BRONX, N.Y. - April 15, 2021 - The New York State Office of Children and Family Services, OCFS, is according to their website :

OCFS is dedicated to improving the integration of services for New York's children, youth, families and vulnerable populations; to promoting their development; and to protecting them from violence, neglect, abuse and abandonment. The agency provides a system of family support, juvenile justice, child care and child welfare services that promote the safety and well-being of children and adults. Among the operating principles across all program areas are that services should be developmentally appropriate, family-centered and family-driven, community-based, locally responsive, and evidence and outcome based.

OCFS is responsible for programs and services involving foster care, adoption and adoption assistance, child protective services including operating the Statewide Central Register for Child Abuse and Maltreatment, preventive services for children and families, services for pregnant adolescents, and protective programs for vulnerable adults. OCFS is also responsible for the functions performed by the State Commission for the Blind and coordinates state government response to the needs of Native Americans on reservations and in communities.

The agency provides oversight and monitoring of regulated child care (family day care, group family day care, school-age child care and day care centers outside of NYC), legally exempt child care, child care subsidies, child care resource and referrals, and the Advantage After School Program, and also provides services and programs for infants, toddler, pre-schoolers, and school-age children and their families.

In the case of OCFS v. S K. Id # 27660406, the client who had been a therapist for children for 40 years was falsely accused if chid abuse. Ultimately OCFS decided to dismiss the case. " We are happy that OCFS understood our position and dismissed the case." Mr. Discioarro said. The Law Offices of Michael S. Discioarro, LLC can be reached at 917-519-8417.

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