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The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is issuing this Administrative Directive (ADM) to provide Local Departments of Social Services (LDSS) and voluntary authorized agencies with a standardized procedure to notify foster parents of the rate level and amount of the foster care room and board payment they are to receive for each individual foster child placed with them. The rate level and amount of foster care room and board payment must be set and the notification form must be completed by the LDSS or voluntary authorized agency and sent to the foster parents within 30 days of placement of a child in their home. Additionally, this notification informs the foster parents of their right to a conference, the right to a fair hearing to appeal a foster care level of care and associated room and board payment decision, and how to avail themselves of these rights.
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