N.Y. Social Services Law § 111: Functions of the department

§ 111. Functions of the department. To assist welfare departments to

carry out their responsibilities, powers and duties to enforce the

liability of persons for the support of certain of their dependents who

are applicants for or recipients of public assistance or care or who are

in receipt of child support services pursuant to section one hundred

eleven-g of this chapter, the department shall:

1. Continue to act as, and perform the functions of, state

information agent for the purposes of the uniform interstate family

support act of this state (article 5-B of the family court act) and

reciprocal laws of other states.

2. As required by section three hundred seventy-two-a, aid in the

location of deserting parents and, for such purpose, operate a central

registry of deserting parents, obtain and transmit pertinent information

and data from public officials and agencies and assist in the training

of local personnel employed to locate such parents.

3. Stimulate and encourage cooperation, through the holding of

meetings and the exchange of information, between and among public

officials, law enforcement agencies and courts having powers and duties

relating to the enforcement of the liability of persons for the support

of indigent members of their families, including cooperation with public

officials, agencies and courts of other states.

4. Upon request, or when required to do so by other provisions of

law, advise such officials in the performance of their duties

hereinabove referred to.

5. Develop or assist in the development of appropriate forms, guides,

manuals, handbooks and other material which may be necessary or useful

effectively to accomplish the foregoing and the purposes therefor.