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 1 - Provision of Social Services-general › Part 408 - Standards for Establishing Per Diem Rates and Social Services District Payment Responsibility for Residential Programs for Victims of Domestic Violence › Section 408.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following definitions apply to this Part:
(a) Alternative housing means a transitional
			 service program as defined in subdivision (h) of this section or permanent
			 housing that reasonably assures the victims' safety.
(b) Approved per diem rate means the daily
			 rate of reimbursement established by the department and approved by the
			 director of the budget for a residential program for victims of domestic
			 violence. This rate will be payable by the social services district in which a
			 victim of domestic violence was residing at the time of the domestic violence
			 incident whenever such a victim and whenever any minor children of such victim
			 receive temporary shelter, emergency services and care at such a
			 program.
(c) Domestic violence safe
			 dwelling means a self-contained residence which is owned, leased, rented or
			 otherwise under the direct control and supervision of a domestic violence
			 program sponsoring agency; meets the daily living needs of the residents; has a
			 capacity of nine or fewer persons including adults and children; is secured as
			 specified in section
			 455.8  of this
			 Title; has been designated by the domestic violence program sponsoring agency
			 to provide temporary shelter exclusively to victims of domestic violence; and
			 has been approved by a domestic violence program sponsoring agency pursuant to
			 the standards contained in Part 455 of this Title.
(d) Resident means any victim of domestic
			 violence, as defined in subdivision (h) of this section, who receives temporary
			 shelter, emergency services and care in a residential program.
(e) Residential program for victims of
			 domestic violence means any residential program approved by the department and
			 operated by a not-for-profit organization for the purpose of providing
			 temporary shelter, emergency services and care to victims of domestic violence.
			 Residential programs include:
(1) domestic
			 violence shelters which are congregate residential facilities with a capacity
			 of 10 or more persons, including adults and children, organized for the
			 exclusive purpose of providing temporary shelter and emergency services and
			 care to victims of domestic violence and their minor children, if any. Domestic
			 violence shelters are approved by the department in accordance with Parts 452
			 and 453 of this Title;
(2) domestic
			 violence programs which are facilities which would meet the definition of
			 domestic violence shelters, except that victims of domestic violence and their
			 minor children, if any, constitute less than 100 percent but at least 70
			 percent of the clientele of such programs. The remaining 30 percent of the
			 clientele of such programs may only consist of persons who will not be
			 disruptive of the provision of services and will not jeopardize the safety and
			 well-being of the residents. Domestic violence programs are approved by the
			 department in accordance with Parts 452 and 453 of this Title;
(3) safe home networks which are organized
			 networks of private homes offering temporary shelter and emergency services to
			 victims of domestic violence and their minor children, if any, and are
			 coordinated by a not-for-profit organization and approved by the department in
			 accordance with Parts 452 and 454 of this Title; and
(4) domestic violence program sponsoring
			 agencies which are not-for-profit organizations offering temporary shelter at a
			 domestic violence safe dwelling and emergency services and care to victims of
			 domestic violence and their minor children, if any. Domestic violence program
			 sponsoring agencies are approved by the department in accordance with Parts 452
			 and 455 of this Title.