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David A. Paterson, Governor
Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner

Office of Children & Family Services

(En Español)

Child Abuse Prevention

Approved Family Assessment Response Applications

Pursuant to Chapter 452 of the Laws of 2007, counties interested in using a differential response/family assessment response (FAR) approach for handling some portion of their child maltreatment reports were invited to submit an application to OCFS seeking approval. Then, in accordance with Section 427-a.8 of the Social Services Law, " the office of children and family services shall post the plan contained in the application approved for implementation of a differential response program on the office of children and family services within sixty days of such approval.
The following applications were approved in 2008:

The following applications were approved in 2009: