Child Protective Services investigates reports, received through the State Central Registry, that allege abuse or maltreatment for any child under the age of 18 years. Responsibilities include the provision of protective and rehabilitative services to the children and their families.

To report a case of suspected abuse or maltreatment call toll free:

1-800-342-3720

Offices are located at:

• Adult Protective Services:

Adult Protective Services are provided to individuals, over the age of 18 years, who are at risk of harm either because of their own inability to protect themselves; or are at risk due to the abuse or exploitation of others. Eligibility criteria includes: an adult with a diminished capacity for self care, who is at risk of harm or has unmet essential needs, and no one else is willing and / or able to assist them.

Offices are located at:

Oneida County Office Bldg.
800 Park Ave. 
Utica, New York 13501
Telephone No. 798-5000

• Child Preventive Services:

Child Preventive Services provides families with supportive and rehabilitative services that address a threefold need: averting a family separation that could result in a foster care placement; enabling a child to return to his family from placement earlier than otherwise anticipated; and reducing the possibility of a child returning to placement who had previously been discharged from care. Referrals are made to outside agencies for services such as counseling, parent-aides, and parenting classes.

Preventive services are provided to children and their families through contractual agreements with several community agencies in Oneida County.

• Foster Care Services:

The Foster Care Program serves children who are in need of a temporary placement outside of a parent’s home. Reasons for the placement are diverse but are essentially based on either a parent or child service need. Children are placed in foster homes, group homes, or institutions based on the child’s level of need.

Offices are located at:

Oneida County Office Bldg.                          Rome Service Office
800 Park Ave.                                                228 W. Dominick St.
Utica, New York 13501                                 Rome, New York 13440
Telephone No. 798-5693                             Telephone No. 338-0263

• Adoption / Homefinding Services:

Adoption Services assists legally freed foster children in securing a stable adoptive home and supervises the placement until the adoption is finalized through the court process.

Homefinding Services recruits, trains, certifies, and provides casework counseling services to foster/adoptive parents. Foster and adoptive homes are recruited to meet the needs of children who require either a temporary or permanent placement outside their birth family’s home.

Offices are located at:

Oneida County Office Bldg.                       Rome Service Office
800 Park Ave.                                             228 W. Dominick St.
Utica, New York 13501                              Rome, New York 13440
Telephone No. 798-5434                          Telephone No. 338-0275