459-G – Cooperation of an Abuser Not Required as a Condition of Eligibility for Benefits or Services.
§ 459-g. Cooperation of an abuser not required as a condition of eligibility for benefits or services. 1. Neither the state, a political subdivision of the state, a public authority, nor any employee or agent thereof shall, in any way, condition eligibility or receipt of services or benefits by a victim of domestic violence, as […]
459-H – Confidentiality.
§ 459-h. Confidentiality. 1. The street address of any residential program for victims of domestic violence applying for funding pursuant to this article shall be confidential and may be disclosed only to persons designated by rules and regulations of the department. 2. All information related to the general location or specific street address of a […]
459-A – Definitions.
§ 459-a. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. “Victim of domestic violence” means any person over the age of sixteen, any married person or any parent accompanied by his or her minor child or children in situations in which such person or such person’s child is a victim of an act which would constitute […]
459-B – Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.
§ 459-b. Residential services for victims of domestic violence. In accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the regulations of the office of children and family services, a social services district shall offer and provide necessary and available emergency shelter and services for up to ninety days at a residential program for […]
459-C – Non-Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.
§ 459-c. Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence. 1. In accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations of the department, a social services district shall offer and provide non-residential services including but not limited to, information and referral services, advocacy, counseling, community education and outreach activities, and hotline services, to a […]
459-D – Reporting Requirements.
§ 459-d. Reporting requirements. The commissioner shall submit a report prior to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and annually thereafter to the governor and the legislature regarding the implementation of this article. Such report shall include: 1. the number of persons estimated to have been assisted in programs covered by this article; 2. the number […]
459-E – Technical Assistance.
§ 459-e. Technical assistance. To the extent that funds are available, the department shall arrange for or provide technical assistance to residential and non-residential programs for victims of domestic violence. Technical assistance shall include, but shall not be limited to, budgeting techniques, fund raising and program management.
459-F – Payment for Services.
§ 459-f. Payment for services. Payments by a social services district to a residential program for victims of domestic violence for the costs of emergency shelter and services provided to a victim of domestic violence at the daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall […]