N.Y. SOS Law § 115
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Training and utilization of volunteers
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§ 115. Training and utilization of volunteers. Subject to the\napproval of the department, public welfare districts are authorized to\nsponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training and\nutilization of volunteers to assist welfare district employees in the\nperformance of office duties and to aid in performing services in\nwelfare districts including but not limited to the following:\n (a) friendly visiting of the indigent aged;\n (b) finding homes for foster children;\n (c) escorting and transporting recipients to clinics and other\ndestinations;\n (d) aiding in location of improved housing;\n (e) teaching homemaking skills and aiding in budgeting and care of\nthe household;\n (f) providing tutoring and other educational aid; and\n (g) giving information, screening requests and performing other\nservices in waiting rooms of welfare centers.\n
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