N.Y. Exec. Law § 532-d

§ 532-d. Residential facilities operated as transitional independent\nliving support programs. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nlaw, pursuant to regulations of the office of children and family\nservices, residential facilities operating as transitional independent\nliving support programs are authorized to and shall:\n (a) provide shelter to homeless youth between the ages of sixteen and\ntwenty-one as defined in this article;\n (b) work toward reuniting such homeless youth with his parent,\nguardian or custodian, where possible;\n (c) provide or assist in securing necessary services for such homeless\nyouth, and where appropriate, his family, including but not limited to\nhousing, educational, medical care, legal, mental health, and substance\nand alcohol abuse services. Where such program concludes that such\nhomeless youth would be eligible for assistance, care or services from a\nlocal social services district, it shall assist such youth in securing\nsuch assistance, care or services;\n (d) for a homeless youth whose service plan involves independent\nliving, provide practical assistance in achieving independence, either\nthrough direct provision of services or through written agreements with\nother community and public agencies for the provision of services in the\nfollowing areas; high school education or high school equivalency\neducation; higher education assessment; job training and job placement;\ncounseling; assistance in the development of socialization skills;\nguidance and assistance in securing housing appropriate to needs and\nincome; and training in the development of skills necessary for\nresponsible independent living, including but not limited to money and\nhome management, personal care, and health maintenance; and\n (e) provide residential services to a youth in need of crisis\nintervention or respite services, as defined in this article; and\n (f) continue to provide services to a homeless youth who is not yet\neighteen years of age but who has reached the eighteen month maximum\nprovided by subdivision six of section five hundred thirty-two-a of this\narticle, until he or she is eighteen years of age or for an additional\nsix months if he or she is still under the age of eighteen; and\n (g) provide such reports and data as specified by the office of\nchildren and family services.\n