2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 5-B - Child Care Resource and Referral Program › 410-Q - Child Care Resource and Referral Program Services.

§  410-q.  Child  care resource and referral program services. 1. Each
agency approved to receive funding pursuant to this title shall, to  the
extent funds are available for such purposes, provide the following:
(a)  Information  and  referral services directed at educating parents
who contact the agency regarding early childhood  services  options  and
methods  of  selecting  the  best option for his or her child; referring
parents or guardians to early childhood  services  providers;  informing
parents  about the availability of financial assistance and tax credits;
referral for parents in coordinating part-day early  childhood  services
providers  and  programs  to  meet  the  full-day care needs of parents;
referrals for parents of preschool children with handicapping conditions
pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten  of  the  education  law  and
section   twenty-five  hundred  forty-two  of  the  public  health  law;
providing written information to those who contact  the  agency  seeking
information  about  early  childhood  services;  maintaining  a provider
resource file and a file of parents currently  seeking  early  childhood
services;  and  publicizing child care resource and referral services as
necessary to assure that the availability of those services are known to
the community;
(b) Services directed at expanding the number of available family  day
care providers and recruiting potential providers; providing information
on licensing and registration requirements and available funding sources
to  potential  early  childhood  services  providers  and  programs; and
assisting  individuals  or  organizations  to  qualify  as  legal  early
childhood  services  providers  or  programs by providing information on
applicable laws and regulations relating to  zoning,  taxes,  insurance,
government  licensing  or  registration, and other matters of concern to
new providers;
(c) Services directed at maintaining  and  providing  information  and
resources  on  early  childhood training and other relevant programs for
prospective  and  current  providers,  including  educating  child  care
providers  not  requiring  a license or registration pursuant to section
three hundred ninety of  this  article  with  information  on  available
training opportunities at the time of enrollment and re-enrollment;
(d)  Services  directed  at  developing  and maintaining provider data
bases to determine service utilization and unmet  needs  for  additional
early childhood services;
(e)  Assuring  access  to  the United States department of agriculture
child care food program for providers in the service area;
(f) Services directed at providing written  materials  and  conducting
outreach  to employers to encourage their support of child care resource
and referral services and other early childhood services; and
(g) Each agency funded herein  shall  provide  services  in  a  manner
responsive  to  the cultural, linguistic and economic characteristics of
the community served.
2. Enhanced services which an agency agrees to provide pursuant  to  a
contract may include one or more of the following:
(a)  Services  directed  at  expanding the supply of regulated care in
areas where such care is not readily available;
(b) Services directed at enhancing the  availability  and  quality  of
early  childhood services which serve families with particular language,
ethnic and cultural backgrounds;
(c) Services directed at meeting the early childhood services needs of
children with special needs;
(d)  Training  or  technical  assistance  services  targeted  to  meet
specific local early childhood services needs; and
(e)   Services  directed  at  promoting,  coordinating  and  assisting
collaborative efforts between early  childhood  services  providers  and
programs to meet the local need for full-day early childhood services.