Comparison of NYS Local District
2003 Basic Monthly Foster Care Rates

Rate Compilation and Analysis by The NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc. Spring 2003

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Monthly Basic Rates Based on Mean Age of NYS Foster Children (10.6 years)
Rates below have been rounded and calculated from per diem rates using a 365 day year.
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 Up to $350/mo.
$351-$400/mo.
 $401 to $450/mo.
 $451-500/mo.
 $501+/mo.

Allegany

Franklin

Lewis

Schuyler

Wyoming

Yates

300

330

311

345

319

305

Cattaraugus*

Chautauqua

Chenango

Essex

Fulton

Herkimer

Jefferson

Montgomery

Wayne

400

396

395

395

380

380

370

390

391

Clinton**

Columbia

Delaware

Erie

Genesee

Livingston*+

Madison

Monroe

Niagara

Oneida

Onondaga

Orleans

Saratoga

Schenectady

Seneca

Steuben

St. Lawrence

441

441

426

438

426

410

426

441

441

441

449

406

426

440

435

403

411

Cayuga

Chemung

Cortland

Ontario

Oswego

Otsego*

Schoharie

Sullivan

Tioga

Tompkins*

Ulster

Warren

466

460

459

487

487

456

454

454

471

464

487

457

Albany

Broome

Dutchess

Greene

Hamilton

Nassau

NYC

Orange

Putnam

Rensselaer

Rockland

Suffolk

Washington

Westchester

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St. Regis-Mohawk++

504

504

504

504

504

541

532

504

504

504

541

541

502

523

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608

 N = 6 or 10%

Range = $300-345

Mean = $318

 N = 9 or 16%

Range = $370-400

Mean = $389

 N = 17 or 29%

Range = $403-449

Mean = $429

 N = 12 or 21%

Range = $454-487

Mean = $467

 N = 14 or 24%

Range = $502-541

Mean = $515

 

METRO REGION
(Nassau, NYC, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester):
N = 5
Range = $523-541
Mean = $536
2002/03 State Max = $541

UPSTATE REGION
(All other districts):
N = 53
Range = $300-504
Mean = $431
2002/03 State Max = $504

Source: NYSCCC Telephone Survey of Local Departments of Social Services, April 2003


*   Rates for w/ & w/o training have been averaged.
** Rates for basic & supplemental training have been averaged.
*+ Rates for regular & level II (trained/experienced) have been averaged.
++ St. Regis-Mohawk Tribe is not included in any of the averages shown above.

 

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