N.Y. Social Services Law § 410-p: Definitions

§ 410-p. Definitions. As used in this title, the term:

1. "Agency" shall mean a not-for-profit corporation or group of

not-for-profit corporations. With respect to any county for which no

appropriate not-for-profit corporation or group of corporations has

submitted a proposal, such term shall mean a statewide or regional

not-for-profit corporation which establishes such a corporation or shall

mean a local governmental entity which provides the services authorized

by this title;

2. "Resource and referral program" shall mean an agency funded

pursuant to this title to provide services specified in section four

hundred ten-r of this title within a defined geographic area;

3. "Early childhood services" shall mean services which include, but

are not limited to, registered, certified or licensed care in family day

care homes, group family day care homes, school-age child care programs;

head start programs, day care centers; child care which may be provided

without a permit, certificate or registration in accordance with this

statute; early childhood education programs approved by the state

education department; and care provided in a children's camp as defined

in section one thousand four hundred of the public health law;

4. "Required resource and referral services" shall mean those services

listed in subdivision one of section four hundred ten-q of this title

which must be provided by each child care resource and referral program

to parents and other guardians, child care and early childhood services

providers, employers and communities within the geographic area served

by the program, to the extent funds are available for such services;

5. "Enhanced services" shall mean additional or more intensive levels

of services as listed in subdivision two of section four hundred ten-q

of this title, which an agency agrees to provide in order to receive

additional funding pursuant to this title;

6. "Parent" or "Parents" shall mean and include biological and

adoptive parents, guardians or other persons in parental relationship to

a child.