Section 459-C. Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence  


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  • 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.