn Destito
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Governmental Operations



PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons wishing to present testimony at the public hearing on The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail it to:

Katie Birchenough
Committee Assistant
Assembly Committee on Social Services
Room 522 - Capitol
Albany, New York 12248
Email: birchenoughk@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4371
Fax: (518) 455-4693
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