2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 4-A - Child Welfare Services Planning and Administration › 409-D - District-Wide Child Welfare Services Plan.

§  409-d.  District-wide  child  welfare services plan. 1. Each social
services district shall prepare and submit to the  department,  in  such
form and manner and times as the department shall by regulation require,
a  district-wide  child welfare services plan which shall be a component
of the district's multi-year consolidated services plan  setting  forth:
the  child  welfare services needs of children and families for whom the
social services district is or may be responsible; historic program  and
fiscal  trends  of  the  district  in the level of care, maintenance and
services provided to children and  their  families,  including  but  not
limited to expenditure trends, children and families served and costs of
services  provided;  an  assessment  of  projected  program  and  fiscal
requirements of the district in meeting identified  needs  in  the  next
state  fiscal  year;  and  a  description  of  the resources known to be
available or likely to become available to meet those needs.  Commencing
the  year  following  preparation  of a multi-year consolidated services
plan,  each  social  services   district   shall   prepare   an   annual
implementation  report  related  to  its child welfare services plan. As
used in this  section  "services"  shall  mean  and  include  preventive
services,  foster  care maintenance and services, and adoption services.
Such regulations shall include but need not be limited to  criteria  and
methodology  for  determining  child  welfare  services  needs  and  the
adequacy of the resources known to be  available  or  likely  to  become
available to meet those needs.
2.  The  child welfare services plan and annual implementation reports
shall be developed by the district in consultation with other government
agencies  concerned  with  the  welfare  of  children  residing  in  the
district,  authorized  agencies,  and  other  concerned  individuals and
organizations. The plan as submitted to the department for approval  and
as  approved by the department shall be made available to such agencies,
individuals and organizations upon request.
3. (a) Each social services district shall submit  its  child  welfare
services  plan and annual implementation reports pertaining to this plan
to the department as a component of the multi-year consolidated services
plan and subsequent annual implementation  reports  and  the  department
shall  review  and approve or disapprove the proposed plan in accordance
with the procedures set forth in section thirty-four-a of this chapter.
(b) Such plan shall not be approved unless:
(i) it complies with the provisions of this section;
(ii) it demonstrates that child welfare services included in the  plan
are  appropriate to meet the assessed needs of the children and families
for whom the social services district is or may be responsible;
(iii) it is consistent with applicable provisions of this chapter  and
regulations of the department promulgated thereunder; and
(iv)  it  is  in the format and includes such standardized information
and data as may be required by the department  to  effectively  evaluate
such plans.