NY Exec L § 532-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 19-H - Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Eight 532-A - Definitions.

§ 532-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the term:   1. "Runaway youth" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years who is absent from his or her legal residence without the consent of his or her parent, legal guardian or custodian.   2. "Homeless youth" shall mean:  (a)  a person under the age of eighteen who is in need of services and is without a place of shelter where supervision and care are  available; or  (b)  a  person  who is under the age of twenty-one but is at least age eighteen and who is in need of  services  and  is  without  a  place  of shelter.  (c)  Provided  however,  when  a municipality's approved comprehensive plan authorizes that services pursuant to this article  be  provided  to "homeless  young  adults"  as such term is defined in this section, then for purposes related to the provisions of that  municipality's  approved comprehensive  plan  that  include  "homeless  young  adults",  the term "homeless youth" as used in this article  shall  be  deemed  to  include "homeless young adults".   3.  "Youth  in  need of crisis intervention or respite services" shall mean a person under the  age  of  eighteen  years  who  is  a  potential respondent  under  article  seven of the family court act, who, with the consent of his or her parent or other person legally responsible for the youth, is determined by  the  local  juvenile  probation  department  or social services official to be in need of crisis intervention or respite services.   4. "Runaway and homeless youth crisis services program" shall mean:  (a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and family  services,  after  submission  by the municipality as part of its comprehensive plan, that provides services to runaway youth and homeless youth in accordance with the regulations of the office of  children  and family services; or  (b)  any residential program which is operated by an authorized agency as defined in subdivision ten of section three  hundred  seventy-one  of the  social  services  law,  and certified by the office of children and family services to provide short-term residential  services  to  runaway youth  and  homeless youth in accordance with the applicable regulations of the office of temporary and disability assistance and the  office  of children and family services.  (c)  Runaway  and  homeless  youth  crisis  services programs may also provide  non-residential  crisis   intervention   and,   if   certified, residential  respite services to youth in need of crisis intervention or respite services, as such term is defined in this  section.  Residential respite  services  in  a  certified  runaway  and  homeless youth crisis services program may  be  provided  to  such  youth  for  no  more  than twenty-one  days,  in  accordance  with the regulations of the office of children and family services and section seven  hundred  thirty-five  of the family court act.   5.  "Runaway  and  homeless  youth service coordinator" shall mean any person so designated by a municipality whose duties  shall  include  but not   be   limited   to  answering  inquiries  at  any  time  concerning transportation, shelter and other services available  to  a  runaway  or homeless  youth  or  a  youth  in need of crisis intervention or respite services.   6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean:  (a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and family services, after submission by the municipality  as  part  of  its comprehensive plan, that provides supportive services to enable homeless youth  to progress from crisis care and transitional care to independent  living, in accordance with the applicable regulations of the  office  of children and family services; or  (b)  any  residential  program  established  and  operated  to provide supportive services, in accordance with the regulations of the office of children and family services, to enable homeless youth to progress  from crisis care and transitional care to independent living.  (c) A transitional independent living support program may also provide services  to  youth  in need of crisis intervention or respite services. Notwithstanding the time limitation in paragraph (i) of subdivision  (d) of   section   seven  hundred  thirty-five  of  the  family  court  act, residential  respite  services  may  be  provided  in   a   transitional independent  living support program for a period of more than twenty-one days.   7.  "Safe  house"  shall  mean  a  residential  program  for  sexually exploited children as defined in subdivision one of section four hundred forty-seven-a  of  the  social services law. An approved runaway program may operate a short-term safe house, as defined in  subdivision  two  of section  four  hundred  forty-seven-a  of  the  social services law, for sexually exploited children. A transitional independent  living  support program  may  operate  a  long-term  safe  house  for sexually exploited children.   8. "Municipality" shall mean a county, or a city having  a  population of one million or more.   9.  "Homeless  young adult" shall mean a person who is age twenty-four or younger but is at least age twenty-one and who is in need of services and is without a place of shelter.