NYS Foster Care Rate Info
Foster Care boarding home rates differ significantly in New York’s 58 social services districts as each local district (LDSS) or county is allowed to set its own rates. The state only determines the maximum amounts it will reimburse to the local districts; there is no minimum! NYSCCC advocates that NYS OCFS establish consistent statewide minimum board rates for all local districts, commensurate with actual costs, and offers the following information to assist NYS foster care advocates and families in advocating for local changes that achieve increased consistency and fairness in statewide rates.
- Local LDSS/County Specific Foster Boarding Home Rates
- Current Foster Care and Group Home Rates Paid to Voluntary Agencies (pdf)
- 2008-2009 NYS Maximum Reimbursement Rates (pdf)
- NYS Guidelines for Clothing Allowances
- NYS Guidelines Governing Eligibility for Special/Exceptional Rates
- Excerpt from OCFS Program Manual: Standards of Payment (pdf)
- USDA reports on Expenditures on Children by Families
- Foster Care Maintenance Payments: State to State Comparisons (pdf)
- NYSCCC Position On NYS Boarding Home Rates
- Hitting the M.A.R.C.: Establishing Foster Care Minimum Adequate Rates for Children
Last modified: October 22, 2009
