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Executive Law § 532-f · Article 19-H. Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-eight

Required certification for residential programs

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§ 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 section three hundred seventy-one of the social services law.

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