§ 532-A — Definitions

New York § 532-A

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EXC: Executive
• Art. 19-H: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-eight

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§ 532-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the term:\n 1. "Runaway youth" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years\nwho is absent from his or her legal residence without the consent of his\nor her parent, legal guardian or custodian.\n 2. "Homeless youth" shall mean:\n (a) a person under the age of eighteen who is in need of services and\nis without a place of shelter where supervision and care are available;\nor\n (b) a person who is under the age of twenty-one but is at least age\neighteen and who is in need of services and is without a place of\nshelter.\n (c) Provided however, when a municipality's approved comprehensive\nplan authorizes that services pursuant to this article be provided to\n"homeless young adults" as such term is defined in this section, then\nfor purposes related to the provisions of that municipality's approved\ncomprehensive plan that include "homeless young adults", the term\n"homeless youth" as used in this article shall be deemed to include\n"homeless young adults".\n 3. "Youth in need of crisis intervention or respite services" shall\nmean a person under the age of eighteen years who is a potential\nrespondent under article seven of the family court act, who, with the\nconsent of his or her parent or other person legally responsible for the\nyouth, is determined by the local juvenile probation department or\nsocial services official to be in need of crisis intervention or respite\nservices.\n 4. "Runaway and homeless youth crisis services program" shall mean:\n (a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and\nfamily services, after submission by the municipality as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, that provides services to runaway youth and homeless\nyouth in accordance with the regulations of the office of children and\nfamily services; or\n (b) any residential program which is operated by an authorized agency\nas defined in subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of\nthe social services law, and certified by the office of children and\nfamily services to provide short-term residential services to runaway\nyouth and homeless youth in accordance with the applicable regulations\nof the office of temporary and disability assistance and the office of\nchildren and family services.\n (c) Runaway and homeless youth crisis services programs may also\nprovide non-residential crisis intervention and, if certified,\nresidential respite services to youth in need of crisis intervention or\nrespite services, as such term is defined in this section. Residential\nrespite services in a certified runaway and homeless youth crisis\nservices program may be provided to such youth for no more than\ntwenty-one days, in accordance with the regulations of the office of\nchildren and family services and section seven hundred thirty-five of\nthe family court act.\n 5. "Runaway and homeless youth service coordinator" shall mean any\nperson so designated by a municipality whose duties shall include but\nnot be limited to answering inquiries at any time concerning\ntransportation, shelter and other services available to a runaway or\nhomeless youth or a youth in need of crisis intervention or respite\nservices.\n 6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean:\n (a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and\nfamily services, after submission by the municipality as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, that provides supportive services to enable homeless\nyouth to progress from crisis care and transitional care to independent\nliving, in accordance with the applicable regulations of the office of\nchildren and family services; or\n (b) any residential program established and operated to provide\nsupportive services, in accordance with the regulations of the office of\nchildren and family services, to enable homeless youth to progress from\ncrisis care and transitional care to independent living.\n (c) A transitional independent living support program may also provide\nservices to youth in need of crisis intervention or respite services.\nNotwithstanding the time limitation in paragraph (i) of subdivision (d)\nof section seven hundred thirty-five of the family court act,\nresidential respite services may be provided in a transitional\nindependent living support program for a period of more than twenty-one\ndays.\n 7. "Safe house" shall mean a residential program for sexually\nexploited children as defined in subdivision one of section four hundred\nforty-seven-a of the social services law. An approved runaway program\nmay operate a short-term safe house, as defined in subdivision two of\nsection four hundred forty-seven-a of the social services law, for\nsexually exploited children. A transitional independent living support\nprogram may operate a long-term safe house for sexually exploited\nchildren.\n 8. "Municipality" shall mean a county, or a city having a population\nof one million or more.\n 9. "Homeless young adult" shall mean a person who is age twenty-four\nor younger but is at least age twenty-one and who is in need of services\nand is without a place of shelter.\n