New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 2 - Executive Orders (Malcolm A. Wilson) › Section 2.9 - Executive order no. 9: establishing the interdepartmental commission on services to children and youth

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
During the past year, the heads of state agencies concerned
					 with providing services to juvenile delinquents, young people in need of
					 supervision, neglected, abused and dependent youth and children with
					 handicapping conditions have been meeting informally to coordinate their
					 efforts and the efforts of local units subject to their supervision in the
					 provision of such services. To encourage the continued development of creative
					 and imaginative programs in these vital areas, I, Malcolm Wilson, Governor of
					 the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution and the laws of the State of New York, do hereby formally
					 establish in the Executive Department an interdepartmental commission, to be
					 known as the Interdepartmental Commission on Services to Children and Youth, to
					 consist of the Commissioners of Mental Hygiene, Education, Health, and Social
					 Services, the Executive Director of the Board of Social Welfare, the Chairman
					 of the Drug Abuse Control Commission, and the Directors of the Division for
					 Youth, the Division of Probation, and the Office of Planning Services.
The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Commission shall
					 be appointed by the Governor.
I.
				  General Powers
The Commission shall direct its activities at services
					 relating to juvenile delinquents, young people in need of supervision,
					 neglected, abused and dependent youth and children with handicapping
					 conditions.
The Commission shall provide continuing advice to the
					 Governor as to the legislative and administrative approaches through which
					 public and private services to children and youth in the State may be made more
					 efficient and effective.
The Commission shall review program and planning efforts
					 among governmental and non-governmental agencies, organizations and groups
					 providing services to children and youth, in programs financed in whole or in
					 part by the State or subject to the supervision, visitation or inspection by
					 any State agency. The Commission's review should identify program goals,
					 standards and results.
The Commission shall seek to develop collaborative
					 approaches by all agencies providing services to children and youth in order to
					 improve access to such services and to achieve economies in the provision of
					 such services. The Commission shall make efforts to resolve problems of
					 conflicting jurisdiction between State agencies or State and local agencies,
					 problems of conflicting or inappropriate eligibility criteria for services
					 provided by publicly sponsored agencies, problems of the under use or
					 unavailability of services caused by the inadequacy of channels of information,
					 and other relevant administrative problems.
The Commission shall have the power to make and support
					 studies necessary to carry out its duties and may call upon concerned State and
					 local agencies, including judicial agencies, to participate, provide manpower
					 and other resources in carrying out such duties.
The Commission may enter into contracts, within the amount
					 available by appropriation therefor, with individuals, organizations and
					 institutions in the exercise of the powers or the performance of its
					 duties.
The Commission shall submit to the Governor an annual
					 report on its activities and the status of services for children and youth in
					 the State.
In exercising its powers, functions and duties, the
					 Commission shall be responsible to the Governor and shall consult and work
					 closely with the State Advisory Council to the Interdepartmental Commission on
					 Services to Children and Youth. The Commission shall also, to the extent
					 practicable, cooperate with the Temporary State Commission on Child Welfare in
					 supplying that body with information pertinent to its evaluation of child
					 welfare services, and in developing administrative approaches in response to
					 the recommendation of the Temporary Commission.
II. Advisory Council to the Interdepartmental
				  Commission on Services to Children and Youth
A State Advisory Council to the Interdepartmental
					 Commission to Services to Children and Youth is hereby established, to consist
					 of twenty-five representatives of non-governmental agencies, organizations and
					 groups concerned with services to children and youth, to advise the Commission
					 in the exercise of its powers, functions and duties under this order, both with
					 respect to the development of administrative policies and with respect to the
					 day-to-day implementation of those policies on the local level. The members of
					 the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Governor.
The members of the Advisory Council shall serve without
					 salary but each member shall be entitled to reimbursement for the actual and
					 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties, within
					 the amounts made available therefor by appropriation.
III. Grants or Gifts
The Commission, with the approval of the Director of the
					 Budget, may accept or agree to accept as agent of the State any grant,
					 including federal grants, or any gift for any of the purposes of this order.
					 Any money so received may be expended by the Chairman of the Commission to
					 effectuate any purpose of this order, subject to the same limitations as to
					 approval of the expenditures and audit as are prescribed for State moneys
					 appropriated for purposes of this order.
IV. Personnel
The Chairman of the Commission may employ such additional
					 personnel as he may deem necessary or desirable to fulfill the functions of the
					 Commission and provide compensation, within the amounts available therefor by
					 appropriation. The Chairman may designate an employee of the Commission to act
					 as Secretariat to the Advisory Council.
Signed: Malcolm A. WilsonDated: July 29,
					 1974