§ 410-t. Responsibilities of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall monitor the performance of agencies to assure that the terms of the contract are met, that the services are provided in accordance with the intent of this title and that funds are used as required by this title.

Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 410-T

  • Agency: shall mean a not-for-profit corporation or group of not-for-profit corporations. See N.Y. Social Services Law 410-P
  • Child: means a person actually or apparently under the age of eighteen years;

    2. See N.Y. Social Services Law 371
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Early childhood services: shall mean services which include, but are not limited to, registered, certified or licensed care in family day care homes, group family day care homes, school-age child care programs; head start programs, day care centers; child care which may be provided without a permit, certificate or registration in accordance with this statute; early childhood education programs approved by the state education department; and care provided in a children's camp as defined in § 1400 of the public health law;

    4. See N.Y. Social Services Law 410-P

2. The commissioner may contract for technical support, planning, coordination and data collection services to assist agencies in offering child care resource services in unserved areas.

3. Beginning July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and biennially thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation of this title which shall include but not be limited to:

(a) the names of the agencies serving the counties and the counties served by a child care resources and referral agency;

(b) the awards made to each agency;

(c) the characteristics and number of children and families who have received services;

(d) the improvements in the accessibility of early childhood services, the improvement in quality and the expanded supply;

(e) the nature of services contracted for and additional services the agency is able to provide with other funding sources;

(f) the amount of state and federal funding available for services provided under this title; and

(g) the cost to the state to administer the programs funded under this title.

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