§ 458-e. Independent living services. In accordance with regulations of the office of children and family services, any child who leaves foster care for guardianship with a relative after attaining sixteen years of age for whom kinship guardianship assistance payments are being made under this title shall be eligible:

Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 458-E

  • Child: shall mean a person under the age of twenty-one years whose custody, care and custody, or custody and guardianship have been committed to a social services official prior to such person's eighteenth birthday pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a, three hundred eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four, three hundred eighty-four-a or three hundred eighty-four-b of this chapter or article three, seven, ten or 10-C of the family court act. See N.Y. Social Services Law 458-A

1. to receive those independent living services that are made available by the social services district to foster children pursuant to section 477 of the federal social security act; and

2. to apply for educational and training vouchers made available pursuant to such section, which will be awarded based on the priorities established by the office of children and family services and the amount of funds made available therefor.

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