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Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

How Can I Improve My Park?

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How Can I Improve My Park?

Social Security Risk Machine

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Social Security Risk Machine

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

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Urban Investigations

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Print What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is the New York City agency responsible for protecting children. For a parent who has to deal with ACS, the process can be intimidating because ACS has the power to remove children in cases of abuse or neglect. Parents who are incarcerated are much more likely to face an ACS investigation than other parents, but there are resources available to help — as long as they know how to access them.

CUP teamed up with public defenders from The Bronx Defenders and Brooklyn Defender Services who are experts in advocating for parental rights in the ACS process, and designer Manuel Miranda to create What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS? This pamphlet shows how ACS’s complicated investigation process works, and helps incarcerated parents understand what they can do to make sure they get the best results for their family.

Weathering the Storm

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Weathering the Storm

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City Studies

Happy Meals?

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City Studies

Bottled Up

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

It's Not Just Personal

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It's Not Just Personal

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City Studies

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City Studies

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What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS