(i) A resident’s length of stay may be extended a maximum of two times. Each extension may be up to 45 days contiguous to the initial 90-day period and must be based upon a determination by the social services district that:

(ii) The residential program must request an extension of the length of stay prior to the expiration of the resident’s length of stay. Such request for extension shall be made to the social service district fiscally responsible for the resident no fewer than five business days prior to the expiration of the resident’s length of stay. The social service district fiscally responsible for the resident may agree to a shorter notice period only if emergency circumstances make the need for such an extension not reasonably foreseeable in the notice period set forth above. In such a case, notice of the extension must be given to the social service district immediately upon circumstance becoming reasonably foreseeable. Whenever a resident’s length of stay is extended, the social services district financially responsible for the resident must assist the resident in obtaining alternative housing before the close of the extension period.

(iii) When a resident is unable to secure safe and appropriate alternative housing and is deemed eligible to remain in a residential program, the social services district financially responsible for the resident must pay the per diem rate for the residential program for the period of such extension.

(iv) The resident’s need for an extension must be assessed pursuant to the following standards:

(i) During the period of stay at a residential program, each resident's need for temporary shelter, emergency services and care, including the individual safety and service needs of a resident and the resident's children must be assessed at regular intervals to ensure the provision of necessary and appropriate services to a resident and his/her children. At a minimum, such assessment must include an evaluation of the need for services provided directly by a residential program and any services provided directly by a social services district. Unless there is a contract between the residential program and the district pursuant to section 408.8 of this Part, the social services district financially responsible for the resident will determine the procedures for conducting such assessments.

(ii) To ensure that a resident's temporary shelter, emergency services and care needs assessment identifies all the service needs of the resident and his/her children, including those services offered and provided directly by a social services district, a residential program must provide the social services district financially responsible for the resident with relevant information concerning the resident's temporary shelter, emergency services and care.