N.Y. Social Services Law § 392: Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers

§ 392. Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers. 1.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a local

social services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative

kinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached

about being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written

information as described in subdivision two of this section to such

caregivers or prospective suitable persons. Such information shall also

be made available through the website of both the office and the

district and by other appropriate means in a manner accessible to

relatives and non-relatives caring for children outside of the foster

care system.

2. Such information shall include but not be limited to:

a. information relating to child only grants, including but not

limited to, how to apply for child only grants;

b. information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other

options for care; and

c. information on how to contact the department of family assistance

kinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the

local social services district for relative and non-relative kinship

caregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all

relative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district.