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Building Opportunity Through Research Training Collaboration Innovation Leadership Inclusion Research Training Collaboration Innovation Leadership Inclusion Research Training Collaboration Innovation Leadership Inclusion Our Story YRI is a responsive research program and policy organization that supports the New York Office of Children and Family Services OCFS and its state and local partners. YRIs work enhances OCFSs program and service provision. At the same time YRIs work helps OCFS serve as a national leader in innovation collaboration research and excellence in building understanding of the intricacies and complexities of working with children families and adults. YRI provides training and learning opportunities in the areas of child welfare juvenile justice childcare adoption and foster care youth development child and adult protective services and services for the blind supports OCFS and its partners by providing rapid response to new and emerging human services priorities in New York State by promoting new and more effective methods for service delivery and access and seeks and administers public and private funds and partnerships to support emerging human services priorities.