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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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 457 - Protective Services For Adults › Section 457.13 - Notice

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A person who is the subject of a referral or an
			   application for PSA must receive written notice of the district's determination
			   of eligibility or ineligibility for PSA in accordance with section
			   404.1(f) 
			   of this Title in the following circumstances:
(a) when the district makes a determination
			 of eligibility or ineligibility for PSA after an application for PSA has been
			 made by an adult, the adult's authorized representative, or by someone acting
			 responsibly for such adult, in accordance with section
			 404.1(c) 
			 of this Title; or
(b) when the
			 district makes a determination of eligibility or ineligibility for PSA
			 following acceptance of a referral as defined in this Part and completion of a
			 PSA investigation and assessment in accordance with the terms of this
			 Part.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 457 - Protective Services For Adults › Section 457.14 - Informing referral sources

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(a)
			 When referrals are made to a social services district from community resources
			 which are part of a PSA service delivery network in accordance with section
			 457.7(c) 
			 of this Part, the following requirements must be met:
(1) When information provided by a referral
			 source is accepted as a PSA referral, the referral source must be informed
			 orally or in writing of the client's eligibility or ineligibility for PSA
			 within 15 calendar days of the completion of the PSA assessment required by
			 section
			 457.2(b) 
			 of this Part.
(2) When information
			 provided by a referral source is not accepted as a PSA referral, the referral
			 source must be informed orally or in writing of the district's decision within
			 15 calendar days of the decision.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 457 - Protective Services For Adults › Section 457.15 - Reports to law enforcement officials

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(a) Whenever a social services official, or
			 his or her designee authorized or required to determine the need for, or to
			 provide or arrange for the provision of PSA, in accordance with the provisions
			 of this Part, has a reason to believe that a crime (a misdemeanor or a felony),
			 as defined in the Penal Law, has been committed against a person for whom the
			 need for such services is being determined or to whom such services are being
			 provided or arranged, the social services official or his or her designee must
			 report this information to the appropriate police or sheriff's department. This
			 information also must be reported to the district attorney's office when such
			 office has requested this information.
(b) In determining whether there is a reason
			 to believe that a crime, as defined in the Penal Law, has been committed
			 against a person whose need for PSA is being determined, or a person for whom
			 PSA is being provided or arranged, a social services official or his/her
			 designee must review and evaluate, as necessary, the following:
(1) information obtained through observing
			 and interviewing a person whose need for PSA is being determined, or a person
			 for whom PSA is being provided or arranged;
(2) information obtained from other persons,
			 agencies, offices or organizations who are involved in determining a person's
			 need for PSA or providing or arranging services for a person who is receiving
			 PSA;
(3) information obtained from
			 the person or persons who are suspected of committing a crime against a person
			 whose need for PSA is being determined or a person for whom PSA is being
			 provided or arranged; and
(4)
			 information obtained from other persons who have knowledge about the person
			 whose need for PSA is being determined, or a person for whom PSA is being
			 provided or arranged.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 457 - Protective Services For Adults › Section 457.16 - Confidentiality

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(a) Definitions.
			 When used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the
			 context requires a different interpretation:
(1) Subject of a report means a person who is
			 the subject of a referral or an application for PSA or who is receiving or has
			 received PSA from a social services district.
(2) Authorized representative of a subject of
			 a report means:
(i) a person named in writing
			 by a subject to be a subject's representative for purposes of requesting and
			 receiving records under this Part; provided, however, that the subject has
			 contract capacity at the time of the writing or had executed a durable power of
			 attorney at a time when the subject had such capacity, naming the authorized
			 representative as attorney-in-fact, and such document has not been revoked in
			 accordance with applicable law;
(ii) a person appointed by a court, or
			 otherwise authorized in accordance with law to represent or act in the
			 interests of the subject; or
(iii)
			 legal counsel for the subject.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.1 - Scope

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This Part sets forth the requirements for the provision
			   of residential placement services for adults. Residential placement services
			   for adults include:
(a) arranging for
			 or providing assessment, placement, supervision or support services in
			 appropriate residential care programs which are licensed or certified by a
			 State agency to persons 18 years of age or older, who are physically or
			 mentally impaired; and
(b)
			 activities to recruit, develop and supervise family-type homes for adults as
			 defined in section
			 489.2  of
			 this Title.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.3 - Assessment and placement services

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Social services districts must provide or arrange for the
			   assessment and, where appropriate, the placement of adults, eligible for or
			   receiving services provided by the social services district, into residential
			   care programs certified by the department or other State agencies. The
			   districts must assure that the persons are placed in facilities which provide
			   the level of care which corresponds to the person's identified needs. Such
			   services also include assisting persons requiring family-type home care to
			   recognize their need for placement in such a facility and to choose a home
			   which is most suitable to their needs. The specific responsibilities of the
			   districts include:
(a) assuring that
			 assessments of adults for residential placement address:
(1) the level of the individual's ability to
			 perform activities of daily living such as grooming, dressing, bathing,
			 toileting, walking, eating and taking medications;
(2) the individual's need for companionship
			 and supervision in order to live safely within the community;
(3) the nature of the individual's physical
			 and/or mental impairment, as indicated by a medical or psychiatric evaluation,
			 using the department's Medical Evaluation Form (DSS-3122) when the person
			 appears to require placement in a facility certified by the department, or the
			 approved form of another State agency when a person appears to require
			 placement in a facility certified by such agency;
(4) the individual's wishes regarding his or
			 her living arrangements; and
(5)
			 the availability of support systems such as family or community programs and
			 the appropriateness of such systems in meeting the client's needs;
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.4 - Supervision of, and services provided to, residents in family-type homes for adults

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Social services districts must assure that each resident
			   of a family-type home for adults adjusts to his or her new living arrangements;
			   receives proper care and supervision; is provided with reasonable opportunities
			   for enjoyment of normal family and community life; receives assistance with
			   personal problems and receives other necessary supportive services which are
			   available from the district or other community agencies. In addition, social
			   services districts must determine through periodic review whether a resident of
			   a family-type home for adults is receiving the appropriate level of care and,
			   where necessary, assess the need for and provide financial management services,
			   such as acting as representative payee in those situations where such services
			   may be needed and the family-type home operator is not willing to provide or
			   capable of providing such services. Social services districts must also provide
			   or arrange for casework counseling services, if needed, to assist residents
			   with personal problems.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.5 - Supportive services to residents in other certified facilities

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Social services districts, in accordance with section
			   313.2  of
			   this Title, must provide follow-up visits to and contact persons who are State
			   charges, as defined in section 2 (19)  of the Social Services
			   Law and who are residing in residential care facilities. Social services
			   districts must also provide other services, as determined necessary by such
			   districts, to persons in facilities, other than family-type homes for adults
			   which are certified by the department, the Department of Health, the Office of
			   Mental Health or the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental
			   Disabilities. The specific responsibilities of each social services district
			   include:
(a) monitoring the placement
			 of an individual whose placement in the facility was arranged by the
			 district;
(b) assessing the need
			 for and providing financial management services, such as acting as
			 representative payee to voluntary clients, as determined necessary by the
			 district; and
(c) providing or
			 arranging for other services as determined appropriate by the
			 district.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.6 - Eligibility for services

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The activities specified in section
			   485.3,
			   485.4
			   and
			   485.5  of
			   this Part are available only to persons who are in receipt of supplemental
			   security income or home relief and to persons with incomes which do not exceed
			   150 percent of the Federal income official poverty line as defined and annually
			   revised by the Federal Office of Management and Budget.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 458 - Residential Placement Services For Adults › Section 458.7 - Record requirements

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For purposes of implementing this Part, social services
			   districts must:
(a) use the forms
			 prescribed by the department; and
(b) maintain progress notes in accordance
			 with the department's instructions.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.1 - Responsibilities of social services officials

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(a) A social services official shall, to the
			 extent that funds have been made available therefor, provide senior citizen
			 center services for senior citizens either directly or by purchase from:
(1) a private nonprofit corporation, company
			 or association; or
(2) a city or
			 town or other government agency within such social services district.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.2 - Definitions

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(a) Senior citizen.
			 A senior citizen is a person 60 years of age or over residing in the community.
			 For the purposes of this Part, the term senior citizen also shall include the
			 spouse of a person 60 years of age or over residing in the community,
			 regardless of the spouse's age.
(b)
			 Senior citizen center. A senior citizen center is a designated community
			 facility or a distinct part thereof through which older persons enjoy benefits
			 resulting from participation and involvement in a developmental program of
			 social group services, individual services and community programs provided
			 under the direction of qualified, competent leadership.
(c) Social group services for senior
			 citizens. Those services provided to older adults, through specialized
			 community facilities which serve as focal points for their concerns, needs and
			 interests for such multiple purposes as combating isolation, preventing or
			 delaying physical and mental deterioration, diminishing the effects of loss of
			 role and status, providing centralized accessibility to services and enabling
			 the aged to remain in their homes or community for as long as possible.
			 Services available in these centers may include any or all of the following:
			 information and referral, nutrition (congregate meals), counseling, employment
			 counseling, recreation and educational programs, transportation to and from
			 user's home and facilities, health maintenance services, community service
			 volunteer opportunities, leadership development, facilitation of participants'
			 use of other agencies' services, advocacy and outreach.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.3 - Administrative requirements

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A senior citizen center shall meet the following
			   administrative requirements in order to be an operator or provider of social
			   group services for senior citizens:
(a) all buildings, premises and equipment
			 shall be safe and suitable for the comfort and use of the senior citizen, shall
			 be maintained in a good state of repair and sanitation, and shall conform to
			 all applicable laws, ordinances and to the rules and regulations of all local
			 authorities relating to the premises such as safety, fire, health, sanitation
			 and occupancy;
(b) paid staff, as
			 required by the needs of the center's program and services, shall be adequate
			 in both number and competency;
(c)
			 due consideration shall be given to the employment of senior citizens by senior
			 citizen centers;
(d) no person
			 shall be denied services or participation in a center program because of race,
			 creed, sex or national origin;
(e)
			 a system to receive voluntary contributions shall be in effect. Such
			 contributions are to be received in a confidential manner and without
			 coercion;
(f) except in exceptional
			 circumstances approved by the department, the center shall operate at least
			 five days a week, six hours per day;
(g) maintain and provide the department with
			 program and statistical information as may be required;
(h) funds shall be accounted for and handled
			 according to good fiscal practice;
(i) a district may withhold reimbursement
			 from a sponsor who has contracted with such district to provide senior center
			 services if such center is not in substantial compliance with the
			 administrative requirements specified in subdivision (a) of this section. The
			 department may withhold reimbursement from a district for directly operated
			 senior citizen centers not in substantial compliance with the administrative
			 requirements specified in subdivision (a) of this section.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.4 - Program requirements

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(a) A
			 senior citizen center shall be eligible for reimbursement for the following
			 services:
(1) information and referral
			 services, including:
(i) assessment of the
			 individual situation and problems of the senior citizen who requires or seeks
			 information or advice with respect to his needs, especially health, consumer
			 information, employment, housing and protective services;
(ii) liaison with agencies providing services
			 in order to make them available to individuals using the centers; and
(iii) effective coordinative relationship by
			 voluntary senior citizen centers with local social services
			 districts;
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.5 - Eligibility for services

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(a) Age.
			 The age of each senior citizen shall be verified by the senior citizen center
			 and the nature of such verification (i.e., senior citizen's reduced
			 transportation or reduced theatre admission card, Social Security - Medicare
			 entitlement, birth certificate, driver's license, etc.) shall be recorded. In
			 the case of spouses under 60 years of age, the age of the other spouse and
			 their marital status shall be verified.
(b) Group eligibility. The State shall
			 determine eligibility on a group basis if, upon consideration of the following
			 factors--nature of the service and geographic area in which the service is
			 provided--they can reasonably conclude without individual determination that
			 "substantially all" (i.e., no less than 75 percent) of the members of the group
			 who receive social group services for senior citizens are members of families
			 with monthly gross incomes of not more than 90 percent of the then-in-effect
			 State median income, adjusted for family size.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.6 - Other requirements

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(a)
			 Record. Each provider of services shall obtain and maintain a record of the
			 following information for each individual applying for and/or receiving
			 services:
(1) name;
(2) social security number;
(3) occupation (if any);
(4) age;
(5) address;
(6) telephone number;
(7) spouse (if in home);
(8) minor children (if in home);
(9) identity and address of person to be
			 notified in case of emergency; and
(10) date of registration.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.7 - Reimbursement

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(a) Expenditures
			 made by social services officials for senior citizens center services pursuant
			 to this Part shall be subject to reimbursement at the rate of 50 per centum of
			 its expenditures after first deducting therefrom any Federal funds received or
			 to be received on account thereof, and any expenditures defrayed by private
			 contributions. Such reimbursement shall not exceed the annual title XX
			 allocation.
(b) For the purpose of
			 this section, expenditures for administration of services for senior citizens
			 shall include expenditures for compensation of employees in connection with the
			 furnishing of such services, including but not limited to costs incurred for
			 pensions, Federal old age and survivors insurance and health insurance for such
			 employees; training programs for personnel; operation, maintenance and service
			 costs; and such other expenditures as equipment costs, depreciation and charges
			 and rental values as may be approved by the department. It shall not include
			 expenditures for capital costs except in the case of centers purchased or
			 leased from a nonprofit corporation, company or association. Such expenditures
			 shall include an allocable proportion of all operating costs of such centers as
			 may be approved by the department, including but not limited to the
			 expenditures enumerated in this subdivision and expenditures for amortization,
			 interest and other financing costs of any mortgage loan made to such nonprofit
			 corporation, company or association.
(c) Payment of State reimbursement and
			 advances shall be made to local fiscal officers as in the case of State
			 reimbursements for public assistance and care under other provisions of this
			 Chapter.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.8 - Validation process under group eligibility requirements

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(a) Validation period. A validation must be
			 done annually, at such time as determined by the department.
(b) A one-percent sample of the total
			 universe of participants in the statewide program is required.
(c) A random sample of all centers in the
			 State receiving funds for services from the local districts will be selected by
			 the department to be used in the validation process.
(d) The senior citizen centers shall be
			 notified that a validation process will be done during one day of one week to
			 reach the one-percent sample. One hundred percent of the participants in each
			 center selected must be validated on that day.
(e) The specific validation procedures set
			 forth in section
			 459.9 
			 of this Part will be performed by the local social services district involved,
			 under the supervision and coordination of the department.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.10 - Reporting

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(a) The validation
			 unit of the local district will verify:
(1)
			 that each participant is at least 60 years of age, or the spouse of a person
			 who is at least 60 years of age; and
(2) that the participant is currently in
			 receipt of SSI, Home Relief, or Medical Assistance; and/or that level of income
			 of the participant is below 90 percent of the then in effect State median
			 income adjusted for family size. Verification of level of income is by the
			 declaration method.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.11 - Use of validation percentages

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(a) If it is determined by the above
			 procedures that at least 75 percent of the participants in the sample have
			 incomes which do not exceed 90 percent of the State's median income adjusted
			 for family size, reimbursement to the local districts for payments shall
			 continue subject to compliance with other provisions of this Part, for the
			 ensuing 12-month period. If such procedures determined that less than 75
			 percent of the participants have incomes which do not exceed 90 percent of the
			 State's median income adjusted for family size, the department shall take
			 appropriate action in accordance with  45 CFR 228.61.
(b) One copy of the summary report shall be
			 sent to the main office of the local social services district conducting the
			 validation.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 459 - Community Senior Citizens Centers › Section 459.12 to 459.18 - Renumbered

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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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 460 - Homemaker Service › Section 460.1 - General

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(a) Definition.
			 Homemaker service is a specialized service which complements the casework
			 service of the agency and which is provided on the recommendation and approval
			 of appropriate social service staff to families and individuals in their own
			 homes for the purpose of maintaining normal household operations during periods
			 of stress or crisis, or for the purpose of teaching homemaking skills and
			 management to a mother in order to strengthen family life.
(b) Scope. Homemaker service shall include,
			 but not be limited to, helping with and/or teaching:
(1) household tasks, such as marketing,
			 preparation and serving of meals, cleaning, light laundry, ironing and
			 mending;
(2) personal services,
			 such as assistance with bathing and other personal care of small children or
			 elderly or disabled adults, payment of bills, errands, accompanying the elderly
			 person to the clinic or the doctor;
(3) when serving as a substitute for the
			 mother, supervision of children during the hours the responsible adult is
			 absent from the home.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 460 - Homemaker Service › Section 460.2 - Homemaker program standards

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(a) Conditions in the home.
(1) Homemaker service is not to be provided
			 where the need is only for domestic service, nor shall it be provided, except
			 in emergencies unless an adult member of the family is able to assume
			 continuing responsibility for maintenance and direction of the family
			 unit.
(2) A homemaker shall be
			 assigned whenever it is necessary for the protection and care of dependent
			 persons in the home.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 460 - Homemaker Service › Section 460.3 - Selection of homemakers

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Homemakers shall be selected in accordance with civil
			   service requirements. In accordance with rules of the board (18 NYCRR 98.1),
			   they shall have the qualifications established by the appropriate civil service
			   commission. In selecting persons for employment from among those who have such
			   qualifications, public welfare departments shall select those who are:
(a) mature, stable women with experience in
			 homemaking;
(b) in good health as
			 established by an initial physical examination and an annual one thereafter,
			 including chest X-ray and blood tests;
(c) of proven ability to read and write with
			 completion of elementary school or better, as desirable; and
(d) evaluated through interview as to her
			 interest and respect for people, ability to adapt readily to varying
			 situations, responsibility and ability to exercise independent judgment and
			 make sound decisions.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 460 - Homemaker Service › Section 460.4 to 460.8 - Renumbered

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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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.1 - Definitions

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(a) Home-delivered
			 meals means one or more meals, one of which shall be hot, delivered daily to a
			 person in his own home.
(b) His own
			 home means his legal residence, but does not mean group residence or
			 health-related facility.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.2 - Eligibility

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(a) Home-delivered
			 meals shall be provided only to current recipients of HR and ADC financial
			 assistance and SSI benefits.
(b)
			 Home-delivered meals shall be provided only under the following conditions:
(1) when the recipient is suffering or is
			 likely to suffer from malnutrition because he lacks the mobility, skills or
			 incentive to obtain or prepare adequate meals; or
(2) to enable a recipient to live in his own
			 home.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.3 - Authorization

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(a) For recipients
			 of HR and ADC, services staff shall transmit a request to income maintenance to
			 authorize inclusion of the additional cost of home-delivered meals in the
			 grant.
(b) For beneficiaries of SSI
			 who were former recipients of AABD and had an allowance included within the
			 grant for home-delivered meals when their cases were transferred to the SSI
			 program, the allowance was included under the "hold-harmless" provisions. No
			 authorization is required.
(c) For
			 all other SSI beneficiaries, services staff shall prepare an authorization
			 which shall include the number of meals authorized, period of authorization,
			 name of provider and cost of service.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.4 - Responsibility for payment

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(a) For
			 current recipients of HR and ADC, the social services district shall include in
			 the income maintenance grant the cost of home-delivered meals in accordance
			 with department regulations, and the recipient shall pay the full cost to the
			 provider directly. (See Schedule SA-5, section
			 352.7[c] 
			 of this Title.)
(b) For
			 beneficiaries of SSI who were former recipients of AABD and had an allowance
			 included within the grant for home-delivered meals when these cases were
			 transferred to the SSI program, the recipient shall pay the full cost of the
			 service directly to the provider.
(c) For all other SSI beneficiaries, the
			 social services district shall pay the provider for the cost of preparation and
			 delivery of home-delivered meals, and the recipient shall pay the provider for
			 the cost of raw food.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.5 - Utilization of other resources

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(a)
			 Social services districts shall utilize all existing congregate and
			 home-delivered meals programs available without cost, including title VII of
			 the Older Americans Act.
(b) Except
			 for recipients of SSI, persons aged 60 years or older and their spouses are
			 eligible to purchase and use food stamps for home-delivered meals under the
			 conditions outlined in department regulations. (See section
			 435.9[b] 
			 of this Title.)
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.6 - Reimbursement

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Expenditures made by a social services district for
			   home-delivered meals pursuant to this Part shall be subject to reimbursement at
			   the rate of 50 per centum of its expenditures after first deducting therefrom
			   any Federal funds received or to be received on account thereof, and any
			   expenditures defrayed by private contributions.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 461 - Home-delivered Meals › Section 461.7 to 461.11 - Renumbered

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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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.1 - Scope

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This Part applies to the provision of nonresidential
			   services for victims of domestic violence by social services districts directly
			   or pursuant to purchase of services contracts with not-for-profit
			   organizations.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.3 - Social services district requirements

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(a) General requirements.
(1) A social services district must offer and
			 provide nonresidential services to victims of domestic violence whether or not
			 such victims are financially eligible for public assistance and care. A social
			 services district may provide nonresidential services to victims of domestic
			 violence directly or may purchase such nonresidential services from a
			 not-for-profit organization operating a residential program for victims of
			 domestic violence and/or a nonresidential program for victims of domestic
			 violence.
(2)
(i) Non-residential services for victims of
			 domestic violence must be provided in a manner which addresses the needs of
			 victims of domestic violence who have special needs including, but not limited
			 to, victims who are physically handicapped, hearing impaired and non-English
			 speaking.
(ii) Nonresidential
			 services for victims of domestic violence must be provided in a manner which
			 addresses the ethnic composition of the community being served. When a social
			 services district includes a significant non-English speaking population, the
			 staff providing the nonresidential services must speak the language of the
			 community being served, whenever possible.
(3) Nonresidential services for victims of
			 domestic violence must be provided at locations which ensure the safety of the
			 persons receiving services and the confidentiality of their
			 identities.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.4 - Service requirements

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(a) Core
			 services. Each non-residential program for victims of domestic violence
			 operated directly by a social services district or by a not-for-profit
			 organization pursuant to a purchase of services contract with a social services
			 district must offer and provide all of the following core services directly.
			 Acceptance of any service on behalf of the victim of domestic violence is
			 voluntary. Core services must be offered on a daily basis, excluding weekends
			 and holidays, during regular business hours:
(1)Telephone hotline assistance which means
			 providing immediate crisis intervention counseling and information and referral
			 services to victims of domestic violence through a telephone hotline.
(i) Such assistance must be provided directly
			 by the non-residential program during regular business hours.
(ii) When the program is closed, the
			 non-residential program, at a minimum, must have an answering machine that
			 provides victims of domestic violence with a telephone number to call for
			 emergency assistance.
(iii) The
			 employees and volunteers responsible for providing telephone hotline assistance
			 must have received training on the dynamics of domestic violence, the program's
			 services, and the availability of residential programs for victims of domestic
			 violence and of other community resources.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.6 - Client eligibility requirements

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(a) General requirements. A person who is a
			 victim of domestic violence, as defined in section
			 462.2(e) 
			 of this Part, is eligible for non-residential services for victims of domestic
			 violence whether or not the person is financially eligible for public
			 assistance and care.
(b) Method of
			 determining client eligibility.
(1)
			 Eligibility for nonresidential services for victims of domestic violence will
			 be on a group eligibility basis. Individual applications for such services will
			 not be required.
(2) A person will
			 be deemed eligible for non-residential services for victims of domestic
			 violence when such person provides information that he or she is a victim of
			 domestic violence as defined in section
			 462.2(e) 
			 of this Part. The person may provide oral and/or documentary information to
			 establish such eligibility. Once information is provided which establishes that
			 the person is a victim of domestic violence, the person may not be required to
			 provide any additional information for the purpose of determining
			 eligibility.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.7 - Records and reports

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Each nonresidential program for victims of domestic
			   violence operated directly by a social services district or by a not-for-profit
			   organization pursuant to a purchase of services contract with a social services
			   district must comply with the following record and reporting
			   requirements.
(a) Individual case
			 records. Each program must maintain an individual case record containing the
			 following information for each family receiving nonresidential services for
			 victims of domestic violence:
(1) the name of
			 the person requesting services;
(2)
			 the date the services were requested;
(3) the reason the services were
			 requested;
(4) the name(s) of any
			 of the person's minor children and/or other family or household members
			 receiving nonresidential services; and
(5) the types of core services and optional
			 services provided to the person, the person's minor children and/or other
			 family or household members and the dates such services were
			 provided.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.8 - Reporting of child abuse

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(a)
			 Employees of non-residential program for victims of domestic violence operated
			 directly by a social services district or by a not-for-profit organization
			 pursuant to a purchase of services contract with a social services district
			 must report any incidents of suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the
			 Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR), or cause such
			 a report to be made, when an employee has reasonable cause to suspect that a
			 child coming before them has been abused or maltreated, or when a child's
			 parent or other person legally responsible for a child comes before them in
			 their professional or official capacity and provides information that gives the
			 employee a reasonable basis to suspect that a child is being abused or
			 maltreated. This must be done in the following manner:
(1) Non-residential programs for victims of
			 domestic violence must make an immediate report to the SCR by telephone,
			 followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed
			 by the office, to the child protective service of the social services district
			 in the county in which the child resided at the time of the suspected
			 incident.
(2) After making the
			 initial report, the reporting employee must immediately notify the director of
			 the program or a designee that the report was made.
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.9 - Confidentiality

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Each nonresidential program for victims of domestic
			   violence operated directly by a social services district or by a not-for-profit
			   organization pursuant to a purchase of services contract with a social services
			   district must comply with the following confidentiality requirements.
(a) Access to information. All records,
			 books, reports and papers established and maintained pursuant to this Part
			 relating to the operation of the program and to the persons who receive
			 services from the program are confidential except that the following persons
			 and entities have access to such information under the following circumstances:
(1) (1) the Office and any social services
			 district contracting with the program for the provision of non-residential
			 services for victims of domestic violence will have access, on-site at the
			 program's Office, to the following information:
(i) all books, records, reports and papers
			 relating to the operation of the program;
(ii) the specific information regarding the
			 persons receiving services from the program which must be maintained in
			 individual case records in accordance with section
			 462.7(a) 
			 of this Part; and
(iii) access to
			 personally identifying information is only permitted upon the informed,
			 written, reasonably time-limited consent from the person receiving
			 services;
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 5 - Adult and Family Services › Part 462 - Nonresidential Services For Victims Of Domestic Violence › Section 462.10 - Reimbursement for social services district expenditures

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(a) Expenditures made by a social services
			 district for those non-residential services for victims of domestic violence
			 which are included in the social services district's multi-year consolidated
			 services plan (which has been approved by the Office pursuant to section 34-a  of the Social Services Law) will be
			 reimbursed at the applicable percentage as delineated in the enacted budget as
			 follows:
(1) to the extent funds are
			 appropriated therefore and the social services district has exhausted its
			 allocation under title XX of the Federal Social Security Act; and
(2) after first deducting therefrom any
			 Federal funds received or to be received therefore.