2012 Policy Directives

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.

Administrative Directives

• 12-OCFS-ADM-04 Rest-of-State Domestic Violence State Aid Rates for January 1 2012 through December 31 2012
• 12-OCFS-ADM-03 New Requirement Regarding Educational Stability of Foster Children
• 12-OCFS-ADM-02 Per Diem Chargeback Rates for OCFS-Operated Facilities and Programs – Interim Calendar Year (CY) 2011 Rates for January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011
• 12-OCFS-ADM-01 Per Diem Chargeback Rates for OCFS-Operated Facilities and Programs – Final for CY 2008

Informational Letters

• 12-OCFS-INF-02 2012 Income Standards for the Child and Family Services Plan
• 12-OCFS-INF-01 Sharing of Confidential Client-identifiable Information Between Child Protective Services (CPS) and Protective Services for Adults (PSA)
  • Attachment - Authorization for Information (Model Letter)

Local Commissioner Memorandums

• 12-OCFS-LCM-06 Federal Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Education and Training Voucher Program
  • Attachment - Sample Revenue Intercept Letter - ETV Program
• 12-OCFS-LCM-05 Tuition Reimbursement for Educationally Handicapped Foster Children Placed in Child Care Institutions for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009
• 12-OCFS-LCM-04 Use of Protective Funding for Family Assessment Response Related Goods and Services Costs
• 12-OCFS-LCM-03, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Payments - Excludable Income for Child Care Subsidy Program Eligibility
• 12-OCFS-LCM-02 Recent Legislation Regarding Family Assessment Response (FAR) and Updated Procedures for FAR Applications
  • Family Assessment Response Application
• 12-OCFS-LCM-01 Changes to the Legally-Exempt Child Care Provider Enrollment Process (Revised February 8, 2012)
• OCFS-2114 District Notification to Legally -Exempt Caregiver Enrollment Agency
• Attachment A OCFS-LDSS-4699 Enrollment Form for Provider of Legally Exempt Family Child Care and Legally Exempt In Home Child Care
• Attachment B OCFS-LDSS-4700 Enrollment Form for Provider of Legally Exempt Group Child Care
• Attachment D Non-disclosure, CONTRACTOR, 11-21-11
• Attachment E Non-disclosure, EMPLOYEE (of district) 11-21-11
• Attachment F OCFS-LDSS-4699.1 Employment of Minors
• Attachment G OCFS-LDSS-4699.1A Employment of Minors - Information
• Attachment H OCFS-LDSS-4699.2A Parental Responsibilities When Employing a Legally Exempt In-Home Child Care Provider
• Attachment I OCFS-4915 History of Criminal Convictions and Parental Acknowledgment
• Attachment J OCFS-4916 History of Day Care Enforcement and Parental Acknowledgment
• Attachment K OCFS-4917 History of Termination of Parental Rights and-or Court Ordered Article 10 - Removal of a Child and Parental Acknowledgment