HFNY Policies

HFNY Updated Policies for Version 8 of Best Practice Standards (2022)

The policy committee is continuing to meet regularly to develop updated policies and will occasionally request feedback from the state-wide system on draft policies in development. To facilitate this process, the policy committee has created a shared Google Drive folder where all draft policies will be stored for program feedback and committee responses. Here is a link to that folder:
HFNY Policy Program Feedback / Committee Responses

Below is a list of updated and finalized policy documents issued by the policy committee.

• Finalized Policy #1 - Referral, Screening, and Enrollment process (2022-10-18)
• Finalized Policy #2 - Standardized assessment tool (2024-11-27)
• Finalized Policy #3 - Voluntary nature of services (updated 2024-11-15, effective 2024-10-31)
• Finalized Policy #4 - Offer services intensely (updated 2025-01-07, effective 2024-11-27)
• Finalized Policy #5 - Services take into account family culture (Diversity Equity Inclusion) (effective 2024-11-27)
• Finalized Policy #6 - Promote PCI, Childhood Growth and Development (effective 2023-02-03, updated 2023-03-01)
• Finalized Policy #7 - Families are linked to health care and other service providers (effective 2023-11-27, updated 2023-11-07)
• Finalized Policy #8 - Limited caseload sizes (2022-07-15)
• Finalized Policy #9 - Selection of staff, staff retention and staff satisfaction (effective 2023-06-05)
• Finalized Policy #10 & 11 - Training Plan/Policy (effective 2024-09-05, updated 2024-09-25)
• Finalized Policy #12 - Supervision of Direct Support Staff (effective 2024-11-27)
• Finalized GA Policies - Governance and Administration standards (effective 2023-10-31)

Here are all of the above documents in one file:

HFNY Site Policy Manual (updated 2023-12-15)