N.Y. Social Services Law § 459-c: Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence

§ 459-c. Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence. 1.

In accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations of

the department, a social services district shall offer and provide

non-residential services including but not limited to, information and

referral services, advocacy, counseling, community education and

outreach activities, and hotline services, to a victim of domestic

violence whether or not the victim is eligible for public assistance. A

social services district may provide such non-residential services

directly or may purchase such services from a not-for-profit

organization operating a residential program and/or a non-residential

program for victims of domestic violence.

2. To the extent that funds are appropriated expressly therefore and a

social services district has exhausted its allocation under title XX of

the federal social security act, state reimbursement shall be available

for fifty percent of the expenditures made by a social services district

for those non-residential services provided to victims of domestic

violence which are included in the social services district's multi-year

consolidated services plans and annual implementation reports approved

by the department pursuant to section thirty-four-a of this chapter.