2017 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 19-H - Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Eight
532-A - Definitions.

 532-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the term:
1. "Runaway youth" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years
  who is absent from his or her legal residence without the consent of his
  or her parent, legal guardian or custodian.
2. "Homeless youth" shall mean:
(a)  a person under the age of eighteen who is in need of services and
  is without a place of shelter where supervision and care are  available;
  or
(b)  a  person  who is under the age of twenty-one but is at least age
  eighteen and who is in need of  services  and  is  without  a  place  of
  shelter.
(c)  Provided  however,  when  a municipality's approved comprehensive
  plan authorizes that services pursuant to this article  be  provided  to
  "homeless  young  adults"  as such term is defined in this section, then
  for purposes related to the provisions of that  municipality's  approved
  comprehensive  plan  that  include  "homeless  young  adults",  the term
  "homeless youth" as used in this article  shall  be  deemed  to  include
  "homeless young adults".
3.  "Youth  in  need of crisis intervention or respite services" shall
  mean a person under the  age  of  eighteen  years  who  is  a  potential
  respondent  under  article  seven of the family court act, who, with the
  consent of his or her parent or other person legally responsible for the
  youth, is determined by  the  local  juvenile  probation  department  or
  social services official to be in need of crisis intervention or respite
  services.
* 4. "Runaway and homeless youth crisis services program" shall mean:
(a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and
  family  services,  after  submission  by the municipality as part of its
  comprehensive plan, that provides services to runaway youth and homeless
  youth in accordance with the regulations of the office of  children  and
  family services; or
(b)  any residential program which is operated by an authorized agency
  as defined in subdivision ten of section three  hundred  seventy-one  of
  the  social  services  law,  and certified by the office of children and
  family services to provide short-term residential  services  to  runaway
  youth  and  homeless youth in accordance with the applicable regulations
  of the office of temporary and disability assistance and the  office  of
  children and family services.
(c)  Runaway  and  homeless  youth  crisis  services programs may also
  provide  non-residential  crisis   intervention   and,   if   certified,
  residential  respite services to youth in need of crisis intervention or
  respite services, as such term is defined in this  section.  Residential
  respite  services  in  a  certified  runaway  and  homeless youth crisis
  services program may  be  provided  to  such  youth  for  no  more  than
  twenty-one  days,  in  accordance  with the regulations of the office of
  children and family services and section seven  hundred  thirty-five  of
  the family court act.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2018
* 4. "Approved runaway program" shall mean any non-residential program
  approved  by the office of children and family services after submission
  by the county youth bureau, as part of its comprehensive  plan,  or  any
  residential  facility  which  is  operated  by  an  authorized agency as
  defined in subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one  of  the
  social  services  law, and approved by the office of children and family
  services after submission by the county youth  bureau  as  part  of  its
  comprehensive  plan,  established  and  operated  to provide services to
  runaway and homeless youth in accordance with  the  regulations  of  the
  office of temporary and disability assistance and the office of children

  and  family  services.  Such  programs  may also provide non-residential
  crisis intervention and residential respite services to youth in need of
  crisis intervention or respite services, as  defined  in  this  section.
  Residential  respite  services  in  an  approved  runaway program may be
  provided for no  more  than  twenty-one  days  in  accordance  with  the
  regulations of the office of children and family services.
* NB Effective December 31, 2018
* 5.  "Runaway  and homeless youth service coordinator" shall mean any
  person so designated by a municipality whose duties  shall  include  but
  not   be   limited   to  answering  inquiries  at  any  time  concerning
  transportation, shelter and other services available  to  a  runaway  or
  homeless  youth  or  a  youth  in need of crisis intervention or respite
  services.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2018
* 5. "Runaway and homeless youth service coordinator" shall  mean  any
  person  designated  by  a  county  whose duties shall include but not be
  limited to answering inquiries at any  time  concerning  transportation,
  shelter and other services available to a runaway or homeless youth or a
  youth in need of crisis intervention or respite services.
* NB Effective December 31, 2018
* 6. "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean:
(a) any non-residential program approved by the office of children and
  family  services,  after  submission  by the municipality as part of its
  comprehensive plan, that provides supportive services to enable homeless
  youth to progress from crisis care and transitional care to  independent
  living,  in  accordance with the applicable regulations of the office of
  children and family services; or
(b) any  residential  program  established  and  operated  to  provide
  supportive services, in accordance with the regulations of the office of
  children  and family services, to enable homeless youth to progress from
  crisis care and transitional care to independent living.
(c) A transitional independent living support program may also provide
  services to youth in need of crisis intervention  or  respite  services.
  Notwithstanding  the time limitation in paragraph (i) of subdivision (d)
  of  section  seven  hundred  thirty-five  of  the  family   court   act,
  residential   respite   services  may  be  provided  in  a  transitional
  independent living support program for a period of more than  twenty-one
  days.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2018
* 6.  "Transitional independent living support program" shall mean any
  non-residential program approved by the office of  children  and  family
  services  after  submission  by  the  county youth bureau as part of its
  comprehensive plan, or any residential facility approved by  the  office
  of  children  and  family  services after submission by the county youth
  bureau as part of its comprehensive plan, established  and  operated  to
  provide  supportive  services,  for a period of up to eighteen months in
  accordance with the regulations of the office  of  children  and  family
  services,  to  enable  homeless  youth  between  the ages of sixteen and
  twenty-one to  progress  from  crisis  care  and  transitional  care  to
  independent living. Such transitional independent living support program
  may  also  provide  services  to youth in need of crisis intervention or
  respite services. Notwithstanding the time limitation in  paragraph  (i)
  of  subdivision  (d)  of section seven hundred thirty-five of the family
  court  act,  residential  respite  services  may  be   provided   in   a
  transitional  independent  living  support  program for a period of more
  than twenty-one days.
* NB Effective December 31, 2018

7.  "Safe  house"  shall  mean  a  residential  program  for  sexually
  exploited children as defined in subdivision one of section four hundred
  forty-seven-a  of  the  social services law. An approved runaway program
  may operate a short-term safe house, as defined in  subdivision  two  of
  section  four  hundred  forty-seven-a  of  the  social services law, for
  sexually exploited children. A transitional independent  living  support
  program  may  operate  a  long-term  safe  house  for sexually exploited
  children.
* 8. "Municipality" shall mean a county, or a city having a population
  of one million or more.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2018
9. "Homeless young adult" shall mean a person who is  age  twenty-four
  or younger but is at least age twenty-one and who is in need of services
  and is without a place of shelter.