2020 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 10-B - Statewide Settlement House Program
482-B - Definitions.

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