New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter L - Homeless Housing And Assistance Program › Part 901 - Mandated Reporter Requirement and Background Checks › Subpart 901-1 - Mandated Reporter ReQuirement, Statewide Central Register Of Child Abuse and Maltreatme Nt, and Register of Substant Iated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect › Section 901-1.1 - Mandated Reporter Requirement, Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, and Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Definitions. When used in this Subpart, unless expressly stated otherwise, the
			 following definitions apply:
(1) "Contractor"
			 means any person who is employed by an individual, corporation, partnership or
			 association which provides goods or services to the publicly-funded emergency
			 shelter for families with children, and who has the potential for regular and
			 substantial contact with the children who are served by the publicly-funded
			 emergency shelter for families with children.
(2) "Facility," as set forth in paragraph (8)
			 of this subdivision, provides shelter to families with children receiving
			 temporary housing assistance and receiving services from the operator or
			 provider, or a social services district in instances where the social services
			 district directly operates the facility, or a contractor on behalf of the
			 operator or provider or such social services district, which provides any of
			 the following: meals, supervision, assessment services, permanent housing
			 preparation services, recreational services, information and referral services,
			 health services, or child-care services.
(3) "Justice Center" means the Justice Center
			 for the Protection of People with Special Needs.
(4) "Office" means the New York State Office
			 of Temporary and Disability Assistance.
(5) "Prospective consultant" means any person
			 who has applied to be a consultant for the publicly-funded emergency shelter
			 for families with children, including but not limited to in the capacity of
			 providing consultation and/or advice, who will have the potential for regular
			 and substantial contact with children who are served by the publicly-funded
			 emergency shelters for families with children.
(6) "Prospective employee" means any person
			 who has applied to be employed by the publicly-funded emergency shelter for
			 families with children who will have the potential for regular and substantial
			 contact with children who are served by the publicly-funded emergency shelters
			 for families with children.
(7)
			 "Prospective volunteer" means a person who has applied to participate in
			 activities with or for the benefit of persons receiving services from a
			 publicly-funded emergency shelter for families with children, under the
			 supervision of staff or management of such provider, for which he or she
			 receives no salary or remuneration, who will have the potential for regular and
			 substantial contact with children who are served by the publicly-funded
			 emergency shelters for families with children.
(8) "Publicly-funded emergency shelter for
			 families with children" means any facility, as defined in this Subpart, with
			 overnight sleeping accommodations and that is used to house recipients of
			 temporary housing assistance and which houses or may house children and
			 families with children, except residential programs for victims of domestic
			 violence licensed by the New York State Office of Children and Family
			 Services.