Section 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.