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 3 - Child-care Agencies › Part 449 - Supervised Independent Living Programs › Section 449.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
For the purpose of this Part:
(a)
Authorized agency
means
			 one of the entities defined in paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision 10 of
			 section 371  of the Social Services Law.
(b)
OCFS
means the New York
			 State Office of Children and Family Services.
(c)
Supervised setting
means, in accordance with section 371  of the Social Services Law, a residential
			 placement in the community approved and supervised by an authorized agency in
			 accordance with this Part to provide a transitional experience for older youth
			 in which such youth may live independently. A supervised setting includes, but
			 is not limited to, placement in a supervised independent living program as
			 defined in this section, college housing, shared housing with non-foster care
			 youth and room rentals.
(d)
Supervised setting
program authorization means written
			 approval issued by OCFS to an authorized agency for the operation and approval
			 of supervised settings.
(e)
Supervised independent living program authorization
means
			 written approval issued by OCFS to an authorized agency in accordance with this
			 Part for the operation of a supervised independent living program.
(f)
Supervised independent living
			 program
means one or more of a type of agency-operated boarding home
			 operated and certified by an authorized agency in accordance with this Part to
			 provide a transitional experience for older youth who, based upon their
			 circumstances, are appropriate for transition to the level of care and
			 supervision provided in the program.
(g)
Supervised independent living
			 unit
means a home or apartment certified in accordance with the
			 standards set forth in this Part by an authorized agency approved by OCFS to
			 operate a supervised independent living program for the care of up to four
			 youth including their children. Each supervised independent living unit must be
			 located in the community separate from any of the authorized agency's other
			 congregate dwellings.
(h)
Supervised independent living program certification
means a
			 certificate issued by an authorized agency approved to operate a supervised
			 independent living program for the operation of a supervised independent living
			 unit. Such certification is non-transferable and is effective for a one year
			 period.
(i)
Youth
means a child or young adult in the care and custody or the custody and
			 guardianship of the commissioner of a local department of social services or
			 OCFS.
(j)
Adult permanency
			 resource
means a caring committed adult who has been determined by a
			 social services district to be an appropriate and acceptable resource for a
			 youth and is committed to providing emotional support, advice and guidance to
			 the youth and to assist the youth as the youth makes the transition from foster
			 care to responsible adulthood.