Website which contains tools and strategies to assist NYS local districts as they prepare for the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act.  Powered by the Redlich Horwitz Foundation. Contains a series of videos including the first video - NY Leaders Are Putting Families First which highlights why key leaders in the state are increasing kinship care and rightsizing congregate care.

• New York’s firewall policy requires a high-level review of efforts to achieve a kinship placement before any non-kinship placement is made. This high-level review is required at the child’s initial removal and any time there is a placement change into a non-kinship placement.

Find specific eligibility, benefit, funding, and other characteristics for each state’s adoption subsidy program. There is also a chart that compares the major aspects of states' adoption assistance programs.