§ 409-J — Case management

§ 409-j. Case management. 1. As used in this title, "case management"\nshall refer to a method of providing necessary prevention and support\nservices, directly or by purchase of services, to recipients of public\nassistance and shall require the facilitating of such services for the\npurpose of insuring family stability and assistance in achieving the\ngreatest degree of economic independence.\n 2. Appropriate local social services staff shall be designated as\nresponsible on a case by case basis, for the assessment of services\nneeded by the adolescent or teenage recipient to achieve defined service\ngoals, and for the planning and referral of services and follow-up\nactivities, including the monitoring and evaluation of services\nprovided. Designated case management staff shall be responsible for\nperforming such activities for a specified period prescribed pursuant to\ndepartment regulations dependent on such factors as age, education and\njob skills attainment of the individual, household size and stability of\nthe family unit.\n 3. When referrals to services are provided under other state-funded\nprograms or are directly purchased by the social services district, the\ndistrict may request that the provider obtain and transmit to the\ndistrict the information necessary to perform the case management\nfunction.\n 4. The provisions of this title shall apply to those cases involving\npregnant adolescents and teen parents in receipt of public assistance,\nincluding any males and females under eighteen years of age who are\ndesignated payees of their own cases, payees of their children's cases\nor those public assistance recipients under eighteen years of age\nidentified pursuant to rules and regulations as at-risk youth needing\nprevention services, where appropriate. At local option, case management\nservices may be provided to those cases headed by persons eighteen years\nof age or older but under twenty-one years of age.\n 5. In the event that an adolescent or teenage recipient refuses to\naccept services identified by social services district staff as needed\nby the adolescent or teenager, such refusal shall not carry any threat\nof fiscal sanctions.\n 6. Case records developed by social services districts and other\nagencies for persons eligible for or receiving services pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section shall be confidential and maintained in\naccordance with the provisions of section one hundred thirty-six of this\nchapter and the regulations of the department.\n