2013 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

• 13-OCFS-ADM-06 CSE Maintenance Rates for July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, for Out-of-State Residential Schools Approved by NYSED
• 13-OCFS-ADM-05 Notification to Prospective Adoptive Families of the Federal Adoption Tax Credit
• 13-OCFS-ADM-04 Maximum State Aid Rates for Foster Care Programs and Residential Programs for Committee on Special Education Placements - Effective Ju
• 13-OCFS-ADM-03 Implementation of the Detention Risk Assessment Instrument (DRAI)
• Attachment A - Methodology for Developing the Statewide DRAI
• Attachment B - DRAI Draft - Final
• Attachment C - New York State DRAI Implementation Work Group
• Attachment D - DRAI Implementation Plan
• Attachment E - Instructions for DRAI Implementation Plan Final
• 13-OCFS-ADM-02 Safe Sleeping of Children in Child Welfare Cases
• 13-OCFS-ADM-01 PORTABLE DEVICE SECURITY AND REMOTE ACCESS GUIDANCE

Informational Letters

• 13-OCFS-INF-05 Protection of People with Special Needs Act and the Formation of the Justice Center and the Vulnerable Persons Central Register
• 13-OCFS-INF-04 Child Care Subsidy Program Improper Authorization for Payment Review
• 13-OCFS-INF-03 2013 Income Standards for the Child and Family Services Plan
• 13-OCFS-INF-02 Child Care and Development Fund Plan Guidelines
• 13-OCFS-INF-01 The Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Act and Building Competent Communities for Youth Suicide Prevention

Local Commissioner Memorandums

• 13-OCFS-LCM-05 Federal Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Independent Living Allocations
• 13-OCFS-LCM-04 Revised Client Notification Forms for Child Care Subsidy (Rev April 18 2013)
• 13-OCFS-LCM-03 Information Security Awareness Training Requirement
• 13-OCFS-LCM-02 Federal Administration for Children and Families Final Report on the 2012 Title IV-E Primary Foster Care Eligibility Review
• 13-OCFS-LCM-01 Investigation and Determination of Sleep-Related Fatality and Injury CPS Reports