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The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is an agency of the New York state government. [1] [2] The office has its headquarters in the Capital View Office Park in Rensselaer. [3] Along with the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance it is part of the pro forma Department of Family Assistance.
Section 21 of the New York State Social Services Law requires the New York State Department of Social Services to design and implement a Welfare Management System (WMS) capable of receiving, maintaining and processing information relating to persons who apply for benefits, or who are determined to be eligible for benefits under any program administered by the Department."
[10] [11] In 1931 they were renamed as the Department of Social Welfare and the State Board of Social Welfare. [12] [3] In 1940 the State Charities Law and the Public Welfare Law were consolidated and clarified in one Social Welfare Law. [13] [14] [3] [15] In 1967 it was renamed as the Department of Social Services. [16]
The New York State Department of Family Assistance may refer to: the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
The New York State Incident Management and Reporting System (NIMRS) is used by providers for reportable incidents, and the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs has the responsibility to track, prevent, investigate, and prosecute reports of abuse and neglect of vulnerable persons. [14]
The New York State Child Welfare/Child Protective Services Training Institute provided training in the area of child protection, training for mandated reporters in New York State, and training to keep child welfare workers informed regarding the most current legal requirements associated with child protective services, family-centered social ...
The Human Resources Administration or Department of Social Services (HRA/DSS) is the department of the government of New York City [1] in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs. HRA helps New Yorkers in need through a variety of services that promote employment and personal responsibility while providing temporary ...
The Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (the state response to the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996) created two programs, Family Assistance (FA) and Safety Net Assistance (SNA), to be state-directed and county-administered implementations of the constitutional mandate to aid, care and support the needy.