Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Sheldon M. Rand, J.), entered November 7, 1990, which after a fact-finding that respondent had permanently neglected the subject child, terminated respondent’s parental rights, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The subject child was born May 10, 1988 with a positive toxicology for cocaine. Upon release from the hospital, the child was placed in foster care on June 8, 1988, where she remains. In the course of these proceedings, parental rights of the natural mother were terminated on the grounds of abandonment. As to the father, the agency provided sufficient evidence at the fact-finding hearing that it had exerted diligent efforts to encourage the parental relationship and to assist respondent in planning for return of his daughter by providing services and assistance with his many problems, which include alcohol abuse. Despite the agency’s effort to arrange regular visitation, and to counsel respondent, together with urging him to enroll in alcohol rehabilitation programs and parenting skills courses and providing assistance with housing and financial problems, respondent was uncooperative and indifferent, thus obviating the agency’s efforts (Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a]; see, Matter of Sheila G.,