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 4 - Residential Programs for Victimes of Domestic Violence › Part 452 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 452.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
For the purpose of this Part, the following definitions
			   apply:
(a)
Domestic violence
			 programs
are facilities which would meet the definition of domestic
			 violence shelter, except that victims of domestic violence and their minor
			 children, if any, constitute 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. For the
			 purposes of this Title, a
domestic violence program
may also
			 be referred to as a mixed occupancy shelter.
(b)
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 sponsoring agency, and has a capacity of nine or fewer persons
			 including adults and children, is secured as specified in section
			 455.8  of this
			 Title, and has been designated by the domestic violence sponsoring agency to
			 provide temporary shelter exclusively to victims of domestic
			 violence.
(c)
Domestic
			 violence shelters
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.
(d)
Domestic violence
			 sponsoring agencies
are not-for-profit organizations offering
			 temporary shelter at a domestic violence safe dwelling and emergency services
			 to victims of domestic violence and their minor children, if any.
(e)
Emotional support
or
comfort animals
include animals that may provide a sense of
			 safety, companionship or comfort to their owners but are not trained to perform
			 specific tasks related to a person's disability.
(f)
Not-for-profit
			 organization
means any organization which is a public agency or
			 incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation or religious corporation under the
			 laws of this State or which provides care and services in this State and has
			 been granted Federal tax-exempt status.
(g)
Office
means the New
			 York State Office of Children and Family Services.
(h)
Parent
means a natural
			 or adoptive parent or any individual lawfully charged with a minor child's care
			 or custody.
(i)
Person with
			 a disability
means a person who has:
(1) a physical, mental or medical impairment
			 resulting from anatomical, physiological, genetic or neurological conditions
			 which prevents the exercise of a normal bodily function or is demonstrable by
			 medically accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques; or
(2) a record of such impairment; or
(3) a condition regarded by others as such an
			 impairment.