Comparison of NYS Local District
2003 Exceptional Foster Care Rates

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

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Monthly Exceptional 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 $800/mo.

 $801-1000/mo.

 $1001-1200/mo.

 $1201-1400/mo.

 $1401+/mo.

Chenango

Cortland

Franklin

Greene

Madison

Montgomery

Saratoga

Schoharie

Seneca

Wayne

Wyoming

Yates

 669

779

715

659

800

750

730

657

636

650

683

600

Erie

Genesee

Livingston*

Oneida

Schuyler

Steuben

Warren

877

852

967

881

910

823

913

Chautauqua

Columbia

Fulton

Monroe

Orleans

Sullivan

Tioga

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St. Regis-Mohawk++

1006

1061

1095

1065

1013

1011

1065

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1034

 

Cayuga

Chemung

Clinton

Delaware

Nassau**

Niagara

Onondaga

Oswego*+

Otsego

Schenectady

1337

1220

1237

1217

1324

1308

1358

1388

1229

1332

Albany

Broome

Dutchess

Hamilton

NYC

Ontario

Putnam

Rensselaer

Rockland

Suffolk

Tompkins*+

Ulster

Washington

Westchester

1525

1525

1525

1525

1499

1473

1525

1525

1525

1525

1560

1473

1488

1473

 N = 12 or 21%

Range = $600-800

Mean = $694

 N = 7 or 12%

Range = $823-967

Mean = $889

 N = 7 or 12%

Range = $1006-1095

Mean = $1045

 N = 10 or 17%

Range = $1217-1388

Mean = $1295

 N = 14 or 24%

Range =$1473-1560

Mean = $1512

 • Cattaraugus, Essex, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Orange , and St. Lawrence Counties determine exceptional rate on a case by case basis and are not included in mean or range below. N = 7 or 12%

• Allegany County has no exceptional rate and is not included in mean or range below. N = 1 or 2%

METRO REGION
(Nassau, NYC, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester):
N = 5
Range = $1324-1525
Mean = $1469
2002/03 State Max = $1525

UPSTATE REGION
(All other districts):
N = 45
Range = $600-1560
Mean = $1081
2002/03 State Max = $1525

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


*   Rates for regular & level II (trained/experienced) have been averaged.
** Rates for different levels of exceptional category have been averaged.
*+ Rate awarded up to this dollar amount, but may vary by case.
++ St. Regis-Mohawk Tribe is not included in any of the averages shown.

   

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