This report represents the first annual publication on the placement experience of children entering foster care. As ACS moves toward a more closely integrated, neighborhood-based service system, this information is critical to track our progress in meeting children's needs with non-discriminatory practice and neighborhood-based services.
A focused strategy to address domestic violence in New York City's children's services
system. This document provides valuable information and insight into this complex issue. In addition, it will
be useful to ACS staff, provider agencies and other public and non-profit service providers and professionals who
work with families. This strategic plan provides the strong foundation on which we continue to build a service
delivery system.
New York City's Children's Services produced this booklet to provide information about the New York State laws that protect children. This guide illustrates the difference between what caregivers perceive to be their rights and the reality of child welfare laws, helps caregivers understand the laws of the child welfare system, and provides a list of resources available to help caregivers access the assistance they may need.
New York City's Children's Services produced this booklet to provide information about the New York State laws that protect children. This guide illustrates the difference between what caregivers perceive to be their rights and the reality of child welfare laws, helps caregivers understand the laws of the child welfare system, and provides a list of resources available to help caregivers access the assistance they may need.
The purpose of this pamphlet is to provide staff at the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) with a brief overview of immigration and language issues for the purpose of maximizing child welfare services to meet the diverse needs of New York City's immigrant communities. In order to meet these diverse needs and pursuant to Local Law 73, ACS staff is required to identify a client's primary language at initial contact, and to seek interpretive services when necessary.
The Administration for Children's Services puts forward its vision to reform New York City's early child care system. This major initiative is called 'Rethinking Child Care: An Integrated Plan for Early Childhood Development in New York City.'
Safeguarding Our Children presents Children's Services vision to build a child welfare system that pays constant attention to the safety of children and makes sound decision concerning the safety of each child, every time.
Safeguarding Our Children presents Children's Services vision to build a child welfare system that pays constant attention to the safety of children and makes sound decision concerning the safety of each child, every time. (Spanish)
This booklet is an introduction to the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), New York City's Children's Services agency. It describes the services ACS provides and where families and individuals can go for help or more information.
This implementation plan update presents the steps that the Administration for Children's Services has initiated during calendar year 2005 to ensure compliance with Local Law 73 of 2003. The update also provides data on the number of limited English proficient persons served by Children's Services during 2005.
The Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Child Welfare and Safety, created in January 2006 under the leadership of Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, released its second progress report in December, 2006. The progress report details an unprecedented city-wide effort to strengthen the response of medical providers to child abuse and neglect.
Since the publication of the Detention Reform Plan in 2010, the City has worked with partners to achieve the plan's goals to promote public safety and reduce recidivism, expand the range of alternatives-to-detention for additional youth, and bolster the child welfare's response to juvenile delinquency by providing targeted solution to youth with child welfare needs to prevent the need for detention. This plan Update provides the status of recent initiatives to further these goals.
The first-ever detailed needs analysis of early child care and education services, capacity and enrollment in New York City was released this week by Children's Services. The report contains a neighborhood by neighborhood analysis showing where eligible children live, location of Children?s Services-funded child care programs, and usage of these programs.
In compliance with Introduction 15, passed by the New York City Council in 2006, Children's Services submits Child Welfare Indicators to the Council quarterly. This is a summarized version of the report for 2009.
In compliance with Introduction 15 passed by the New York City Council in 2006, Children's Services submits Child Welfare Indicators to the Council quarterly. An annual summarized version of the report is also required to be posted on the Children's Services website.
In compliance with Introduction 15 passed by the New York City Council in 2006, Children's Services submits Child Welfare Indicators to the Council quarterly. An annual summarized version of the report is also required to be posted on the Children's Services website.