N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 182-1.4 - Office approval or certification of runaway and homeless youth crisis services programs
(a) A
municipality shall apply to the office, on forms prescribed by the office, for
approval of non-residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services
programs. Applicants to operate non-residential runaway and homeless youth
crisis services programs shall submit information, documentation and a specific
description of the nature and purpose of the program for which the applicant is
seeking approval, to the municipality.
(b) An applicant seeking to operate a
residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program must submit to
the office a copy of its articles of incorporation, containing a purposes
clause empowering the agency to care for, place out or board out children, in
order to demonstrate it is an authorized agency.
(c) The following documents and information
shall comprise an application submitted to a municipality for approval of a
non-residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program or an
application submitted to the office for certification of a residential runaway
and homeless youth crisis services program:
(1) the financial and organizational history
of the applicant, including a copy of the most current fiscal audit report and
the most recent annual report;
(2)
the number and characteristics of clients served in past and present
programs;
(3) a copy of the
applicant's New York State articles of incorporation and all amendments
thereto, with proof that such corporate papers have been filed with the
Department of State;
(4)
documentation of current charities registration, if a not-for-profit
agency;
(5) a list of the
applicant's governing board members;
(6) a notarized statement, signed by the
chief executive officer of a municipality or president of a board of directors
stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, no member of the governing
board is an employee of the applicant and no member of its advisory bodies is
directly or indirectly engaged in any business activity which conflicts with
the discharge of his or her duties as a member of the board; and
(7) a specific description of the program,
including the location, type of program, number of youth to be served, ages of
youth to be served, services to be provided or arranged for by the program and
a maintenance and operating budget for the initial operating period.
(d) An applicant seeking to
operate a runaway and homeless youth shelter may request in its application
that the maximum capacity limit, as defined in this Subpart, be increased. The
applicant shall demonstrate that the request for an increase of the maximum
capacity limit is warranted in order to serve the needs of the runaway and
homeless youth in the municipality of proposed operation.
(e) In order to obtain approval for the per
diem reimbursement for interim families from a municipality, an applicant
seeking to operate an interim family program shall demonstrate to the
municipality the circumstances which warrant such reimbursement in order to
serve the needs of runaway and homeless youth in the municipality of proposed
operation.
(f) A municipality shall
submit to the office information in the form and manner required by the office
regarding applicants to be approved non-residential runaway and homeless youth
crisis services programs. Final decisions on each non-residential and
residential runaway and homeless youth crisis services program application
shall be made by the office. The office shall notify the applicable
municipality, in writing, of the final decision.
(g) A runaway and homeless youth crisis
services program shall update the information provided pursuant to this section
as required by the office.
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