Information and Advocacy Resources

• Adoption Services Directory Compiled by NYSCCC
• NYS Adoption and Foster Care Statistics
• NYS Office of Children and Family Services
• NYS OCFS Policy Directives 1999-2008
• Foster Parent Rights and Responsibilities
• Title 18 NYCRR Regulations re: Adoption and Foster Care
• Legislative Information on NYS Foster Care and Adoption  2005 Permanency Legislation Information
• Adoptive & Foster Parent Support & Advocacy Groups in New York State
• Locating Helping Resources for Foster/Adoptive Families
• Bridges To Health (B2H) NYS OCFS Home and Community Based Waiver Services
• Child Abuse and Neglect  Articles and links to other sites on preventing and surviving allegations
• Wrongful Adoption - New NYS Court of Appeals Decision
• NYS Fair Hearings
• HIPAA- NYS OCFS Clarification of Impact on Foster Care and Adoption (PDF)
• Kinship Care Navigator - Comprehensive site offering a multitude of resources and toll free support line for kinship caregivers
• Kinship Care Legal Research Center - ABA Resource Center intended to serve as a toolkit for attorneys, judges, and CW practitioners
• Grandparents and Relatives Raising Children - Link to NYS Office for the Aging kinship care resources and programs
• Search Resources  Online resources for searching adoptees and/or birth families
• NYS and Federal Requirements for Adoption/Foster Care Criminal History Checks (PDF) - NYS OCFS Administrative Directive

NYS Reports and Manuals

• 2008 NYS Statewide Assessment for the Child and Family Services Review - (PDF)
• Final Report of the Child and Family Services Review of New York State - (PDF) by the U.S. Dept of HHS Administration for Children and Families
• LOSING OUR CHILDREN: An Examination of New York's Foster Care System
• "NYS's Longest Waiting Children: A Study of NYS Children in Need of Adoptive Families" (PDF)  
• NYS Foster Parent Manual- Revised 2007 (PDF)
• NYS Foster Parent Manual - Spanish Version (PDF)
• NYS Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption- 2007 (PDF)
• NYS Foster Parent's Guide to Adoption- Spanish (PDF)
• NYS OCFS Eligibility Manual for Child Welfare Programs
• Working Together: Health Services for Children in Foster Care - Link to NYS OCFS manual
• Caring for Children with Special Needs - Link to NYSDOH Manual for caring for children with HIV
• Foster Parent Training and Support Assessment Results - NYS OCFS and the Center for Development of Human Services, January 2004  

NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
410 East Upland Road , Ithaca, NY 14850
607-272-0034 • fax 607-272-0035
office@nysccc.org
08/13/2008