The purpose of this document is to provide social services districts with the guidelines that were specified in Section 153-i(2) of Social Services Law for completing a plan for a "managed care system" or "other system" of providing some or all of the family and children services included in the State's Family and Children's Services Block Grant, exclusive of child protective services investigations. Section 153-i(2) of Social Services Law uses the terms "managed care systems" or "other systems" interchangeably, as a way to emphasize that changes to family and children's services delivery systems that may be implemented under these provisions are not limited to any one particular model. Rather, a variety of models may be considered for providing some or all of the family and children's services included in the State's Family and Children's Services Block Grant, other than child protective investigations.
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