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The purpose of this Informational Letter (INF) is to provide local social services districts (districts) and voluntary authorized agencies (agencies) with information on a recognized best practice when there is a change of foster care placement of a child. This practice is rooted in statutory and regulatory parental notification requirements. OCFS recently issued a directive calling for notification of the attorney for the child whenever a child in care is moved (10 – OCFS – ADM – 16). This generated some questions from the field about policies concerning notice to other parties, most notably the child's parents. It has always been OCFS's position that, with certain safety-related exceptions, parents must be actively involved in planning for and visiting their children in care and should know where their children are placed.
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