New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle E - Office of Children and Family Services
Part 183 - Admissions To Division Facilities
Section 183.4 - Intake process

Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 183.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) The intake process shall consist of the steps described in this section which shall be completed prior to a youth's admission to a facility.

(b) Pursuant to section 507-b of the Executive Law and section 381.1 of the Family Court Act, the division must receive the orders of the placing or committing court and copies of the probation report and all other relevant evaluative records in possession of the court, detention facility, and probation departments relating to a youth, including but not limited to any diagnostic, educational, medical, psychological and psychiatric records, fingerprints, photographs, a certified copy of the sentence and presentence memoranda filed with the court, where applicable, and reports relating to assaults and other violent acts, and attempts at suicide or escape by the youth, prior to or upon admission to a facility.

(c) Upon receipt of the documentation described in subdivision (b) of this section, division staff shall develop a case record for the youth which shall contain basic information concerning the youth to be placed or committed, including but not limited to, name, address, parents' names, and the physical description of the youth.

(d) The division shall conduct an initial evaluation of the youth which shall consist of:

(1) a personal interview with the youth, the youth's parents and other significant parties, if possible;

(2) review of the probation report and other information provided by the court, detention facility and probation department; and

(3) analysis of the information provided pursuant to section 507-b of the Executive Law.

(e) Based on review of the information provided the division shall:

(1) assign the youth to an appropriate facility; or

(2) deliver a youth to be placed to the custody of the placing court if the youth is not of proper placement age, not properly placed, or is mentally or physically incapable of benefiting from placement with the division.

(f) The division shall schedule and coordinate admission of youth to the designated facility.

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