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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. They may provide general educational information, transmit a new brochure, distribute a revised list of contacts, or announce newly enacted Federal or State legislation.
These are shared with local districts and appropriate voluntary agencies.
Local Commissioners Memorandums (LCM) are external policy releases that transmit information to the local social service districts commissioners on specific topics. An LCM generally affects all local social services districts statewide. Information transmitted by an LCM may include notification of funding, statewide audit results, or instructions pertaining to existing program or administrative procedures.
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Administrative Directives
- 14-OCFS-ADM-01 Termination of Notification of Subsequent Arrests in Closed Foster and Adoptive Homes
- 14-OCFS-ADM-02 Procedures for Closing of a Voluntary Agency
- 14-OCFS-ADM-03 Adoption Assistance and Federal Reporting Requirements as it Pertains to Delinking
- 14-OCFS-ADM-04 Maximum State Aid Rates for Foster Care Programs and Residential Programs for Committee on Special Education Placements - Effective July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014
- 14-OCFS-ADM-05 Maximum State Aid Rates (MSARs) for Foster Care Programs and Residential Programs for Committee on Special Education Placements - Effective July 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014
- 14-OCFS-ADM-06 New York City Domestic Violence State Aid Rates for July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014
- 14-OCFS-ADM-07 Maximum State Aid Rates (MSARs) for Foster Care Programs and Residential Programs for Committee on Special Education Placements - Effective January 1, 2015, through March 31, 2015
- 14-OCFS-ADM-08 Committee on Special Education Maintenance Rates for July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015, for Out-of-State Residential Schools Approved by the New York State Education Department
- 14-OCFS-ADM-09 Rest of State Domestic Violence State Aid Rates for January 1 2014 through December 31 2014
Informational Letters
- 14-OCFS-INF-01 Child Care Market Rates Advance Notification
- 14-OCFS-INF-02 2014 Income Standards for the Child and Family Services Plan
- 14-OCFS-INF-03 County Cooperative Agreements and Claiming Examples
Cancelled and replaced by 20-OCFS-INF-03. - 14-OCFS-INF-04 Child Care Review Service (CCRS) Functionality Moving to CONNECTIONS
- 14-OCFS-INF-05 Revision of OCFS-LDSS-4700 Enrollment Form for Provider of Legally-Exempt Group Child Care
- 14-OCFS-INF-06 New York State Bill of Rights for Children and Youth in Foster Care
Cancelled on September 9, 2015; replaced by 15-OCFS-ADM-18.
Local Commissioner Memorandums
- 14-OCFS-LCM-01 Website Postings of Changes to Child Care Services
- 14-OCFS-LCM-02 New York State Child Care Block Grant Subsidy Program Allocations for State Fiscal Year 2014-2015
- 14-OCFS-LCM-03 Child Care Market Rates 2014-2015
- 14-OCFS-LCM-04 Child Care Subsidy Fraud Regulations
- 14-OCFS-LCM-05 Federal Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Independent Living Allocations
- 14-OCFS-LCM-06 Community Optional Preventive Services (COPS) Program FFY 2013-14 & SFY 2014-15 Funding and Claiming Instructions
- 14-OCFS-LCM-06 Attachment A - Community Optional Preventive Services Preliminary Allocations
- 14-OCFS-LCM-06 Attachment B- COPS Estimated Expenditures FFY 2013-14
- 14-OCFS-LCM-06 Attachment C-Community Optional Preventive Services Program Report
- 14-OCFS-LCM-06 Attachment D - FFFS COPS Allocations SFY 2014-15
- 14-OCFS-LCM-07 Community Optional Preventive Services (COPS) Program $1000000 Set-Aside Funding Instructions (FFY 2013-14 SFY 2014-15)
- 14-OCFS-LCM-08 SFY 2014-15 Enhanced CPS Funds
- 14-OCFS-LCM-09 SFY 2014-15 Social Services Block Grant (Title XX) Allocations
- 14-OCFS-LCM-10 Federal Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Education and Training Voucher Program
- 14-OCFS-LCM-11 SFY 2014-15 Foster Care Block Grant Allocations (Rev. June 20, 2014)
- 14-OCFS-LCM-12 Excludable Income for Financial Eligibility for Child Care Subsidy
- 14-OCFS-LCM-13 District Tuition Reimbursement for Educationally Handicapped Children Placed in Child Care Institutions or Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth by Local Social Services Districts, OCFS or Family Court, or Who Are Admitted to Blythedale Children’s Hospital for the 2013-2014 School Year
- 14-OCFS-LCM-14 TANF Funding For Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services for 2014-2015
- 14-OCFS-LCM-15 Accurate Reporting of Kinship Foster Care Placements
- 14-OCFS-LCM-16 Medical Consents for Destitute Children
- 14-OCFS-LCM-17 SFY 2014-15 Revised Foster Care Block Grant Allocations Updated for the Statutory Trend Factor for Direct Care and Direct Support Professional Workers Initiative
- 14-OCFS-LCM-18 Guidelines and Instructions for Preparing the Child and Family Services Plan Update