§ 501. General functions, powers and duties of division. The division\nfor youth shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To\ndevelop policies and plans for improving the administration of division\nfacilities and the delivery of services therein.\n 2. To establish, operate and maintain treatment programs and other\nservices for youth placed with or committed to the division and programs\nfor the care of conditionally released children.\n 3. To establish, operate and maintain division facilities and to\ncontract with authorized agencies as defined in section three hundred\nseventy-one of the social services law for the operation and maintenance\nof non-secure facilities.\n 4. To establish, operate and maintain all division facilities and\nprograms and all necessary powers to see that the purposes of each\nfacility or program are carried into effect.\n 5. To promulgate rules and regulations for the establishment,\noperation and maintenance of division facilities and programs.\n 6. To enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation,\nnot-for-profit corporation, authorized agency as defined by section\nthree hundred seventy-one of the social services law, municipality or\ngovernmental agency.\n 7. To establish, operate and maintain programs and services\nalternative to division facilities for persons placed with the division\npursuant to section five hundred seven-a of this article. The division\nmay contract with political subdivisions of the state, agencies thereof\nor supported thereby, not-for-profit associations, institutions or\nagencies concerned with youth, for the operation and maintenance of such\nprograms and services.\n 8. (a) Subject to the amounts appropriated therefor, to establish,\noperate and maintain or to contract for the operation and maintenance of\nprograms which may include, but not be limited to work training programs\nand alternative to placement programs authorized by law, in order to\nprevent and control juvenile delinquency, and to advance the moral,\nphysical, mental and social well-being of the youth of this state;\n (b) To establish and operate or to participate with the federal\ngovernment in the establishment and operation of job corps camps\npursuant to the federal economic opportunity program and any federal\nlaws amendatory or supplemental thereto, and to accept and receive such\nyouths as may be referred by federal agencies pursuant to such law.\n 9. To cooperate with other departments, divisions and agencies of the\nstate, its political subdivisions and municipalities and cooperate with\npublic and private agencies and departments throughout the state in\norder to assist in the rehabilitation and training of youth placed with\nor committed to the division.\n 10. To encourage and foster an exchange of information and to\ncooperate with social agencies, both public and private, which may be\nadministering to the needs or assisting any members of the families of\nyouth placed with or committed to the division.\n 11. To develop a comprehensive five year plan for the provision of\nservices for youths ordered by the court into the custody of the\ndivision. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to:\n (a) a projection of the numbers of youths to be placed into or\ncommitted to the care of the division at secure, limited secure and\nnon-secure levels of care for the five years encompassed by the plan;\n (b) an analysis of current and anticipated utilization of division\nfacilities;\n (c) a plan for increasing or decreasing residential capacities at all\nlevels as indicated by paragraph (b) of this subdivision;\n (d) a comprehensive description of the types of services and programs\nto be provided to youths in the custody of the division; and\n (e) a plan for containing costs at all levels of residential care.\n 12. To promulgate regulations concerning standards for the protection\nof children in residential facilities and programs operated or certified\
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