NY Soc Serv L § 407 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 3 - Child Welfare Services 407 - Powers of Department of Social Welfare.

§  407.    Powers  of department of social welfare.  The department is   hereby authorized and required:1.  to prepare a plan or plans for such  child  welfare  services  and   upon their approval by such federal authority to execute the same.  Such   plans  shall  make  provision  for  coordination  between  the  services   provided under such plans and the services provided as family assistance   under title ten of article five with the view of providing  welfare  and   related  services  which  will  best promote the welfare of children and   their families.2.  to allocate and disburse to districts,  counties  or  other  local   subdivisions of the state such amounts from moneys received by the state   under  the provisions of this title as are available for payment of part   of the cost of district, county or other local child welfare services in   accordance with such approved plans.   Such district, county  and  other   local  subdivisions  of  the  state are hereby authorized to receive and   expend such allotments but only for  the  purposes  of  such  plans  and   subject  to  the  supervision  and  general direction of the department.   Such district, county and other local subdivisions shall, when  required   by  the  department to comply with the provisions of such approved plan,   perform the functions required.3.  to develop within the department services  for  the  encouragement   and   assistance   of   adequate  methods  of  community  child  welfare   organization in accordance with such approved plans.4.  to establish and to alter and amend such  regulations  as  may  be   necessary  for  the  administration  of such plans and the provisions of   this title.5.   to prepare  for  inclusion  in  the  annual  report  required  by   subdivision  (d)  of  section seventeen of this chapter to be filed with   the governor and the legislature prior to the fifteenth day of  December   of  each  year,  a  written  evaluation  report of the delivery of child   welfare services in the state.   Such evaluation report  shall  include,   but  need not be limited to, supervision of foster care and the agencies   providing such care, information on the types of problems  creating  the   need for foster care placements, preventive and protective services, the   transfer of children in care and the reasons therefor, identification of   target  groups  not receiving adequate services, and projected plans for   providing services to such groups.  Such report shall  include  progress   made  and  problems  encountered  in  the  implementation  of "the child   welfare reform act of 1979", and amendments thereto.  Such report  shall   also  include  aggregate  expenditures; persons receiving services; cost   comparisons among social services districts, among types of services and   services  programs,  and  among  fiscal   periods;   unit   costs;   and   cost-effectiveness  of  the provision of preventive services pursuant to   title  four  of  this  chapter.  In  developing  such  evaluation,   the   department  shall  consult  and  coordinate  with  the  board  of social   welfare, the division for youth, and the departments of mental  hygiene,   health and education.