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Provides support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

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Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Provides training to individuals interested in applying for certification as foster and adoptive parents to prepare to either adopt or foster children that are in the custody of the Commissioner. Places and monitors children that have been placed outside the birth family in licensed foster care homes. Responsible for strengthening and preserving families and ensuring the protection and permanency for children. Placement of children into foster homes occurs in situations of neglect and/or abuse or if the child has been adjucated as a Juvenile Delinquent (JD). Placement only occurs when no other alternatives are possible. The Children and Family Services (FS) collaborates with all DSS divisions, community and state agencies to ensure that children are safe and that families are independent.

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Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Provides training to individuals interested in applying for certification as foster and adoptive parents to prepare to either adopt or foster children that are in the custody of the Commissioner. Places and monitors children that have been placed outside the birth family in licensed foster care homes. Responsible for strengthening and preserving families and ensuring the protection and permanency for children. Placement of children into foster homes occurs in situations of neglect and/or abuse or if the child has been adjucated as a Juvenile Delinquent (JD). Placement only occurs when no other alternatives are possible. The Children and Family Services (FS) collaborates with all DSS divisions, community and state agencies to ensure that children are safe and that families are independent.

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Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Offers a free information and training seminar for anyone interested in adoption. Provides assistance to single individuals, non-traditional and traditional families who want to adopt and help them through the process, including online resources and interstate adoptions.

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Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Adoption Counseling and Support
Provides the information and guidance to eligible individuals and couples who are interested in foster care or adoption. Also provides the placement of children who can no longer stay with their parents.

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Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Provides evaluation and placement for individuals or couples interested in adopting a child, along with counseling and support for those going through this process.

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Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Adoption Counseling and Support
Facilitate adoptions for children in foster care if child is freed for adoption by the courts.

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Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Provides home study and foster parent certification services for families wishing to be foster parents (that can lead to permanent adoption in some situations) to children who are in the Cardinal McCloskey foster care programs.

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Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Provides the information and services for individuals or families that want to adopt a child.
Provides information and referral on adoption, foster care, and post-adoption services. Connects prospective parents to local social service agencies.

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Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Provides the information and services for individuals or families that want to adopt a child.
Provides detailed information about adoptions and New York State's foster care system and the needs of children in temporary out-of-home placement. Helps interested individuals go through the fostering or adoption process and provides information and supports for families with foster or adopted children in the home.

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Postadoption Counseling and Support
Foster Homes for Children With Disabilities
Specialized Adoption Programs
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information/Referrals
Preadoptive Foster Care
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Permanency Planning for Foster Youth
Information and Referral
Adoption Expense Assistance
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Licensing
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Responsible for comprehensive services to foster children, adoptees, biological parents, foster, and adoptive parents.

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Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Responsible for comprehensive services to foster children, adoptees, biological parents, foster, and adoptive parents.

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Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

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Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

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Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

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Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Information / Referrals
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Foster Home Placement
Provides support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

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Adoption Information / Referrals
Foster Home Placement
Adoption Evaluation / Placement
Adoption Counseling and Support
Foster Parent / Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoption Information/Referrals
Permanency Planning for Foster Youth
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
* Offers a hotline to report suspected child abuse. Assistance with emergency placement of abused or neglected children at risk. Assessment for requests for foster care and adoption. * Provides a registry of child abuse reports in New York State to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

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Child Care Complaints
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Child Abuse Registries
Safe Havens for Abandoned Newborns
Child Abuse Hotlines
Child Abuse Reporting/Emergency Response
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

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Permanency Planning for Foster Youth
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Information and Referral