Social Services Law § 115 · Title 7. Local Personnel Training; Research and Demonstration Projects; Special State Reimbursement
Training and utilization of volunteers
Text — Law content up to date as of October 2, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 115. Training and utilization of volunteers. Subject to the approval of the department, public welfare districts are authorized to sponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training and utilization of volunteers to assist welfare district employees in the performance of office duties and to aid in performing services in welfare districts including but not limited to the following:
(a) friendly visiting of the indigent aged;
(b) finding homes for foster children;
(c) escorting and transporting recipients to clinics and other destinations;
(d) aiding in location of improved housing;
(e) teaching homemaking skills and aiding in budgeting and care of the household;
(f) providing tutoring and other educational aid; and
(g) giving information, screening requests and performing other services in waiting rooms of welfare centers.
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- Law content up to date as of October 2, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/SOS115
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