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2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families › 430 - Day Services; When Social Services Official May Furnish.

§  430.   Day services; when social services official may furnish.  1.
In order to preserve and stabilize family life, to prevent the need  for
placement  of  children  outside  their homes, and to enable children in
foster care to return to their families as expeditiously as possible,  a
social services official is authorized to provide day services at public
expense  to  children  and  their  families  residing  in his territory,
pursuant to the provisions of this title.
2.  Day services may be provided in cases where  the  social  services
official  has  determined that such services would promote or accomplish
one or more of the following objectives:
(a)  to avert a risk of serious impairment or disruption of  a  family
unit  which  would  result  in  the placement of a child outside his own
home;
(b)  to enable a child who has been placed in a child care institution
or other group care facility to be placed in a foster care setting  more
closely oriented to community or family life;
(c)  to enable a child who has been placed in foster care to return to
his family at an earlier time than would otherwise be possible.
3.    If the child's family is able to pay part or all of the costs of
day services, such family shall be required to pay such fees therefor as
may be reasonable in the light of such ability pursuant  to  regulations
of the department.
4.   Day services may be provided by a social services official either
directly or through purchase.   Purchase of such services  may  be  made
only  from  a private non-profit corporation or association, except when
the commissioner shall have approved the purchase of such services  from
a  private  proprietary  facility  by a social services official who has
demonstrated a lack of  conveniently  accessible  non-profit  facilities
that are adequate to provide the required services.
5.    As  used  in  this  title,  "day  services"  shall mean care and
treatment for part of the day of one or  more  children  under  eighteen
years  of  age  and  their  families in a program which provides to such
children and families in accordance with their  needs  various  services
such   as  psychiatric,  psychological,  social  casework,  educational,
vocational, health, transportation and such other  services  as  may  be
appropriate.  Such services shall be provided in accordance with program
standards  promulgated by the department.  Day services may be continued
after the eighteenth birthday of a child in the care  of  an  authorized
agency and until he becomes twenty-one years of age.  Day services shall
not be provided to any children and their families for periods in excess
of one year, without the approval of the department.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families › 431 - Licensure.

§  431.   Licensure.   1.  No place, person, association, corporation,
  institution or agency shall operate a day services program without first
  obtaining a permit issued therefor by the department, or otherwise  than
  in accordance with the terms of such  permit and with the regulations of
  the department.
2.    The  department  shall  promulgate  regulations  specifying  the
  procedures for obtaining a permit required pursuant to this section  and
  enumerating the documentation needed for such a permit.  The regulations
  shall  also include program standards which the department shall develop
  with the advice of the board of social welfare, the department of mental
  hygiene and the department of education.   An application for  a  permit
  pursuant  to  this  section shall include full information regarding the
  applicant's efforts to secure funding for its day services program.  The
  department shall advise and otherwise assist the applicant in  obtaining
  funds where such funds may be available under the provisions of this and
  any other law.
3.  The department shall not issue a permit for the operation of a day
  services  program  which  includes  the  provision of care, treatment or
  services requiring licensure or any other form of approval  from  or  by
  another  state  agency  or official, unless such license or approval has
  been  obtained.    There  shall  be  such  cooperative  and  coordinated
  arrangements  between and among the department and the state departments
  of mental hygiene and education and other appropriate state  departments
  and  agencies  as  shall  be  necessary  to assure that applications for
  required  licenses  or  other  forms  of  approval  will  be   processed
  expeditiously.
4.   Before any permit issued pursuant to this section is suspended or
  revoked, or when an application for such permit is denied, the applicant
  or holder of the permit shall be entitled, pursuant to  the  regulations
  of  the  department,  to  a  hearing before the department.   However, a
  permit may be temporarily suspended or limited without a hearing  for  a
  period not in excess of thirty days upon written notice to the holder of
  the   permit  following  a  finding  that  the  public  health,  or  any
  individual's health, safety or welfare, is in imminent danger.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families › 432 - State Reimbursement; Standards of Payment.

§  432.    State  reimbursement;  standards  of  payment.    1.
(a)
Expenditures made by social services officials for day services programs
and their administration pursuant to the provisions of this title shall,
if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state,
in accordance with the regulations of the department as  follows:  there
shall be paid to each social services district (1) the amount of federal
funds,  if  any,  properly received or to be received on account of such
expenditures; (2)  fifty per centum of allowable  expenditures  for  day
services  and  its  administration,  after first deducting therefrom any
federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof and
the amount of any fees paid to the  social  services  official  for  day
services.  The local government share of the cost of day services may be
met  in  whole or in part by donated private funds, exclusive of in-kind
services.
(b)  For purposes of this title, expenditures  for  administration  of
day services shall include expenditures for compensation of employees in
connection  with  the  furnishing  of  day  services,  including but not
limited to costs incurred for pensions,  federal old age  and  survivors
insurance and health insurance for such employees; training programs for
personnel,  operation,  maintenance  and  service  costs; and such other
expenditures as equipment costs, depreciation  and  charges  and  rental
values  as  may  be  approved  by the department.   It shall not include
expenditures for capital costs.
2.  The department shall, after consultation  with  appropriate  state
agencies  and  with  the  approval  of  the  the director of the budget,
promulgate  regulations  establishing  standards  of  payment  for   day
services   provided  children  with  public  financial  support.    Such
standards of payment shall include the services required to be  provided
to  the  child  and  his family and the cost of such services.  When the
department has established  such  standards,  reimbursement  under  this
section shall be limited in accordance with such standards.
3.  (a)  Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and
manner  and  at  such times and for such periods as the department shall
determine.
(b)  When certified by the department, state  reimbursement  shall  be
paid  from  the  state  treasury  upon  the  audit  and  warrant  of the
comptroller out of funds made available therefor.
4.   Payment of state reimbursement shall  be  made  to  local  fiscal
officers as in the case of state reimbursement for public assistance and
care under other provisions of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families › 433 - Other State Funding Sources.

§  433.    Other  state  funding sources.   1. Prior to purchasing day
  services pursuant to section four  hundred  thirty,  a  social  services
  official  shall  inquire  of  the  department,  and the department shall
  inform him, as to the available funding sources, if any,  of  which  the
  day services facility was advised pursuant to subdivision two of section
  four  hundred  thirty-one.    The  social  services  official  shall not
  purchase services from the day services facility until he has determined
  that the facility has cooperated  with  the  department  in  efforts  to
  obtain funding from all available sources.
2.    No  state agency or official with authority, pursuant to this or
  any other law, to provide financial assistance for  care,  treatment  or
  services  which  may be included in a day services program shall deny or
  reduce such assistance on the ground that such assistance  is  available
  under this title.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 7 - Day Services for Children and Families › 434 - Funding Limitations.

§  434.  Funding limitations.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of
  this chapter the  total  amount  of  reimbursement  to  social  services
  districts  pursuant  to this title shall be limited to the amount of the
  annual appropriation made by the legislature for preventive services.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 440 - Findings; Purpose.

§  440.   Findings; purpose.   1.  The legislature finds that children
who are in care away from their own homes on a full time basis,  whether
temporarily or for a prolonged period, require effective supervision and
review  of  their  status  in care and of the plans for them.  It is the
policy of the state of  New  York  to  assure  that  such  children  are
appropriately  placed,  that  needed  services  are provided to them and
their families,  and  that  unnecessary  and  prolonged  placements  are
avoided.    The  legislature  further  finds  that  this policy is often
frustrated, and fiscal and program accountability have not been promoted
because of divergent and overlapping jurisdictions of various government
and private agencies; the lack of coordination among programs  of  these
agencies;  and  the  excessive  workloads  of judicial personnel, social
services workers, and others responsible for  reviewing  the  status  in
care of these children.
2.    To  assist in overcoming these difficulties, it is the intent of
the legislature to establish a statewide management assistance system to
be called the child care review service.  The service shall be  designed
and operated to effectuate the following purposes:
(a)    identification  and  assessment  of  the  needs and problems of
children in care and  their  families,  to  effectuate  meaningful  case
planning;
(b)    case  management  and  supervision  by  child  care agencies of
children in full-time care away from their homes;
(c)   supervision and  evaluation  by  state  agencies  of  local  and
voluntary child care agency performance;
(d)    planning  and policy making by state agencies, the governor and
the legislature;
(e)  meeting in a timely manner all judicial  review  requirements  of
this  chapter,  the family court act and any other applicable provisions
of law;
(f)  reduction of the need for manual form preparation; and
(g)   meeting federal reporting requirements  so  as  to  qualify  for
federal funds under the federal social security act.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 441 - Definitions.

§ 441.  Definitions.  As used in this title, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
1.  "Service" shall mean the child care review service created by this
  title.
2.    "Advisory  committee"  shall  mean  the committee established by
  section four hundred forty-three of this title.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 443 - Advisory Committee.

§  443.   Advisory committee.   1.  The department shall establish and
meet regularly with an  advisory  committee  of  not  more  than  twenty
members  to  consider policy and planning issues relating to the service
and to assist in the design,  development,  establishment  and  on-going
operation  of  the  service,  including  assisting  in the resolution of
issues  concerning  the   safeguarding   of   the   confidentiality   of
information.    The  advisory  committee  may  in  its discretion submit
reports to the governor and the legislature.
2.  The advisory committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, who
shall appoint one of the committee's members to be its  chairman.    The
members   of  the  committee  shall  be  appointed  from  the  following
categories, one or more from each category:
(a) designees of the commissioner;
(b)  designees of the administrative judge of the state of New York;
(c) designees of the director of the division of the budget;
(d)  commissioners  of  local  social  services  districts  or   their
designees;
(e) representatives of voluntary child care agencies;
(f)  persons  active  in  organizations  involved in the protection of
civil liberties;
(g)  persons  active  in  organizations  involved  in  promoting   the
interests of children.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 444 - Confidentiality of Records; Related Matters.

§  444. Confidentiality of records; related matters. 1. The department
in consultation with the advisory committee shall make regulations;
(a)  protecting  the   confidentiality   of   individual   identifying
information  submitted  to  or  provided  by the service, and preventing
access  thereto,  by,  or  the  distribution  thereof  to,  persons  not
authorized by law;
(b)   setting   forth  procedures  for  informing  any  child  or  his
representative of the nature of the system and its uses;
(c) allowing any child or his representative  or  any  member  of  his
family,  an  opportunity  to  review  any information pertaining to such
child or family and to request that any  part  of  such  information  be
amended or expunged; and
(d)  providing  that  the  service  shall  remove from its records and
expunge    the    individual    identifying    information,    excluding
non-identifying child or family data to be used for historical purposes,
concerning any child who has been discharged from care.
2.  Prior  to  final  promulgation  of any regulations as described in
subdivision one of this section, the department shall,  in  addition  to
complying  with  all  other  advance  notice  requirements make proposed
regulations  available  to  all  state   agencies   charged   with   the
administration  or  supervision  of  child  care  programs  and to local
government agencies and persons  that  have  expressed  an  interest  in
safeguarding  information  maintained  by the service, and shall provide
such  agencies  with  an  opportunity  to  comment   on   the   proposed
regulations.  In  promulgating  final  regulations  the department shall
consider any comments received.
3. Any persons wilfully  violating  or  failing  to  comply  with  the
provisions  of  subdivision one of this section or wilfully violating or
failing to comply with any regulation which the department is authorized
under such subdivision to make, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. The regulations promulgated pursuant to  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  shall  provide that the information compiled and maintained by
the service pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision ten of section four
hundred forty-two of this title shall be subject to the  confidentiality
provisions of title six of this article.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 445 - Funding.

§ 445.  Funding.  The department shall explore the possibility of, and
  is  authorized  to  take  steps  necessary  to qualify for any available
  funding from any private source or from the federal government,  and  is
  authorized  to  use  any  funds  for  which  the state qualifies for the
  purposes of the design, establishment or operation of the service.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 8 - State Child Care Review Service › 446 - Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System.

§  446.  Statewide automated child welfare information system. (1) The
department shall promulgate regulations required  to  implement  federal
requirements  for  the  establishment  and administration of a statewide
automated child welfare information system  as  required  by  applicable
federal   statute  and  regulation.  The  regulations  shall  set  forth
standards for the timely submission of data elements relating  to  child
welfare services, including foster care, adoption assistance, preventive
services,  child  protective  services and other family preservation and
family support services.
(2) The statewide automated child welfare information system shall  be
designed  to improve convenience to consumers of services and reduce the
administrative burden  of  child  welfare  workers  of  social  services
districts  and  their contracted agencies which provide direct services.
The statewide  automated  child  welfare  information  system  shall  be
designed  to  provide  computers  to  the  majority  of individual child
welfare workers  of  social  services  districts  and  their  contracted
agencies which provide direct child welfare services, allow such workers
and agencies to communicate with and enter information directly into the
statewide  automated  child  welfare  information system while preparing
required documents and eliminate  duplicate  entry  of  information  and
preparation  of  documents, and allow for direct determination of claims
and sanctions. The department  shall  immediately  expand  the  existing
advisory  group  of  consumers,  social  services  districts  and  their
contracted agencies and other persons with expertise in  child  welfare.
The  statewide  automated  child  welfare  information  system  shall be
designed to permit communication with the family courts and  to  protect
the confidentiality of individuals as prescribed by this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children › 450 - Statement of Legislative Intent.

§  450.  Statement of legislative intent.  The legislature intends, by
  the enactment of this title, to  promote  permanency  of  family  status
  through  adoption  for  children  who  might  not  otherwise  derive the
  benefits of that status.  By providing for an adoption  subsidy  program
  which  will  be  applied uniformly on a statewide basis, the legislature
  also intends to eliminate, or at the very  least  substantially  reduce,
  unnecessary  and  inappropriate  long-term  foster care situations which
  have proven financially burdensome to the state and,  more  importantly,
  inimical to the best interests of many children who have not been placed
  for  adoption  because  of emotional or physical handicaps, age or other
  factors, in accordance with regulations of the department.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children › 454 - Medical Subsidy.

§  454.  Medical subsidy.   1.   A social services official shall make
  payments for the cost of care, services and supplies payable  under  the
  state's  program  of medical assistance for needy persons, provided to a
  handicapped child whom he or a voluntary authorized  agency  has  placed
  out  for  adoption  or who has been adopted.  Such payments shall not be
  restricted to care, services and supplies required for the treatment  of
  the specific condition or disability for which a child was determined to
  be a handicapped child.  For the purposes of this section, a handicapped
  child  shall  include, but not be limited to, a child with special needs
  where a social services official has  determined  the  child  cannot  be
  placed  with  an  adoptive  parent  or  parents  without medical subsidy
  because such child has special  needs  for  medical,  mental  health  or
  rehabilitative care.  Such payments also shall be made with respect to a
  hard  to  place child who has been placed out for adoption with a person
  or persons who is or are sixty-two years old or  over  or  who  will  be
  subject  to  mandatory  retirement  from his or their present employment
  within five years from the date of the adoption placement.
2. Payments pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be  made
  to  or  on  behalf of the person or persons with whom the child has been
  placed or who have adopted the child and shall be made without regard to
  the financial need of such person or persons.
3. Payments pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be  made
  only  with  respect to the cost of care, services and supplies which are
  not  otherwise  covered  or  subject  to  payment  or  reimbursement  by
  insurance, medical assistance or other sources.
4.  An  application for payment under this section shall be made prior
  to the child's adoption; provided, however, that an application  may  be
  made  subsequent  to  a  handicapped  child's  adoption  if the adoptive
  parents  first  become  aware  of  the  child's  physical  or  emotional
  condition  or  disability  subsequent  to  the  adoption and a physician
  certifies that the condition or disability existed prior to the  child's
  adoption.  An approval of an application for payments under this section
  shall not be subject to annual review by the social  services  official,
  and  such approval shall remain in effect until the child's twenty-first
  birthday. Applications for such subsidies shall be accepted prior to the
  commitment of the guardianship and custody of the child to an authorized
  agency pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and approval  thereof
  may be granted contingent upon such commitment.
5.  Upon  the death of persons who have adopted the child prior to the
  twenty-first birthday of the child, payments pursuant to subdivision one
  of this section shall continue to the legal guardian of the child  until
  the child shall attain the age of twenty-one.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children › 456 - State Reimbursement and Payments.

§  456.  State  reimbursement and payments. 1. Payments made by social
services officials pursuant to the provisions of this  title  shall,  if
approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in
accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the department as follows: there
shall be paid to each social services district (a) the amount of federal
funds, if any, properly received or to be received on  account  of  such
payments;  and (b) except as set forth below, seventy-five per centum of
such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly
received or to be received on account thereof; provided,  however,  that
when  payments  under section four hundred fifty-three of this title are
made to a person or persons residing in a social services district whose
board rate exceeds that of  the  district  making  such  payments,  that
portion  of  the  payments  which exceeds the board rate of the district
making the payments shall be subject to reimbursement by  the  state  in
the  amount  of  one  hundred per centum thereof, or (c) one hundred per
centum of such payments after  first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal
funds  properly to be received on account of such payments, for children
placed out for adoption or being adopted  after  being  placed  out  for
adoption  by  an  Indian  tribe  as  referenced  in subdivision seven of
section four hundred fifty-one of this title.
2. (a) Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such  form  and
manner  and  at  such times and for such periods as the department shall
determine.
(b) When certified by the department,  state  reimbursement  shall  be
paid  from  the  state  treasury  upon  the  audit  and  warrant  of the
comptroller out of funds made available therefor.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  for  a
child  who has been placed for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency
with guardianship and custody or care and  custody  of  such  child,  as
referenced  in subdivision one of section four hundred fifty-one of this
title, payments available under section four hundred  fifty-three,  four
hundred  fifty-three-a or four hundred fifty-four of this title shall be
made by the state pursuant to a written agreement between an official of
the office of children and family services and the persons  who  applied
for such payments prior to adoption. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, the office of children and family services shall
not  enter  into  written agreements for, or issue, any such payments in
instances where the person or persons applying for such payments  reside
outside  of  the  state of New York at the time the application for such
payments is made.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children › 457 - Out-of-State Adoptive Parents.

§   457.   Out-of-state adoptive parents.  With respect to a child who
  has been adopted within this state but who has been  removed  from  this
  state  by  his  adoptive  parents,  or  a  child who has been adopted by
  residents of another state or of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who
  is, or who is likely to become,  a  public  charge  within  this  state,
  payments   under  section  four  hundred  fifty-three  or  four  hundred
  fifty-four of this title may be made pursuant to  an  agreement  between
  the  district  and the adoptive parents, provided that such agreement is
  in accordance with the regulations  of  the  department  promulgated  to
  achieve the objective of increasing the number of adoptions of potential
  public  charges,  with  particular emphasis upon handicapped and hard to
  place children.  Any such agreement shall become void at such time as it
  is determined by the social services official  that  a  child  on  whose
  behalf  payments  are  being  received  pursuant  to  such agreement was
  brought into this state for the sole purpose of  qualifying  prospective
  out-of-state adoptive parents for such payments.  Such determination may
  be  appealed  to the department which, upon receipt of the appeal, shall
  conduct a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of section four
  hundred fifty-five of this title.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 9 - Subsidies for the Adoption of Children › 458 - Availability of Subsidy; Publicity.

§    458.    Availability of subsidy; publicity.  The department shall
  promulgate regulations providing for the publicizing of the availability
  of payments under this title.  Such regulations shall  provide  for  the
  dissemination  of  literature  and  other  means in each social services
  district of informing persons, at the time of any  inquiry,  application
  or  other  expression  of interest in adoption, of the provisions of the
  adoption subsidy program.  Additionally, each social  services  district
  and  authorized agency shall provide information on the adoption subsidy
  program to all foster care parents who are caring for  a  child  who  is
  eligible for adoption.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program › 458-C - Payments for Non-Recurring Guardianship Expenses.

§ 458-c. Payments for non-recurring guardianship expenses. 1. A social
  services  official  shall  make  payments for non-recurring guardianship
  expenses incurred  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  relatives  or  successor
  guardians  who  have  been  approved  by the social services official to
  receive kinship guardianship assistance payments, when such expenses are
  incurred in connection with assuming the guardianship of a foster  child
  or a former foster child in regard to successor guardians. The agreement
  for the payment of non-recurring guardianship expenses must be reflected
  in  the  written agreement set forth in subdivision four of section four
  hundred fifty-eight-b of this title. In accordance with subdivision  two
  of  this  section,  the  payments  shall  be made by the social services
  official either to the  relative  or  successor  guardian  or  guardians
  directly  or  to  an  attorney  on  behalf  of the relative or successor
  guardian or guardians,  as  applicable,  for  the  allowable  amount  of
  non-recurring   guardianship   expenses   incurred  in  connection  with
  obtaining such guardianship.
2. The amount of the payment made pursuant to this section  shall  not
  exceed  two  thousand  dollars  for  each  foster  child  for  whom  the
  relatives, or each former foster child for whom the successor guardians,
  seek guardianship or permanent guardianship and shall be available  only
  for  those expenses that are determined to be eligible for reimbursement
  by the social services official in accordance with  the  regulations  of
  the office of children and family services.
3.  Payments  for non-recurring guardianship expenses made by a social
  services  official  pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be  treated   as
  administrative  expenditures  under  title  IV-E  of  the federal social
  security act and shall be reimbursed by the state accordingly.
4. As used in this section, non-recurring guardianship expenses  shall
  mean  reasonable  and  necessary  fees,  court costs, attorney fees, and
  other  expenses  which  are  directly   related   to   obtaining   legal
  guardianship  of  an  eligible  child  and  which  are  not  incurred in
  violation of federal law or the laws of this state or any other state.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program › 458-D - Medical Subsidy.

§  458-d. Medical subsidy. 1. Any child with respect to whom federally
  reimbursable kinship guardianship assistance  payments  are  made  under
  this  title  is  eligible  for medical assistance under title XIX of the
  federal social security act.
2. In addition, a social services official shall make payments for the
  cost of care, services and supplies payable under the state's program of
  medical assistance for needy persons provided  to  any  child  for  whom
  kinship guardianship assistance payments are being made under this title
  who is not eligible for medical assistance under subdivision one of this
  section  and  for  whom  the relative or successor guardian is unable to
  obtain appropriate and affordable medical  coverage  through  any  other
  available means, regardless of whether the child otherwise qualifies for
  medical   assistance  for  needy  persons.  Payments  pursuant  to  this
  subdivision shall be made  only  with  respect  to  the  cost  of  care,
  services,  and  supplies  which  are not otherwise covered or subject to
  payment or reimbursement  by  insurance,  medical  assistance  or  other
  sources.  Payments  made pursuant to this subdivision shall only be made
  if the relative or successor guardian applies  to  obtain  such  medical
  coverage  for  the  child  from all available sources, unless the social
  services official determines that the relative guardian has  good  cause
  for not applying for such coverage; which shall include that appropriate
  coverage is not available or affordable.
3.  An application for payments under this section shall be made prior
  to the issuance of letters of guardianship for the child. An approval of
  an application for payments under this section shall not be  subject  to
  annual  review  by the social services official, and such approval shall
  remain in effect for as long as kinship guardianship assistance payments
  are being made under this title for the  child.  Applications  for  such
  payments  shall  be  accepted  prior  to  the  issuance  of  letters  of
  guardianship  of  the  child,  and  approval  thereof  may  be   granted
  contingent upon such issuance.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program › 458-E - Independent Living Services.

§  458-e.  Independent living services. In accordance with regulations
  of the office of children and family  services,  any  child  who  leaves
  foster  care  for  guardianship  with a relative after attaining sixteen
  years of age for whom kinship guardianship assistance payments are being
  made under this title shall be eligible:
1.  to  receive  those  independent  living  services  that  are  made
  available by the social services district to foster children pursuant to
  section 477 of the federal social security act; and
2.  to  apply  for  educational  and  training vouchers made available
  pursuant to such section, which will be awarded based on the  priorities
  established by the office of children and family services and the amount
  of funds made available therefor.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 10 - Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program › 458-F - Fair Hearings.

§  458-f.  Fair hearings. 1. Any person aggrieved by the decision of a
  social services official not to make a payment or payments  pursuant  to
  this  title  or  to  make  such  payment or payments in an inadequate or
  inappropriate amount or the failure of a  social  services  official  to
  determine  an  application  under  this  title  within thirty days after
  filing, or the failure of a social  services  district  to  agree  to  a
  prospective successor guardian being named in an agreement or to approve
  a  prospective  successor  guardian  pursuant  to  subparagraph  (ii) of
  paragraph (b) of subdivision five of section four hundred  fifty-eight-b
  of  this  title,  or  the  decision  of  a  social  services district to
  terminate an agreement pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision four  of
  section  four  hundred  fifty-eight-b  of  this title, may appeal to the
  office of children and family services, which shall review the case  and
  give  such  person  an opportunity for a fair hearing thereon and render
  its decision within thirty days. All decisions of the office of children
  and family services shall be binding upon the social  services  district
  involved  and  shall  be  complied  with by the social services official
  thereof.
2. The only issues which may be raised in a fair  hearing  under  this
  section  are:  (a)  whether  the social services official has improperly
  denied an application for payments under this  title;  (b)  whether  the
  social services official has improperly discontinued payments under this
  title;  (c)  whether  the  social  services  official has determined the
  amount of the payments made or to be made in violation of the provisions
  of this title or the regulations of the office of  children  and  family
  services promulgated hereunder; (d) whether the social services official
  has  failed  to  determine an application under this title within thirty
  days; (e) whether the social services official has improperly denied  an
  application  to  name  a  prospective successor guardian in the original
  kinship guardianship assistance agreement for payments pursuant to  this
  title  or any amendments thereto; (f) whether a social services official
  has inappropriately failed to approve a prospective successor  guardian;
  or (g) whether a social services official has inappropriately terminated
  an agreement for payments under this title.
3.  The  provisions of subdivisions two and four of section twenty-two
  of this chapter shall apply to fair  hearings  held  and  appeals  taken
  pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 12 - Family Support Services Programs › 458-M - Family Support Services Programs.

§  458-m. Family support services programs.  1. As used in this title,
the term  "family  support  services  programs"  shall  mean  a  program
established pursuant to this title to provide community-based supportive
services  to  children  and  families  with the goal of (i) preventing a
child from being adjudicated a person in need of  supervision  and  help
prevent  the  out  of home placements of such youth or (ii) preventing a
petition from being filed under article seven of the family  court  act,
or  (iii) reducing future interaction with the juvenile justice or child
welfare systems for children under twelve years of age who do  not  fall
under  the  definition  of  juvenile delinquent pursuant to subparagraph
(iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 301.2 of the family
court act and whose behavior, but for their age would bring them  within
the  jurisdiction  of  the family court pursuant to article three of the
family court act.
2.  Family  support  services  programs  shall  provide  comprehensive
services to such children and their families, either directly or through
referrals with partner agencies, including, but not limited to:
(a) rapid family assessments and screenings;
(b) crisis intervention;
(c) family mediation and skills building;
(d)   mental   and  behavioral  health  services  including  cognitive
interventions;
(e) case management;
(f) respite services;
(g) education advocacy; and
(h) other family support services.
3. The services that are provided shall be trauma  responsive,  family
focused, gender-responsive, and evidence based or informed and strengths
based and shall be tailored to the individualized needs of the child and
family  based on the assessments and screenings conducted by such family
support services program.
4. Family support services programs shall have the capacity  to  serve
families  outside  of  regular  business  hours  including  evenings and
weekends.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-B - Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

§  459-b.  Residential  services  for victims of domestic violence. In
  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the
  regulations of the office of children  and  family  services,  a  social
  services  district  shall  offer  and  provide  necessary  and available
  emergency shelter and services for up to ninety days  at  a  residential
  program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  to  a  victim of domestic
  violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of
  the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for
  public assistance.  Two  forty-five  day  extensions  of  necessary  and
  available  emergency shelter may be granted beyond the maximum length of
  stay at a residential program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  for
  residents who continue to be in need of emergency services and temporary
  shelter. If the victim of domestic violence has a service animal as such
  term is defined in section one hundred twenty-three-b of the agriculture
  and  markets  law, or therapy dog as such term is defined in section one
  hundred eight of the agriculture and  markets  law,  respectively,  such
  service  animal  or therapy dog shall be allowed to accompany the victim
  at the residential program authorized pursuant to this section, so  long
  as  such  accompaniment  would  not create an undue burden as defined by
  section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.
Where  such  accompaniment  would  constitute  an  undue  burden,  the
  residential   program   shall  make  reasonable  efforts  to  facilitate
  placement of such animal at an  off-site  animal  care  facility  or  if
  reasonable efforts fail, provide referral to one or more off-site animal
  care  facilities.  Such  off-site  animal  care  may include, but not be
  limited to, boarding at a veterinary hospital or under the auspices of a
  duly incorporated humane society, or duly incorporated animal protection
  association approved for such purpose by the department  of  agriculture
  and markets.
Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be construed to limit any rights or
  obligations provided pursuant to federal or state law, including but not
  limited to providing  reasonable  accommodations  for  individuals  with
  disabilities.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-C - Non-Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

§ 459-c. Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence. 1.
  In accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations of
  the  department,  a  social  services  district  shall offer and provide
  non-residential services including but not limited to,  information  and
  referral   services,   advocacy,  counseling,  community  education  and
  outreach activities, and hotline  services,  to  a  victim  of  domestic
  violence  whether or not the victim is eligible for public assistance. A
  social services  district  may  provide  such  non-residential  services
  directly   or   may   purchase   such  services  from  a  not-for-profit
  organization operating a residential program  and/or  a  non-residential
  program for victims of domestic violence.
2. To the extent that funds are appropriated expressly therefore and a
  social  services district has exhausted its allocation under title XX of
  the federal social security act, state reimbursement shall be  available
  for fifty percent of the expenditures made by a social services district
  for  those  non-residential  services  provided  to  victims of domestic
  violence which are included in the social services district's multi-year
  consolidated services plans and annual implementation  reports  approved
  by the department pursuant to section thirty-four-a of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-D - Reporting Requirements.

§  459-d.  Reporting  requirements.  The  commissioner  shall submit a
  report prior to December fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight  and
  annually  thereafter  to  the governor and the legislature regarding the
  implementation of this article. Such report shall include:
1. the number of persons estimated to have been assisted  in  programs
  covered by this article;
2.  the number of persons estimated to have been denied shelter and/or
  services;
3. the amount of public and private funds  for  approved  programs  by
  service type;
4.  the  amount  of  funds used for the administration and staffing of
  such programs;
5. the occupancy rate and length of stay by residential program;
6. the name and description of new programs developed by service type;
7. the name and description of programs  in  danger  of  closing  that
  received funds and the status of such programs;
8.  the  name  and  description  of  programs  that  closed during the
  reporting year and the reason for such closure;
9. the number of individuals who requested and  received  transitional
  services  and  the  effect  of  providing  such  services  to victims of
  domestic violence and their families;
10. the name and description  of  programs  which  received  technical
  assistance and the effect of such assistance;
11.  a  schedule  showing  the  approved  daily rates of reimbursement
  payable  to  residential  programs  for  victims  of  domestic  violence
  pursuant to section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter; and
12.  all such other matters as may be necessary to inform the governor
  and the legislature regarding the implementation  and  effectiveness  of
  programs covered by this article.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-E - Technical Assistance.

§ 459-e. Technical assistance. To the extent that funds are available,
  the  department  shall  arrange  for  or provide technical assistance to
  residential  and  non-residential  programs  for  victims  of   domestic
  violence.   Technical assistance shall include, but shall not be limited
  to, budgeting techniques, fund raising and program management.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-F - Payment for Services.

§  459-f. Payment for services. Payments by a social services district
  to a residential program for victims of domestic violence for the  costs
  of  emergency  shelter  and  services  provided  to a victim of domestic
  violence at the daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in
  accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this  chapter  shall
  be  reduced  by  the  sum  of any other reimbursement available for such
  costs.
2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act › 459-G - Cooperation of an Abuser Not Required as a Condition of Eligibility for Benefits or Services.

§  459-g.  Cooperation  of  an  abuser  not required as a condition of
  eligibility for benefits or services. 1. Neither the state, a  political
  subdivision  of the state, a public authority, nor any employee or agent
  thereof shall, in any way, condition eligibility or receipt of  services
  or  benefits  by  a  victim  of  domestic  violence,  as defined in this
  article, by requiring the victim to contact the person  who  perpetrated
  such  domestic  violence or by requiring the person who perpetrated such
  domestic violence to complete any forms, provide any information, appear
  in person, or cooperate in any other manner as a part of  such  victim's
  application for or process of certification for continued receipt of any
  services or benefits in this state.
2. Although such information or cooperation shall not be required as a
  condition of eligibility for or receipt of such services or benefits, in
  the  event  the  governmental  entity,  employee or agent seeks any such
  information or cooperation, such entity, employee  or  agent  shall,  if
  informed  consent  is  given  in  writing  by  such  victim  of domestic
  violence, provide an intermediary to make such contact in a manner  that
  protects  the  privacy,  confidentiality  and  current  location  of the
  victim. In the event the governmental entity, employee  or  agent  seeks
  any  such  information  or  cooperation  to comply with any federal law,
  regulation or mandate, such entity, employee or agent  shall  so  advise
  the victim of domestic violence and provide an intermediary to make such
  contact  on  behalf  of  the  victim  in  a manner that will protect the
  privacy, confidentiality and current location of the victim.