A study of the aftercare services offered juvenile delinquents after residential placement was conducted in New York State. The emphasis was on the Juvenile Aftercare Services program, which serves the majority of youth being conditionally released into the community. Based on findings from the study involving interviews and site visits, the following recommendations are made: (1) aftercare counselors' caseloads are too high and should be reduced; (2) the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) should develop a youth's service plan before the youth is released from a facility; (3) the New York City Board of Education should have a school placement arranged at least one month prior to the youth's release to aftercare; (4) aftercare counselors should have access to a broader array of community support services for youth released to aftercare; (5) OCFS should expand the number of family advocates to work with families before and after their children return from juvenile facilities; (6) youth released from contract residential facilities should be provided aftercare services like youth released from state-run facilities; and (7) contract residential providers should be required to have a school placement arranged for every youth at least one month prior to the youth's release. Appendixes contain the OCFS conditions of release and standards of supervision, a list of members of the task force on aftercare services, and the questionnaires used to interview contract agency and OCFS counselors. (SLD)