990 – Legislative Findings.
§ 990. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature finds that the children of this state are at the same time both our most important resource and our most vulnerable citizens. Children best develop their unique potential in a caring and healthy family environment either with their birth parents or other relatives or in an adoptive family, […]
991 – Family Policy Guidelines.
§ 991. Family policy guidelines. All state and local government programs should be guided by the following principles: 1. Families are best served by comprehensive programs which are directed towards all aspects of individual and family development. 2. Families who are the consumers of services should be partners in the planning, delivery and evaluation of […]
992 – Implementation of the Family Policy.
§ 992. Implementation of the family policy. The family policy shall be implemented by the state council on children and families pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision two of section 483-b of the social services law.