View Search Results

Provides placement of children (birth-18 yrs) and provision of support services for family and child when child assessed and determined to be in need of out-of-home Foster care. Provides Foster Home Licensing.

Provides information about child care options, how to evaluate care, referrals to programs that may meet individual needs, other parent education materials and other financial options. Offers small business start-up assistance, training and technical assistance, mini grants, reimbursement for food costs and home and center visitations to child care providers. Also provides demographic information, child care supply and demand, policy planning and development. Parents in Steuben County may take advantage of a subsidy program to help with the cost of child care.

Provides list of registered and licensed child care providers. Assists individuals who want to become registered or licensed in child care.

Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

Offers information and referral to individuals looking to become child care providers, including help with licensing. Also provides customized referrals to parents about child care providers that are licensed in the area.

Provides child care referrals, child care subsidies, provider training and career counseling, administers child and adult care food program, registrar for family day care and school age programs, enrollment of legally exempt child care providers, and technical assistance to employers regarding child care services.

Provides list of registered and licensed child care providers for parents who are looking for child care. Assists individuals who want to become registered, licensed, or legally exempt providers in child care. Provides child care training for child care providers.

Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration. Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

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.

Assists individuals interested in operating a school-age or family child care program with New York State registration or enrollment requirements. Offers child care provider training and technical assistance. Sponsors child care provider participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Inspects and registers New York State Office of Children and Family Services family day care and school age child care programs. Provides technical assistance and ongoing monitoring of programs to ensure compliance with state regulations.

Recruits foster families to care for children placed in foster care. Provides extensive training and reimbursement to help with the expenses while a child is in your home. Call for more detailed information.

Provides support for people and organizations that are interested in starting day care programs in their communities.

Provides temporary care to children who are unable to remain with their family. Caseworkers provide the services and support necessary to reunite the family. If a child cannot safely to return to their family, the agency works to develop a permanent plan for the child.

Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

Assists individuals interested in operating a school-age or family child care program with New York State registration or enrollment requirements. Offers child care provider training and technical assistance. Sponsors child care provider participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Offers referrals to parents seeking registered child care provider information. Also provides information regarding regulated child care and child care subsidy funds to parents. Provides regulatory over site of registered day care/child care programs, support and guidance of registration and application process and assisting child care providers with training and technical assistance. Administers the CACFP program which provides nutrition and meal planning education services and meal reimbursement to family day care providers.

Supports and promotes the development of quality, accessible, and affordable child care services in Oswego County. Assists parents searching for child care with registration and enrollment for home-based child care and school age programs. Offers training and technical assistance for parents and providers.

Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration. Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

Provides child care referrals, child care subsidies, provider training and career counseling, administers child and adult care food program, registrar for family day care and school age programs, enrollment of legally exempt child care providers, and technical assistance to employers regarding child care services.

Units recruit, train, study, approve/certify, develop, retain, and re-approve/re-certify foster and adoptive families. To inquire about becoming a foster and/or adoptive parent, please call 516–227-7613. Call Foster and Adoptive Resource Development at 516-227-8291 and Homefinding at 516-227-8284 for more detailed information.