New York State Certified Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Directory

New York State provides a directory of agencies certified to operate programs for runaway and homeless youth. The data includes agency names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and the types of programs offered, such as emergency assistance and independent living skills training. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-11.

Use Cases

• Mapping service provider locations based on agency business address data.
• Analyzing the distribution of program types (e.g., emergency vs. independent living) across the state.
• Building a resource finder tool for youth and social workers based on agency contact details.
• Assessing service coverage gaps by cross-referencing agency locations with demographic data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple contact and identification fields: agency name, address, phone, website, and program type.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats: XML, RDF, JSON, CSV.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

State of New York

Collection Method

Likely compiled from state certification records.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2026-04-11.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 23:08:48.658733; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of New York, United States.