Section 532-D. Residential facilities operated as transitional independent living support programs

Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of
  law,  pursuant  to  regulations  of  the  office  of children and family
  services, residential facilities operating as  transitional  independent
  living support programs are authorized to and shall:
    (a)  provide shelter to homeless youth between the ages of sixteen and
  twenty-one as defined in this article;
    (b) work  toward  reuniting  such  homeless  youth  with  his  parent,
  guardian or custodian, where possible;
    (c) provide or assist in securing necessary services for such homeless
  youth,  and  where appropriate, his family, including but not limited to
  housing, educational, medical care, legal, mental health, and  substance
  and  alcohol  abuse  services.  Where  such  program concludes that such
  homeless youth would be eligible for assistance, care or services from a
  local social services district, it shall assist such youth  in  securing
  such assistance, care or services;
    (d)  for  a  homeless  youth  whose  service plan involves independent
  living, provide practical assistance in achieving  independence,  either
  through  direct provision of services or through written agreements with
  other community and public agencies for the provision of services in the
  following areas;  high  school  education  or  high  school  equivalency
  education;  higher education assessment; job training and job placement;
  counseling; assistance  in  the  development  of  socialization  skills;
  guidance  and  assistance  in  securing housing appropriate to needs and
  income;  and  training  in  the  development  of  skills  necessary  for
  responsible  independent  living, including but not limited to money and
  home management, personal care, and health maintenance; and
    (e) provide  residential  services  to  a  youth  in  need  of  crisis
  intervention or respite services, as defined in this article; and
    (f)  continue  to  provide services to a homeless youth who is not yet
  eighteen years of age but who has reached  the  eighteen  month  maximum
  provided by subdivision six of section five hundred thirty-two-a of this
  article,  until  he or she is eighteen years of age or for an additional
  six months if he or she is still under the age of eighteen; and
    (g) provide such reports and  data  as  specified  by  the  office  of
  children and family services.