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TIn accordance with federal guidance, NYS has established three types of Supervised Setting Programs (SSP), each include their own supervised settings (individual sites or units), as follows:
- Community-Site SSP
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Supervised settings include, but are not limited to:
- apartments,
- room rentals,
- shared housing, and
- living with kin (relative or person with whom the youth has a positive relationship).
- College-Owned Housing SSP
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The term “college-owned” includes colleges, universities, and vocational schools.
Supervised settings are:
- dormitories, and
- houses, apartments, or other residential homes owned, operated, or contracted by the college, university, or vocational school.
- Supervised Independent Living Program (SILP)
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Supervised settings are:
- Supervised Independent Living Units (1-4 bed units).
Youth ages 16-21 may be approved to live independently in an approved or certified supervised setting with supervision and support.
To learn more about the established supervise setting programs please review policy 22-OCFS-ADM-02, Supervised Setting Program Implementation.
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) previously released 21-OCFS-INF-08 to inform LDSSs and VAs of the continuation of Title IV-E funding for youth placed in Supervised Independent Living Programs (SILPs).