N.Y. Exec. Law § 532-a

§ 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 legal residence without the consent of his\nparent, legal guardian or custodian.\n 2. "Homeless youth" shall mean a person under the age of twenty-one\nwho is in need of services and is without a place of shelter where\nsupervision and care are available.\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. "Approved runaway program" shall mean any non-residential program\napproved by the office of children and family services after submission\nby the municipality, as part of its comprehensive plan, or any\nresidential facility which is operated by an authorized agency as\ndefined in subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the\nsocial services law, and approved by the office of children and family\nservices after submission by the municipality as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, established and operated to provide services to\nrunaway and homeless youth in accordance with the regulations of the\noffice of temporary and disability assistance and the office of children\nand family services. Such programs may also provide non-residential\ncrisis intervention and residential respite services to youth in need of\ncrisis intervention or respite services, as defined in this section.\nResidential respite services in an approved runaway program may be\nprovided for no more than twenty-one days in accordance with the\nregulations of the office of children and family services.\n * NB Effective until December 31, 2018\n * 4. "Approved runaway program" shall mean any non-residential program\napproved by the office of children and family services after submission\nby the county youth bureau, as part of its comprehensive plan, or any\nresidential facility which is operated by an authorized agency as\ndefined in subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the\nsocial services law, and approved by the office of children and family\nservices after submission by the county youth bureau as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, established and operated to provide services to\nrunaway and homeless youth in accordance with the regulations of the\noffice of temporary and disability assistance and the office of children\nand family services. Such programs may also provide non-residential\ncrisis intervention and residential respite services to youth in need of\ncrisis intervention or respite services, as defined in this section.\nResidential respite services in an approved runaway program may be\nprovided for no more than twenty-one days in accordance with the\nregulations of the office of children and family services.\n * NB Effective December 31, 2018\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 * NB Effective until December 31, 2018\n * 5. "Runaway and homeless youth service coordinator" shall mean any\nperson designated by a county whose duties shall include but not be\nlimited to answering inquiries at any time concerning transportation,\nshelter and other services available to a runaway or homeless youth or a\nyouth in need of crisis intervention or respite services.\n * NB Effective December 31, 2018\n * 6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean any\nnon-residential program approved by the office of children and family\nservices after submission by the municipality as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, or any residential facility approved by the office\nof children and family services after submission by the municipality as\npart of its comprehensive plan to offer youth development programs,\nestablished and operated to provide supportive services, for a period of\nup to eighteen months in accordance with the regulations of the office\nof children and family services, to enable homeless youth between the\nages of sixteen and twenty-one to progress from crisis care and\ntransitional care to independent living. Such transitional independent\nliving support program may also provide services to youth in need of\ncrisis intervention or respite services. Notwithstanding the time\nlimitation in paragraph (i) of subdivision (d) of section seven hundred\nthirty-five of the family court act, residential respite services may be\nprovided in a transitional independent living support program for a\nperiod of more than twenty-one days.\n * NB Effective until December 31, 2018\n * 6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean any\nnon-residential program approved by the office of children and family\nservices after submission by the county youth bureau as part of its\ncomprehensive plan, or any residential facility approved by the office\nof children and family services after submission by the county youth\nbureau as part of its comprehensive plan, established and operated to\nprovide supportive services, for a period of up to eighteen months in\naccordance with the regulations of the office of children and family\nservices, to enable homeless youth between the ages of sixteen and\ntwenty-one to progress from crisis care and transitional care to\nindependent living. Such transitional independent living support program\nmay also provide services to youth in need of crisis intervention or\nrespite services. Notwithstanding the time limitation in paragraph (i)\nof subdivision (d) of section seven hundred thirty-five of the family\ncourt act, residential respite services may be provided in a\ntransitional independent living support program for a period of more\nthan twenty-one days.\n * NB Effective December 31, 2018\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 * NB Repealed December 31, 2018\n