New York State Office of Children and Family Services - History

History

The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) was officially created on January 8, 1998 by merging the programs of the former state Division for Youth, the developmental and preventive children and family programs administered by the former state Department of Social Services, and the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.

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