New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle E - Office of Children and Family Services
Part 181 - Warrants And Awol's-policies And Procedures
Section 181.1 - Absence without official authorization (awol)
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
A youth, as defined in section 181.4 of this Part, must be identified as AWOL under one or more of the following circumstances:
(a) the youth leaves a Division for Youth program or facility or authorized agency program or facility without permission;
(b) the youth fails to arrive at or return to a Division for Youth program or facility or authorized agency program or facility on an assigned date;
(c) the youth fails to comply with stipulations governing a home visit;
(d) the youth leaves a staff member while on a community visit (movie, camping, etc.);
(e) whenever a program director or designee has reason to believe the youth is AWOL (as indicated by the youth's failure to be in attendance at an assigned program); or
(f) a youth must be considered as AWOL as soon as his/her absence (under one or more of the circumstances described above) is discovered.