2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19-A - Delinquency and Youth Crime Prevention › 420 - State Aid.

§  420.  State  aid.  1.  a.  (1)  Each municipality operating a youth
development program approved  by  the  office  of  children  and  family
services  shall  be eligible for one hundred percent state reimbursement
of its qualified expenditures, subject to available  appropriations  and
exclusive  of  any  federal funds made available therefor, not to exceed
the municipality's distribution of state aid under this article.
(2) The state aid appropriated for youth development programs shall be
distributed by the office of children and family  services  to  eligible
municipalities  that  have  an  approved  comprehensive plan pursuant to
subparagraph two of paragraph c of  this  subdivision.  Such  state  aid
shall  be  limited  to  the funds specifically appropriated therefor and
shall be based on factors that shall include the number of  youth  under
the  age of twenty-one residing in the municipality as shown by the last
published federal census certified in the same  manner  as  provided  by
section  fifty-four of the state finance law and may include, but not be
limited to, the  percentage  of  youth  living  in  poverty  within  the
municipality or such other factors as provided for in the regulations of
the office.
(3)  The  office  shall  not  reimburse  any claims under this section
unless they are submitted within twelve months of the  calendar  quarter
in  which  the  expenditure  was  made. The office may require that such
claims be submitted to the  office  electronically  in  the  manner  and
format required by the office.
(4)  A  comprehensive plan developed in accordance with paragraph c of
this subdivision may provide for the funding of local youth bureaus that
have been approved in accordance with section four hundred twenty-two of
this article and municipal youth  bureaus.  Provided  however,  that  an
approved   local   youth   bureau  that  is  not  providing,  operating,
administering or monitoring youth development programs shall not receive
funding pursuant to this  subdivision.  Provided,  further  that  up  to
fifteen  percent  of  the  youth  development  funds that a municipality
determines will be provided to a local youth bureau in  accordance  with
clause  (ii)  of subparagraph one of paragraph c of this subdivision may
be used for administrative  functions  performed  by  such  local  youth
bureau.
(5)  If  a  municipality  does  not allocate youth development funding
pursuant  to  the  information  contained  within   the   municipality's
comprehensive plan in accordance with clause (ii) of subparagraph one of
paragraph c of this subdivision, the office may authorize or require the
comptroller to withhold the payment of state aid to such municipality in
accordance with section four hundred twenty-one of this article.
b.  Youth  development programs shall provide community-level services
designed to  promote  positive  youth  development.  Such  programs  may
include,  but  not  be  limited  to:  programs that promote physical and
emotional  wellness,  educational  achievement  or  civic,  family   and
community  engagement;  family  support  services;  services  to prevent
juvenile delinquency, child abuse and neglect; services to avert  family
crises;  and  services to assist youth in need of crisis intervention or
respite  services.  Subject  to  the  regulations  of  the   office,   a
municipality   may   enter   into  contracts  to  effectuate  its  youth
development  program  established  and  approved  as  provided  in  this
article.
c.   Each   municipality  shall  develop,  in  consultation  with  the
applicable municipal youth bureau, a comprehensive plan to  offer  youth
development  programs.  Such  comprehensive plan shall be subject to the
approval of the office of children and  family  services  in  accordance
with  subparagraph  two of this paragraph and shall be submitted by each

municipality in a manner and at such times and for such periods  as  the
office of children and family services shall determine.
(1) Such comprehensive plan shall:
(i)  describe  the  need  in  the  municipality  for youth development
programs, and specify, at minimum, how the municipality will address the
need for youth development in villages, towns and cities  which  have  a
youth population of twenty thousand or more persons;
(ii) detail how the municipality will allocate the funding it receives
pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  including  an accounting of all of the
eligible entities within such municipality  that  will  receive  funding
under  this  subdivision,  the  youth  development  services  that  such
entities will provide, and the amount of funding that each  entity  will
receive;
(iii)  specify  how the municipality will measure performance outcomes
for such services and programs covered under the plan;
(iv) specify the  projected  performance  outcomes  for  services  and
programs  covered  under the plan, including projected positive outcomes
for youth who participate in the services and programs; and
(v) provide  information  on  the  performance  outcomes  of  services
provided  under the municipality's most recent plan approved pursuant to
this subdivision, including outcome based measures that demonstrate  the
quality  of  services  provided  and  program  effectiveness of programs
funded under such plan.
(2) The office of children and family services may approve all or part
of a municipality's comprehensive plan. If the office does not approve a
municipality's comprehensive plan, such municipality  shall  have  sixty
days from receipt of the notification of disapproval to submit a revised
plan.
(3)  If  the municipality is seeking state aid to provide services for
runaway and homeless youth, as defined in  article  nineteen-H  of  this
chapter, the runaway and homeless youth plan, as required by subdivision
two  of  this  section,  shall be submitted as part of the comprehensive
plan that is required pursuant to this paragraph; provided however, that
state aid to provide services for runaway and  homeless  youth  services
shall  be  from,  and limited to, funds appropriated separately for such
runaway and homeless youth program purposes by the state, and shall  not
be included under the limits set forth in this subdivision.
2. Runaway and homeless youth plan; state aid.
a.  (1) A municipality may submit to the office of children and family
services a plan for the providing of services for runaway  and  homeless
youth,  as  defined  in  article  nineteen-H of this chapter. Where such
municipality  is  receiving  state  aid  pursuant  to  paragraph  a   of
subdivision  one  of  this section, such runaway and homeless youth plan
shall be submitted as part  of  the  comprehensive  plan  and  shall  be
consistent with the goals and objectives therein.
(2)   A  runaway  and  homeless  youth  plan  shall  be  developed  in
consultation with the municipal youth bureau  and  the  county  or  city
department   of  social  services,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the
regulations of the office of children and family services, shall provide
for a coordinated range of services for runaway and homeless  youth  and
their  families including preventive, temporary shelter, transportation,
counseling, and other necessary assistance, and shall  provide  for  the
coordination  of all available county resources for runaway and homeless
youth and  their  families  including  services  available  through  the
municipal  youth  bureau,  the  county  or  city  department  of  social
services, local boards of education, local drug and alcohol programs and
organizations or  programs  which  have  past  experience  dealing  with
runaway and homeless youth.
(3) In its plan a municipality may:
(i)  include  provisions  for  transitional independent living support
programs and runaway and homeless  youth  crisis  services  programs  as
provided in article nineteen-H of this chapter;
(ii) authorize services under article nineteen-H of this chapter to be
provided  to  homeless  young adults, as such term is defined in section
five hundred thirty-two-a of this chapter;
(iii) authorize runaway and homeless youth to be served in  accordance
with any of the following provisions of this chapter:
(A)  paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision two of section five hundred
thirty-two-b;
(B)  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  five   hundred
thirty-two-d;
(C)   paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  two  of  section  five  hundred
thirty-two-b;
(D)  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  five   hundred
thirty-two-d;
(E)  to  allow  a  youth  under  the  age of sixteen to be served in a
transitional independent living support program pursuant to subparagraph
(ii) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  section  five  hundred
thirty-two-d; and
(iv)  if a municipality provides shelter in accordance with items (C),
(D) and (E) of clause (iii) of this subparagraph, then such municipality
shall, within sixty days, notify  the  office  of  children  and  family
services  in  writing  of  the  circumstances that made the provision of
shelter  necessary,  efforts  made  by  the  program  to  find  suitable
alternative  living arrangements for such youth, and the outcome of such
efforts. If the office determines that such shelter  was  inappropriate,
the  office  may  instruct  the  program  on how to seek a more suitable
alternative living arrangement.
(4) Such plan shall also provide for the designation and duties of the
runaway and homeless youth service coordinator defined in  section  five
hundred  thirty-two-a  of this chapter who is available on a twenty-four
hour basis and maintains information concerning available shelter space,
transportation and services.
(5) Such plan may include provision for the per diem reimbursement for
residential care of runaway and homeless youth in certified  residential
runaway and homeless youth programs which are authorized agencies.
a-1.  Each  municipality  that  does not submit a runaway and homeless
youth plan in accordance with paragraph a  of  this  subdivision,  shall
include   within   their   comprehensive   plan  submitted  pursuant  to
subdivision one of this section, an assessment of the  need  within  the
municipality for services to assist runaway and homeless youth and youth
in  need  of  crisis intervention or respite services. Provided however,
that state aid to provide for runaway and homeless youth services  shall
be  from  and  limited to funds appropriated separately for such runaway
and homeless youth program purposes by  the  state,  and  shall  not  be
included under the limits set forth in subdivision one of this section.
b. Each municipality shall submit to the office of children and family
services  such  additional  information  as  the  office  shall require,
including but not limited to:
(1) A description of  the  current  runaway  and  homeless  population
including  their  age, place of origin, family status, service needs and
eventual disposition;
(2) A description of the public and  private  resources  available  to
serve runaway and homeless youth within the municipality;
(3)  A description of new services to be provided and current services
to be expanded.
c. The office of children and family services shall review  such  plan
in accordance with subparagraph two of paragraph c of subdivision one of
this  section  and  may  approve  or  disapprove  such plan or any part,
program, or project within such plan, and may propose such modifications
and conditions as deemed appropriate and necessary.
d.  (1)  Municipalities  having an approved runaway and homeless youth
plan pursuant to this subdivision shall be entitled to reimbursement  by
the state for sixty percent of the entire amount of the expenditures for
programs  contained  in  such plan as approved by the office of children
and family services, after first  deducting  therefrom  any  federal  or
other  state  funds  received  or to be received on account thereof. All
reimbursement pursuant to this subdivision shall be from and limited  to
funds  appropriated  separately  for  such  runaway  and  homeless youth
program purposes by the state, and  shall  not  be  included  under  the
limits set in subdivision one of this section. A municipality's share of
the cost of such programs may be met in part by donated private funds or
in-kind  services,  as defined by the office, provided that such private
funding or receipt of services shall not in the aggregate be  more  than
fifty percent of such municipality's share.
(2)  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of law and subject to
funds  appropriated  separately  therefor,  a  municipality  having   an
approved  runaway  and homeless youth plan which includes provisions for
transitional independent living support programs shall  be  entitled  to
reimbursement by the state for sixty percent of the entire amount of the
approved   expenditures  for  transitional  independent  living  support
programs contained in the plan as approved by the office of children and
family services. The municipality's share of the cost of  such  programs
may  be  met by donated private funds or in-kind services, as defined by
the office, provided that such receipt of in-kind services shall not  in
the aggregate be more than fifty percent of such municipality's share.
3.  For  the  purpose  of  reimbursement  by the state, administrative
expenses shall include compensation for  personal  services  paid  by  a
municipality,  to  any  employee  for  the  purpose of administering the
benefits provided by this article. No state reimbursement shall be made,
however, for such compensation  paid  to  any  employee  who  lacks  the
qualifications  necessary  for the work or who, after a trial period, is
considered by the commissioner unable to do satisfactory work.
4. Moneys appropriated for use of the commissioner shall be  paid  out
of  the  state  treasury on the certificate of the commissioner or of an
officer of the office designated by the commissioner, after audit by and
upon the warrant of the comptroller.
5. a. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  the  office  of
children and family services shall plan for the statewide implementation
by  the  thirty-first  day  of December, two thousand eight, of a county
child and family services plan  that  combines  the  comprehensive  plan
required  by  this section and the multi-year consolidated services plan
required by section thirty-four-a of the  social  services  law  into  a
single plan.
b.  All  counties  shall  implement a county child and family services
plan prior to or for the two thousand eight plan year in accordance with
a schedule developed by the office of children and family  services  and
shall continue to implement such a plan thereafter. With the approval of
such  office,  a  county  may implement a child and family services plan
before the date required by such schedule.
c. The office of children and family services may waive any regulatory
requirements relating to the content and timing of  comprehensive  plans
that  may impede the ability of a county to implement a county child and
family services plan.
d. Nothing in this  subdivision  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  county
planning requirements under the mental hygiene law.