OCFS provides the statewide orientation and forms index. The NYC application and renewal items below apply locally; medical and consent forms are identified in the official OCFS index with full-document access limits stated.
Agency: New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS); NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene handles local home-care administration Paperwork source review: September 14, 2026
Use your print window to print on paper or save as a PDF. The organizer is a planning aid for your files.
Check the form and your provider type.
An official agency form is issued or listed by the agency; that label alone does not establish mandatory use. A required state form is identified as mandatory in the cited instructions. A required record identifies information you must maintain; its format may be flexible. An optional template is a suggested format. Official instructions / portal links explain the application or record process.
Read “Applies to” and “Format and applicability” for each item. Home, group-home, center, local licensing, food-program, and subsidy requirements can differ.
Application & renewal
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Official instructions / portal
Starting a Child Care Program — statewide orientation and application guidance
Find the state orientation route and obtain current application directions.
Applies to
Prospective New York family and group family day care providers; use the category-specific instructions.
Who completes it
Prospective provider
Where it goes
Follow OCFS directions for the program type and local licensing or registration office.
When to use or update
Before applying; obtain the current packet through the designated orientation process.
Format and applicability: Statewide public starting guidance, verified at official index level; current application fields and submission channels require the issued packet.
Licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, as named in the OCFS index.
Where it goes
Ask program/licensor.
When to use or update
At enrollment or requested update; statewide interval unverified.
Format and applicability: Official index identifies the form; full download and current instructions were inaccessible. Obtain the current original from OCFS and confirm home-program applicability.
Before planned use; exact instructions unverified.
Format and applicability: Official index identifies the form; full download and current instructions were inaccessible. Obtain the current original from OCFS and confirm home-program applicability. Consent alone does not authorize a program to administer medication.
When applicable; covered products and updates unverified.
Format and applicability: Official index identifies the form; full download and current instructions were inaccessible. Obtain the current original from OCFS and confirm home-program applicability.
Selected official forms and public instructions were reviewed on September 14, 2026. This is a practical starting list, not a complete certification of every record, retention period, local rule, or individual application.
OCFS forms, regulations and provider pages returned 502 errors during this review. Their current form contents and revisions could not be inspected.
The OCFS forms index and statewide provider guidance were identifiable in current indexed official text, but full pages and downloads returned 502. Issuer and form title are identified; current fields, mandatory use and statewide timing were not fully verified.
NYC renewal guidance is an older PDF still linked by the city. Borough-specific procedures, timelines and packet instructions need confirmation from the current notice; requirements outside NYC were not fully verified.
NYSDOH CACFP application pages were inaccessible; the successful state OGS source verifies the sponsor route only.
Use the agency’s current original and revision instructions. Keep confidential child and staff records in your own secure record system.
Use this sheet to check which items apply to your program. A listed item or a checked box does not establish that your program meets licensing requirements.
Program / provider type:
Licensing office / reviewer:
Date checked / rule or packet edition:
Form or instruction
Applies? Yes / No / Ask
Received / completed
Location / next review
1. Starting a Child Care Program — statewide orientation and application guidance
2. Family Day Care Registration — orientation and application
3. Family and Group Family Day Care renewal guide
4. Required Forms and Clearance List packet (OCFS-6000)
5. Child in Care Medical Statement (OCFS-LDSS-4433)
6. Medication Consent (OCFS-LDSS-7002)
7. Non-Medication Consent (OCFS-6010)
8. CACFP participation through a state-approved sponsor
Other local or agency document
Food-program / subsidy documents
Questions and next steps
Ask about required format, signatures, submission, update triggers, and retention. Record the agency’s answer and the person or written source that confirmed it.
Companion to the New York source review dated September 14, 2026. Provider Path educational planning sheet.
Use your existing tools alongside these sources.
Keep official licensing records with your program’s business records. Provider Path’s editable agreement, handbook, and daily forms can help organize your work; check the state instructions before choosing a format.
