This report focuses on child fatalities during calendar year 2020. It outlines how ACS responds
to child fatalities, summarizes demographic data, and provides systemic findings from cases
reviewed.
Pursuant to Local Law 21 of 2020, this report includes the most recently available information regarding children receiving early intervention services from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
In compliance with Local Law 143 of 2016, ACS issued the FY2020 Foster Care Strategic Blueprint Progress Report, which highlights the significant progress made to strengthen NYC’s foster care system, including throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In compliance with Local Law 143 of 2016, ACS submits an annual update about the five-year Foster Care Strategic Blueprint to the New York City Council
Annual report regarding youth in contact with DYCD and ACS who are referred as, self-report as, or who the agencies later determine to be sexually-exploited children, disaggregated by age, gender, and whether the children had contact with DYCD, ACS, or both agencies.
Annual report regarding youth in contact with DYCD and ACS who are referred as, self-report as, or who the agencies later determine to be sexually-exploited children, disaggregated by age, gender, and whether the children had contact with DYCD, ACS, or both agencies.
List of space for children at Department of Social Services/Human Resources Administration Job Centers and SNAP centers and the requirement to submit a list to the speaker of the council and make such list available on the Department’s website.
Pursuant to Local Law 143 of 2016, a report incorporating the March 2018 recommendations of the Interagency Foster Care Task Force in its initial report, to improve services and outcomes for youth in and aging out of foster care.