New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 3 - Child-care Agencies
Part 446 - Designated Emergency Foster Family Boarding Home Care
Section 446.5 - Mandated training for foster parents providing care in designated emergency foster family boarding homes
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 446.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
Authorized agencies supervising designated emergency foster family boarding homes must provide foster parents in such homes with training. The training must cover the areas of child development, child discipline, communication, and family systems and must provide emergency foster parents with basic crisis intervention and assessment skills. The training must be provided as follows:
(a) fifteen hours of training within four months after the foster home is designated exclusively for emergency use; and
(b) a minimum of six hours of yearly follow-up training which expands upon the areas covered during the initial training.
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