Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Show Up

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Show Up

Planning for your children's future

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Planning for your children's future

Your School, Your Choice!

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Your School, Your Choice!

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.

What is asylum?

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What is asylum?

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

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Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

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Tenants' Rights to Repairs

It's Not Just in Our Heads

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It's Not Just in Our Heads

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

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Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Don't Get Iced

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Don't Get Iced

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Know Your Lines

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Know Your Lines