Children and Family Services, Office of

Agency Web Site: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/

Mission

The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) serves New York's public by promoting the safety, permanency and well-being of our children, families and communities. OCFS achieves results by setting and enforcing policies, building partnerships, and funding and providing quality services.

Budget Highlights

The FY 2017 Executive Budget recommends $3.88 billion for OCFS, which is a decrease of $124.1 million from the FY 2016 budget. The change primarily reflects a decrease in General Fund support for child care subsidies that resulted from an equal increase in Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) fund support, the transfer of funds to the Office for Information Technology, and the elimination of legislative adds. These decreases are partially offset by increased funding to support the 0.2 percent human services Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), post-adoption services, and increased child care provider inspection activities. The FY 2017 Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 2,954 FTEs.

Major budget actions include:

• Raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction from age 16 to age 18. Full implementation costs are estimated at $375 million in FY 2022. Capital investments of $110 million are also included to address the need for additional OCFS facility capacity.
• Increasing funding to support child care provider inspection activities related to the Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014.
• Implementation of the 0.2% Human Services Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).
• Investing annual adoption savings in post-adoption and preventive services for children at risk of entering foster care.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

Briefing Book – Human Services (PDF)

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/13/2016

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