I. Purpose
The purpose of this release is to provide general information and guidance on specific New York State (NYS) Child Welfare practice changes, effective with the implementation of CONNECTIONS Build 18, which began in February 2005. The phased implementation of Build 18 will be accomplished in “waves” over the period of one year. Each wave is comprised of one or more social services districts and, generally, those voluntary agencies whose administrative offices are located in those respective districts. The Build 18 implementation schedule originally issued in the Informational Letter, 04 OCFS INF-10, Phased Implementation for the New Case Management System in CONNECTIONS Build 18, is undergoing change and will be issued separately from this Administrative Directive (ADM). The requirements set forth in this ADM apply to each social services district and voluntary authorized foster care agency and contract preventive agency statewide (voluntary authorized foster care agencies and contract preventive agencies, hereafter referred to as agencies), as they become fully implemented respective to the date of the wave implementation for each district or agency. An exception to that are
changes to the CPS investigation conclusion closure reasons discussed in section III N of this release, which became effective statewide upon the implementation date of wave 1.
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