NY: Governor Hochul Announces $29.8 Million in State Funding for Adoption-related Services (Press release)
Office of Kathy Hochul, Governor for New York – November 14, 2023
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an additional $7 million in state funding to support a broad range of adoption-related services administered through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services – bringing the State’s two-year adoption-related investments to $29.8 million. The announcement came during Adoption Awareness Month and the same day as OCFS’s annual adoption awareness event, which this year featured Broadway and television star Ta’NikaGibson – who was adopted at age 22 and is now a strong advocate for adoption and children in foster care.