The Specialized Opportunities for Youth (SOY) program aims to provide stability and support to resource parents of behaviorally-challenged youth in foster care who are in need of significant clinical interventions and services. This issuance details the requirements for youth entry into a SOY placement, criteria for current and prospective resource parents to become SOY parents, the conditions under which SOY incentive payments and ongoing monthly stipends are paid, and the Agency’s programmatic and administrative monitoring requirements.                ADIS