§ 372-H — Reporting on post adoption services

§ 372-h. Reporting on post adoption services. 1. The office of\nchildren and family services shall place information on its website in\nEnglish, French, Polish, and the ten most common non-English languages\nspoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in the state of\nNew York, based on United States census data regarding post adoption\nservices funded by the office. The office shall work with social\nservices districts to place information, to the extent that it is\navailable, on each social services district website in English, French,\nPolish, and the ten most common non-English languages spoken by\nindividuals with limited English proficiency in the state of New York,\nbased on United States census data regarding post adoption services\nfunded by the social services district. Authorized agencies shall notify\na foster parent, who has expressed interest in adopting a foster child,\nof such websites listing potentially eligible services for a foster\nchild, upon the adoption of such foster child.\n 2. The office of children and family services shall collect and\ncompile, by social services district:\n (a) the following information on post adoption services funded by the\noffice:\n (i) the number of children and families served; and\n (ii) the type of services provided; and\n (b) the number of families receiving preventive services where post\nadoption services was identified as a necessary and appropriate service\nas part of the family assessment service plan held pursuant to section\nfour hundred nine-e of this article and the status of such services.\n 3. The office of children and family services shall compile, to the\nextent that such information is available electronically through the\nstate automated child welfare information system, the following non-\nidentifying information by social services district:\n (a) the number of children entering foster care that had previously\nbeen adopted;\n (b) the number of families receiving preventive services where at\nleast one child in the household had previously been adopted; and\n (c) for the children and families identified in paragraphs (a) and (b)\nof this subdivision, the types of services, including post adoption\nservices, identified as necessary and appropriate for the child or the\nmembers of the child's family as part of the family assessment service\nplan held pursuant to section four hundred nine-e of this article and\nthe status of such services.\n 4. (a) The office of children and family services shall submit, and\npublish on its website, an annual report to the speaker of the assembly,\nthe temporary president of the senate and the chairpersons of the senate\nand assembly children and families committees starting no later than\nSeptember first, two thousand fifteen. Such report shall include data\nand information required by subdivision two of this section for the\npreceding year, to the extent that such information is available, and\nany other information the office of children and family services deems\nappropriate. The office of children and family services shall indicate\nthe extent to which the information collected reflects the total\npopulation described in subdivision two of this section, and identify\nany impediments to collecting such information.\n (b) Beginning September first, two thousand seventeen, the annual\nreport required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be expanded\nto include data and information required by subdivision three of this\nsection for the preceding year, to the extent that such information is\navailable, and any other information the office of children and family\nservices deems appropriate.\n