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 448 - Group Homes
Section 448.2 - Conditions of operation of a group home program
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
An authorized agency shall operate a group home program only after obtaining an operating certificate for such program. An operating certificate will be issued by the department only when the conditions of this Part and Parts 476 and 477 of this Title are met.
(a) A professionally trained social worker, a person with experience in child welfare, or a person holding a master's degree in a related field who is in the employ of the agency shall supervise the group home program.
(b) The determination as to the children to be placed in each group home shall be made by the person designated to supervise the program or by an interdisciplinary team, when it is the general practice of the agency to use such services.
(c) The agency must establish a procedure to obtain background and other information on each applicant for employment or to be a volunteer in the group home and to evaluate each such applicant as to his/her personal, employment and experiential qualifications in accordance with the requirements of this Part.
(d) The agency must inquire, in accordance with the provisions of section 448.3(c) of this Part, whether certain persons who may have regular and substantial contact with children being cared for by the group home are the subjects of indicated reports of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment or are found on the Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect (staff exclusion list) maintained by Vulerable Persons' Central Register (VPCR), as required by section 495 of the Social Services Law.
