What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

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.

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Scary, Ok With it, Good

City Studies

Scary, Ok With it, Good

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Envisioning Development

Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors?

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

What You Need To Know About ACS

Making Policy Public

What You Need To Know About ACS