New York City's Administration for Children’s Services Archives

They’re resuming, but at what pace?

April 24, 2020 • by James Parrott

Abigail Kramer is a senior editor at the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School. She specializes in policy issues impacting low-income children, youth, and families in New York City—especially those in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

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When Child Welfare Intrusion Makes Reproductive Freedom an Illusion

Mothers entangled in the ACS do not fully enjoy this freedom

June 2, 2019 • by Fallon Speaker and Erin Cloud

Among the most fundamental liberties owed to all women is reproductive freedom -- the right to plan a family and parent children without government intrusion. Mothers entangled in the child protective system do not fully enjoy this right. Every aspect of their mothering is infantilized by people claiming to serve ...