NYS OCFS Policy Directives

Below is a selection of recent NYS Office of Children and Families Services policy directives of particular interest to foster and adoptive families.

 

Administrative Directives (ADM) are external policy statements designed to advise local service districts and voluntary agencies of policy and procedure which must be followed and require specific action. Informational Letters (INF) are external policy statements that clarify or amplify existing procedures.   The full catalog of policy directives issued from 1999 through 2011 can be accessed on the OCFS website.

 

  • 11-OCFS-ADM-13 - 2011/2012 Maximum State Aid Rates for Foster Care Programs
  • 11-OCFS-INF-05 – Clarification of Adoption Study Criteria Related to Length of Marriage and Sexual Orientation
  • 11-OCFS-ADM-03 – Kinship Guardian Assistance Program
  • 11-OCFS-ADM-01 – Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
  • 10-OCFS-ADM-11 – Payment of Adoption Subsidies Prior to Finalization of the Adoption
  • 10-OCFS-INF-07 – Flexibility in Sleeping Arrangement Requirements for Siblings Placements
  • 10-OCFS-ADM-09 – Requirements for Incorporating Youth Voice into the Annual Renewal of Foster Homes
  • 10-OCFS-ADM-16 – Notice of Placement Change to Attorneys for Children
  • 09-OCFS-ADM-14 – Changes in Adoption Subsidy: Medicaid, Eligibility, and Review and Approval of Subsidy Agreements
  • 09-OCFS-ADM-11 – Adoption Subsidy and Education Requirements for Adopted Children
  • 08-OCFS ADM-03 – Notification to Foster Parent of Foster Care Level of Care Payment
Last modified: December 22, 2011