Section 1087. Definitions

When used in this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
    (a) "Child" shall mean a person under  the  age  of  eighteen  who  is
  placed  in  foster care pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a,
  three hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-a of  the  social
  services  law  or  pursuant  to  section  one  thousand  twenty-two, one
  thousand twenty-seven,  or  one  thousand  fifty-two  of  this  act;  or
  directly  placed  with  a  relative  pursuant  to  section  one thousand
  seventeen or one thousand fifty-five of this act; or who has been  freed
  for adoption or a person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who
  has consented to continuation in foster care.
    (b)  "Child  freed for adoption" shall mean a person whose custody and
  guardianship has been committed to  an  authorized  agency  pursuant  to
  section  three  hundred  eighty-three-c,  three  hundred eighty-four, or
  three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services  law.  Such  category
  shall  include  a  person  whose  parent or parents have died during the
  period in which the child was in foster care and for whom  there  is  no
  surviving  parent who would be entitled to notice or consent pursuant to
  section one hundred eleven or  one  hundred  eleven-a  of  the  domestic
  relations  law.  Such  category  shall  not include a child who has been
  freed for adoption with respect to one parent but who has another parent
  whose consent to an adoption is required pursuant to section one hundred
  eleven of the domestic relations law.
    (c) "Foster care" shall mean care provided by an authorized agency  to
  a child in a foster family, free or boarding home; agency boarding home;
  group  home;  child  care  institution,  health  care  facility  or  any
  combination thereof.
    (d) "Agency" means an authorized agency as defined in  paragraphs  (a)
  and  (b)  of subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the
  social services law, to which  the  care  and  custody  or  custody  and
  guardianship of a child has been transferred or committed.
    (e) "Permanency hearing report" shall mean a sworn report submitted by
  the  social services district to the court and the parties prior to each
  permanency hearing regarding the health and well-being of the child, the
  reasonable efforts that have been made since the last hearing to promote
  permanency for the child, and the recommended permanency  plan  for  the
  child.