N.Y. Executive Law Section 532-F
Required certification for residential programs

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any residential program established for the purpose of serving runaway and homeless youth that serves any youth under the age of eighteen or that is contained in a municipality’s approved comprehensive plan, must be certified by the office of children and family services and must be operated by an authorized agency as such term is defined in subdivision ten of Social Services Law § 371 (Definitions Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation, when used in this article or in any ...)section three hundred seventy-one of the social services law.

Source: Section 532-F — Required certification for residential programs, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EXC/532-F (updated Jan. 5, 2018; accessed Oct. 25, 2025).

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