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Medical Transportation Request Forms Available To request transportation, please fill out one of the forms below: Transportation Request Form Download, print, fill out,  then mail or drop off.  Transportation Request Form Fill and Print Fill out, print, mail or drop off. Transportation Request Form Download, print, fill out,  then mail, drop off or email. Adobe pdf format requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher. Microsoft Word Document requires MS Word 97 - 2007.    Child Support toll free Helpline number is 1-888-208-4485 The calling hours for the helpline are Monday-Friday, except Holidays 8:30-5:00pm   STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO STOP CO-SLEEPING DEATHS* May 8, 2008 Launched by NYS Office of Children & Family Services & NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE & NYC Mayor's Office & MORE THAN THREE DOZEN COUNTY LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES COMMISSIONERS More than three dozen local social services COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BABIES SLEEP SAFEST ALONE Babies SLEEP safest Alone New York State Office of Children & Family Services Commissioner Gladys Carrión, NYC Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, city Administration for Children Services (ACS) Commissioner John Mattingly, and more than three dozen local social services commissioners across the state today launched a joint campaign to stop a preventable crisis: infants dying when sharing a bed with an adult. OCFS data shows 89 infant or young child fatality reports to the state since 2006, where the child was sharing a bed with a parent, sibling, or caregiver. In New York City, there were 49 reports involving the deaths of children in 2006-2007 in instances where the child was sharing a bed with an adult. OCFS estimates that approximately 20 percent of the child fatalities reported to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR) involved bed-sharing.  Three-quarters of the children in these bed-sharing or co-sleeping incidents were newborn to three months old. Adult co-sleepers involved in these incidents were most likely the child’s 18-to-24-year old mother. Bed-sharing (sometimes also called co-sleeping) is extremely dangerous, according to health experts nationally. Bed-sharing (sometimes also called co-sleeping) is extremely dangerous, according to health experts nationally. If an adult or child rolls over on a baby, the baby can be hurt or even suffocated. If an adult or child rolls over on a baby, the baby can be hurt or even suffocated. Sleeping with a child is especially dangerous if caregivers drink, use drugs, are overweight, or sleep on a couch. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies sleep separately from their parents in a crib or bassinet placed nearby the adult bed to facilitate breastfeeding and contact For more Informationn  click STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO STOP CO-SLEEPING DEATHS* Governor Paterson Announces $1.17 Million in Grants to Help Protect New York Children                                         April 18, 2008 Governor Paterson today announced $1.17 million in grants to provide communities with increased resources to improve child safety – allowing more thorough investigation and prosecution of child abuse, neglect and maltreatment cases and enhancing victim services. The grants, 12 in total to organizations in various counties across New York State, reinforce the Governor’s commitment to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of New York’s children.

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