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The regulations of the Department of Social Services
concerning the physical requirements of a certified foster home
are extensive, and include, among others, the following:
(1) Physical facilities of the foster home shall
be in good condition and present no hazard to the
health and safety of the children.
(2) Foster homes shall be in substantial
compliance with all applicable provisions of State and
local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
(3) The physical space, construction and
maintenance of each foster home and premises shall be
in good repair and kept in a sufficiently clean and
sanitary condition so that the physical well-being as
well as a reasonable degree of physical comfort is
assured the members of the foster family.
(4) Foster homes shall have separate bedrooms for
children of the opposite sex over four years of age.
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As foster parents, petitioners have boarded several foster
children since 1980. In 1991, they cared for a young girl, then
aged 6, in their home. Petitioners first received this foster
child into their home in 1989. Petitioners' foster child, their
adopted daughter, and their son resided in petitioners' household
in 1991. Two other sons resided outside petitioners' household.
For 1991, petitioners were reimbursed by Monroe County in
the amount of $9,539 for the care of their foster child. This
reimbursement included "board payments" of $8,559, a "clothing
allowance" of $509, and "special allowances" of $471.
The Foster Parent Manual, published by the New York State
Department of Social Services and supplemented by the Monroe
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