ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) — New York’s highest state court on Thursday reversed a lower appellate court, ruling that the state’s Office of Children and Family Services was not permitted to administratively create the “Host Family Home” program to function as a parallel alternative to New York’s existing foster care system without the required guardrails of state social services regulations.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled the “host homes” provisions of legislation — which allow parents to temporarily place their children in custody of an agency without losing their parental rights — while similar to New York’s statutory voluntary foster care regime, lack the mandate of judicial oversight that is incorporated into the state foster care program.
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