PRIMARY RESOURCE PERSON definition
PRIMARY RESOURCE PERSON means any individual related or unrelated to a child who is determined by the Department and the Agency to be an actual or potential source of support, care or assistance for the child.
PRIMARY RESOURCE PERSON means any individual related or unrelated to a child who is determined by the Department and the Agency to be an actual or potential source of support, care or assistance for the child. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL (QI) means a trained professional who is a licensed clinician acting within their scope of practice who must have current or previous relevant experience in the child welfare field and who conducts the assessment required for a child in accordance with section 409-h of the Social Services Law. An individual functioning as a QI includes a licensed clinician who holds a professional clinical license, in accordance with 14 NYCRR 823.6, and/or a social work license in accordance with section 7704 of New York State Education Law in one of the following disciplines: physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse practitioner, psychoanalyst, registered nurse, clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, mental health counselor, master social worker or licensed creative arts therapist. Such individual must have at least two years of relevant experience in the child welfare field and have worked for or under contract with a child welfare program in their professional capacity as a licensed clinician for a minimum of two (2) years within the last fifteen (15) years. Such individual may not be an employee of the OCFS and may not have a direct role in case management or case planning decision-making authority for the child for whom such assessment is being conducted.