NYC Council Introduction 848

intro.nyc/0848-2022 2022-2023 Legislative Session
Requiring an audit and report on foster care placement notices.
Status: Filed (End of Session) Committee on General Welfare
Sponsored by Kevin C. Riley
Introduced: December 7, 2022

The New York Social Services law and Family Court Act require that when a foster care placement changes, a social services agency or worker must provide the attorney for the child with notice of the change in placement. This bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to conduct quarterly audits of foster care placement notifications. The audit would include a review of instances in which a notice was not provided as required, the time elapsed between a change in foster care placement and when the placement notice was provided, when notice of the change was provided to the attorney for the child and a summary of the information that was missing from the notice. ACS would be required to report to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the ACS website, a report with the results of its audit from the preceding quarter.

Sponsors: 11