New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle E - Office of Children and Family Services › Part 165 - ADMINISTRATION OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS › Subpart 165-1 - YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS › Section 165-1.3 - Comprehensive plans for youth development programs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) To be
				  considered for youth development funding, each municipality must consult with
				  its applicable municipal youth bureau to develop a written comprehensive plan
				  for youth development programs including any documentation as may be required
				  by the office, to be submitted in the manner and form and at such time as
				  designated by the office in accordance with the provisions of section 420  of
				  the Executive Law. As required by section 34-a  of the Social Services Law, the
				  comprehensive plan for youth development programs will be submitted as part of
				  the county child and family services plan. The office may require
				  municipalities to submit comprehensive plans for youth development programs
				  through a variety of written documents rather than as a single document. The
				  office may also require municipalities to submit certain information for the
				  comprehensive plan for youth development programs through application forms,
				  contract forms, administrative summaries, and/or other formats as determined by
				  the office. The comprehensive plan for youth development programs, including
				  all supporting documentation, is subject to the approval of the
				  office.
(b) A municipality's
				  comprehensive plan for youth development programs shall:
(1) describe the need in the municipality for
				  youth development programs, and specify, at a minimum, how the municipality
				  will address the need for youth development in villages, towns, and cities that
				  have a youth population of 20,000 or more persons;
(2) detail how the municipality will allocate
				  the youth development funding that it receives, including an accounting of all
				  the eligible entities within the municipality that will receive such funding,
				  the youth development services that such entities will provide, and the amount
				  of funding that each entity will receive;
(3) specify how the municipality will measure
				  performance outcomes for services and programs covered under the
				  plan;
(4) 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;
(5) provide
				  information on the performance outcomes of services provided under the
				  municipality's most recent approved plan, including outcome-based measures that
				  demonstrate the quality of services provided and the effectiveness of programs
				  funded under the plan; and
(6)
				  provide information regarding services for runaway and homeless youth in the
				  municipality, as follows:
(i) for any
				  municipality that chooses to submit a runaway and homeless youth plan pursuant
				  to article 19-A of the Executive Law, such plan must be submitted as part of
				  the comprehensive plan for youth development services and must be consistent
				  with the goals and objectives therein including specifying whether the
				  municipality, in relation to the residential programs included in its plan,
				  opts to allow:
(a) runaway youth to remain in
				  a certified residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program for
				  a period not to exceed 30 days, or for youth ages 14 years or older for a
				  period of up to 60 days, from the date of admission where the filing of a
				  petition pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act is not
				  contemplated;
(b) runaway youth to
				  remain in a certified residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services
				  program for up to 60 days or for up to 120 days if the runaway youth and the
				  parent, guardian or custodian agree in writing, without the filing of a
				  petition pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act;
(c) runaway youth to remain in a certified
				  residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program beyond the
				  applicable period chosen by the municipality under clause (
a
)
				  of this subparagraph subject to the condition that, for each such youth, the
				  municipality, through its runaway and homeless youth service coordinator or
				  other specified designee, provides written notice, within 60 days, to the
				  office 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.
(d) runaway youth to remain in a certified
				  residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program beyond the
				  applicable period chosen by the municipality under clause (
b
)
				  of this subparagraph subject to the condition that, for each such youth, the
				  municipality, through its runaway and homeless youth service coordinator or
				  other specified designee, provides written notice, within 60 days, to the
				  office 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;
(e) homeless youth under the age of 16 to
				  receive shelter in a residential transitional independent living support
				  program subject to the condition that, for each such youth, the municipality
				  provides, through its runaway and homeless youth service coordinator or other
				  specified designee, written notice, within 60 days, to the office 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;
(f)
				  homeless youth to remain in a transitional independent living support program
				  for a period of up to 18 months, or for a period of up to 24 months;
(g) homeless youth who enter a transitional
				  independent living support program under the age of 21 to continue to receive
				  shelter services in such program beyond the period of time chosen by the
				  municipality under clause (
f
) of this subparagraph subject to
				  the condition that, for each such youth, the municipality provides, through its
				  runaway and homeless youth service coordinator or other specified designee,
				  written notice, within 60 days, to the office 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; and
(h) homeless
				  young adults as defined in section
				  182-1.2(x) of this
				  Title to receive all the services available to homeless youth;
(ii) for any municipality that
				  does not submit a runaway and homeless youth plan, the municipality must
				  provide 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.