New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter C - Social Services › Article 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.2 - Development and monitoring of family-type homes for adults

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In order to encourage the establishment of family-type
			   homes for adults, social services districts must recruit, supervise and train
			   family-type home operators, inspect family-type homes for adults and cooperate
			   with the department in the certifying and renewing of operating certificates of
			   such homes, and must participate in enforcement actions against family-type
			   home operators or operators of homes which are required to be certified as
			   family-type homes for adults pursuant to Part 485 of this Title. The specific
			   responsibilities of social services districts include:
(a) Recruitment. Social services districts
			 must engage in recruitment practices to locate appropriate applicants to
			 operate family-type homes for adults. Such practices include, but are not
			 limited to, making presentations and distributing literature to community
			 groups, placing advertisements in newspapers and utilizing public service
			 announcements.
(b) Community
			 education. Social services districts must implement a community education
			 program to inform community agencies, hospitals and the public at large about
			 the family-type home for adults program in order to encourage referrals to such
			 homes of individuals appropriate for placement.
(c) Orientation of persons who apply to
			 operate family-type homes for adults. Social services districts must, upon
			 request, give information on the regulations and procedures applicable to the
			 family-type homes for adults program to persons who express an interest in
			 operating family-type homes for adults.
(d) Assessment of an applicant's suitability
			 to operate a family-type home for adults. Staff of social services districts
			 must conduct a home assessment to determine an applicant's capability to
			 provide care and supervision to physically or mentally impaired adults in
			 accordance with the standards set forth in Part 489 of this Title. In addition,
			 the home study assessment must include an interview which discusses the
			 following:
(1) the applicant's expectation of
			 the family-type home program and the impact any placements will have on other
			 family members;
(2) the district's
			 expectation that the family-type home operator provide the resident services
			 set forth in section
			 489.10  of this
			 Title;
(3) general information on
			 the individuals likely to be placed in a family-type home for adults, including
			 a discussion of the characteristics associated with the aging process and the
			 specialized needs of physically and mentally impaired individuals;
(4) any special skills or experience the
			 applicant may have in dealing with dependent or elderly adults in order to help
			 assure successful placements;
(5)
			 an explanation of the payment mechanism for recipients of supplemental security
			 income and home relief who are place in family-type homes for adults and the
			 personal needs allowance requirements set forth in section
			 489.9(b)(3) 
			 of this Title;
(6) the role of the
			 social services district in assisting the operator of a family-type home for
			 adults to develop the procedures and mechanisms set forth in section
			 489.6 
			 of this Title; and
(7) the rights
			 and responsibilities of residents of family-type homes for adults as set forth
			 in section
			 489.9  of
			 this Title.