Remember New York shreds requests for hearings to be removed from this database.
Online Statewide Central Register Clearance System
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services has implemented a Web-based application, the “Online Clearance System,” that supports the mandate under Section 424-a of the Social Services Law for legally authorized agencies to inquire of the Statewide Central Register (SCR) as to the existence of any indicated reports of child abuse and maltreatment against an applicant prior to employment, certification, or licensure in the child care field. The “Online Clearance System” allows designated authorized users access to electronically submit Database Check requests to the SCR, thereby replacing the mailing of the paper LDSS-3370 form. SCR responses are delivered to the agency electronically so as to further reduce the overall processing time. To receive a registration packet or obtain more information, you may contact your licensing agency or call the SCR at 518-474-1567.
Call this number and report child welfare fraud.
And Know thy enemy.
They not only shredded requests but prior to that illumination, it was discovered that NY State did not expunge records when they shuld have been expunged, i.e. when the youngest child named i nthe report reached 28 years of age.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, they seldom tell parents that they have been "indicated". It is only those parents who seek legal assistance who even know of these so called "charges".
NY, sadly, is not the only state that participates in these very unlawful and unconstitutional antics.
If anyone has had a run in with CPS -get an attorney now and track your case with the state capitol and stay with it. They will not do what is right, you need to take care of it yourself.
New York is not the only state to not notify you if your name is on the registry or the other tactics of shredding files. Michigan does it too.
ReplyDeleteAttorneys are too fearful to take on such cases.
Connecticut does this also.
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