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 448 - Group Homes › Section 448.5 - Procedure for initiation of group home program

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Private child-caring agency.
(1)
			 An authorized private child-caring agency which plans to initiate a group home
			 program must submit written notification to the department in duplicate, of its
			 intention and of its compliance with section
			 448.2 
			 of this Part.
(2) An agency may not
			 proceed with the development of such program until the agency has received a
			 written statement from the department that, from the information presented, it
			 is in compliance with section
			 448.2 
			 of this Part.
(3) At least 15 days
			 prior to the opening of a group home, the agency must submit a report to the
			 department, in duplicate, detailing its compliance with section
			 448.3 
			 of this Part. The report must include a diagram of the floor plan of the home,
			 showing the dimensions and use of each room, the capacity of each sleeping
			 room, and the locations of the following: toilet and bath fixtures; kitchen and
			 laundry equipment; heating equipment; fire and smoke detection and alarm
			 devices or systems; other fir protection equipment; and all means of egress.
			 Reports as to continued compliance may be required periodically by the
			 department. The report must also include specific documentation of the agency's
			 compliance with section
			 448.3(b)(5) and
			 (c)(1)  of this Part.
(4) An agency may not open a group home until
			 it has received:
(i) a written statement from
			 the department that, from the information presented, the planned group home is
			 also in compliance with section
			 448.3 
			 of this Part; and
(ii) an operating
			 certificate for a group home program issued by the department pursuant to Part
			 477 of this Title.
(5)
			 An agency which plans to establish a group home within a municipality must
			 notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing of its
			 intentions. Such notice must include a description of the nature, size and the
			 community support requirements, if any, of the program. For purposes of this
			 subdivision,
municipality
means an incorporated village, if
			 the facility is to be located therein; a town, if the facility is to be located
			 therein and not simultaneously within an incorporated village; or a city,
			 except that in the City of New York the community board with jurisdiction over
			 the area in which such group home is to be located is considered the
			 municipality.
(6) A social services
			 official who plans to establish a group home within a municipality must notify
			 the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing of his or her
			 intentions. Such notice must include a description of the nature, size and the
			 community support requirements, if any, of the program. For purposes of this
			 subdivision,
municipality
means an incorporated village, if
			 the facility is to be located therein; a town, if the facility is to be located
			 therein and not simultaneously within an incorporated village; or a city,
			 except that in the City of New York the community board with jurisdiction over
			 the area in which such group home is to be located is considered the
			 municipality.