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The purpose of this Administrative Directive (ADM) is to make standardized letters available to Local Departments of Social Services (LDSS) and voluntary authorized agencies. The standardized letters (Attachments 1, 2, 1A, and 2A) provide youth discharged from foster care with information about Medicaid provisions under the federal Chafee Act and New York law.
A recent amendment to New York State law requires Medicaid services be made available for youth until the end of the month of their twenty-first birthday, when 18 years of age or older at the time of discharge from foster care. The letters must be distributed to such youth upon their discharge from custody (final discharge) of th Commissioner of LDSS or the Commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
This ADM also highlights the responsibility of the case manager/planner/child's caseworker and an identified contact person to provide assistance in obtaining documents related to a youth’s eligibility for Medicaid. Both the case manager/planner/child's caseworker and the identified contact person must also provide resources for the youth for identified service needs as part of a transition plan.
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