NYC moves to ease overcrowding in youth detention centers
NYC will invest in programs to keep kids out of jail and renovate youth detention centers as part…
Appellate court condemns city’s Administration for Children’s Services for surveilling domestic abuse victim for over a year
A Manhattan appellate court panel found that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) subjected a mother to months…
Parents sue NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services for systematically taking their kids from them without court order
By law, ACS is required to obtain a judge’s permission before removing a child from their family, but…
NYC Council oversight hearing calls for stronger support for foster youth at CUNY – Bronx Times
The New York City Council convened a joint oversight hearing on Tuesday to identify the barriers youth with…
Parents lead change in the Bronx child welfare system through local nonprofit RISE – Bronx Times
RISE, a parent-led nonprofit is run by parents who have been directly impacted by the child welfare system.…
Ed | Expanding these ACS programs will help more young people living in foster care build new lives
Young people living in foster care in our city need help building a strong future where they…
Op-Ed | Expanding these ACS programs will help more young people living in foster care build new lives
Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner (ACS) Jess Dannhauser announce plans to…
Legal Aid Society says children in Bronx, Brooklyn juvenile detention centers are forced to sleep on ground, fight over beds
The Legal Aid Society is demanding that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) rectify what the group called…