N.Y. EXC Law § 244

§ 244. Hostels and foster homes. 1. The office is hereby authorized to\nprovide or to pay for care in a hostel or foster home approved by the\noffice as suitable for such cases for any probationer or parolee under\nthe age of twenty-one years when the parole board or a judge of a court\ndetermines that there is no other suitable home for such probationer or\nparolee and that such probationer or parolee should be placed in such\nhostel or foster home. In addition to payment for such care, when\nordered by the board or court, the office is authorized to provide or\npay for clothing and other necessities, including medical and\npsychiatric treatment, required for the welfare of such probationer or\nparolee. The office may also provide or contract for such care in any\nsuitable facility operated by a department of correction or by any other\npublic or voluntary social welfare agency, institution or organization.\nA court with respect to such a probationer and the parole board with\nrespect to such a parolee shall, subject to regulation by the division\ncontrol admissions to and discharges from such hostels and foster homes.\nWhen placement is made in any hostel or foster home, or in any facility\nother than a public institution, such placement whenever practicable\nshall be in a hostel, or facility operated by or in the home of a person\nor persons of the same religious faith as the probationer or parolee.\n 2. The office shall have authority and the duty to stimulate programs\nfor the development of hostels and foster homes for the care of\nprobationers and parolees under the age of twenty-one years.\n