§ 482-B — Definitions

§ 482-b. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Settlement house" means an independent, voluntary, not-for-profit\norganization demonstrating affiliation with the New York state\nassociation for settlement houses and neighborhood centers engaged in\ncommunity work and social services delivery in a defined neighborhood in\na municipality of the state of New York which provides comprehensive,\ncoordinated, family-focused multi-generational human services such as\nchild care, employment training, housing assistance counseling, youth\ndevelopment, educational services, senior services and arts and cultural\nactivities, based on the needs of the neighborhood or neighborhoods\nserved and which:\n (a) has been incorporated for at least three years;\n (b) is qualified as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to section\n501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code;\n (c) provides services to all those who live in the neighborhood or\nneighborhoods served without regard to race, creed, religious practice,\ncolor, sex, age, national origin, economic status, disability, or\naffectional preference;\n (d) has an independent, autonomous board of directors which meets at\nregular intervals, has full authority over the policies and operations\nof the organization, and the membership of which includes community\nresidents;\n (e) employs appropriate staff including a position of chief executive\nofficer;\n (f) has a budget which is adopted on an annual basis by the board of\ndirectors, utilizes an accepted accounting system, and has prepared an\nannual fiscal audit by a certified public accountant not connected with\nthe organization; and\n (g) can demonstrate that one of its primary purposes is the\nimprovement of the relationships among groups of different cultural,\neconomic, religious, and social groups in the community through a\nvariety of individual, group, and inter-group activities.\n 2. "Program services" may include, but are not limited to, several of\nthe following services:\n (a) early childhood services, including child care, child development\nservices, early child education and health information and referral for\npre-school children;\n (b) youth services, including teen centers and school-age programs\nwhich provide recreation, homework assistance, preparation for\nemployment, counseling and meals;\n (c) education programs, including remedial education, tutoring,\nhomework assistance and English language training;\n (d) family programs, including home management, homemaker services,\nparenting skills training, teen parent services and programs for\nseniors;\n (e) child welfare services including foster care and preventive\nservices;\n (f) employment programs, including summer youth employment apprentice\nprograms, job training programs, and displaced homemaker programs;\n (g) mental health services, including psychological and, where\nappropriate, psychiatric group and individual evaluation and counseling;\n (h) housing assistance.\n