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New York State’s Child and Family Services Plan FY 2010 - 2014 Annual Progress and Services Report Submitted June 2012 Application for Funding: Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS)… Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, Subpart 1 Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF)… Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, Subpart 2 Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Programs … New York State Office of Children and Family Services Website: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/ New York State CFSP and APSR Contact: Robert Dick, Jr. – CFSS2 52 Washington Street Rensselaer, NY 12144 518-474-3475 Robert.Dick@ocfs.state.ny.us Table of Contents Mission……………………………………………………………………………...5 Agency Overview…………………………………………………………………..5 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..6 Service Continuum………………………………………………………………...9 Quality Assurance and Program Support………………………………………12 OCFS Evaluation and Research…………………………………………………20 Child and Family Services Review Program Improvement Plan (CFSR PIP).20 Child and Family Services Plan………………………………………………….21 Title IV-E Plan…………………………………………………………………….23 Child Welfare Laws, Policies, and Procedures………………………………….23 Case Worker Visits………………………………………………………25 Consultation, Collaboration, and Service Integration………………………27 Program Service Descriptions According to Goals: Goal 1- “Families, Including Nuclear, Extended and Adoptive….”………...38 Goal 2- “Children Who Are Removed From Their Birth Families…”…69 Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruitment……………………………….84 Services for Children under the Age of Five…………………………...106 Goal 3- “Victims of Family Violence, both Child and Adult Will…”………115 Goal 4- “Adolescents in Foster Care”……………………………………122 Goal 5- “Native American Families, Including Nuclear, Extended…”…….137 Note: Assessment of Need, Performance Targets, Accomplishments, Plans