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New York State and City Officials Launch Statewide “Babies Sleep Safest Alone” Public Education Campaign
Public Officials across the state launched a joint state-wide campaign to stop a preventable tragedy: infants dying as a result of sharing a bed with an adult. Learn more and download the campaign's pamphlets and posters
NYC Children’s Services Celebrates National Foster Care Month
 ACS marked the beginning of May’s National Foster Care Month by focusing on finding families for adolescents and youths who come into care. The commemoration is intended to raise New Yorkers’ awareness about foster care, celebrate the many generous New Yorkers who have opened their hearts and homes to children as foster and adoptive parents, recruit new foster and adoptive parents for children who are in need of a home and bring attention to the nearly 17,000 children living in foster care in New York City. Learn More
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Tune In For Child Safety
The City has launched Tune in for Child Safety, a new training program for child care workers to help them better recognize the signs of abuse and neglect and better protect the safety of New York City’s children.
Read the Press Release
Visit the Training Website
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Residential Care Plan: 2007-2009
This residential care plan sets forth Children’s Services values and principles about residential care and lays out a number of activities to shape the residential care system – and its linkages with family foster care – into 2009.
Residential Care Plan: 2007-2009 (PDF)
Action Plan 1/1/2008 - 6/30/2008(PDF)
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Healthy Parenting
Learn more about parenting and how to comfort your baby (PDF)
En Español: Crianza Saludable de los Hijos (PDF)
This booklet was created in collaboration between ACS and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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Practice Principles for NYC Child Welfare
Children’s Services has put in place a model of practice principles for New York City which represents our commitment to keeping the children of the city safe.
Read the practice principles
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Heart Gallery NYC Exhibition
Come view photos by renowned photographers of New York City children in foster care who are freed for adoption at traveling locations in New York City. Learn More
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ACCESS NYC - Benefit Information. One Place.
Screen your family for over 30 City, State and Federal health and human service benefit programs. In addition to screening, you can learn about the programs, how to apply, where to go, and even print filled in applications.
Visit ACCESS NYC
For news about ACCESS NYC, read its newsletter (PDF)
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Safeguarding Our Children: Safety reforms Update (September 2007)
Read the Update (English and
Spanish)
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Report of the Interagency Task Force on Child Welfare and Safety. Read the report
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Rethinking Child Care
An Integrated Plan for Early Childhood Development in New York City. Read the Plan
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Every child deserves to be safe. If you suspect child abuse or neglect, call the State Central Register at
800-342-3720 or call 311 and ask to be connected to the hotline.
TDD: 1-800-638-5163
If a child is in immediate danger, call 911.
More info about child abuse
Mandated Reporters:
1-800-635-1522
Mandated reporters are required by law to report child abuse or neglect.
More info about making a report as a mandated reporter
All calls are confidential
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Parents who are unable to care for their newborn infants may anonymously and legally leave their infant at a safe place such as a hospital. Click here for more information, or call: 866-505-SAFE (7233)
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Contact Information
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