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NYC Administration for Children's Services: The City's child welfare agency, dedicated to protecting children and strengthening families

Latest Statistics

Foster Care

15,965(Nov.'09)

Preventive

36,174(Nov.'09)

Head Start

18,403
(Dec.'09)

Protective

9,726
(Jan.'10)

Child Care

101,880
(Nov.'09)

View the Monthly Flash Indicators for detailed statistics

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For definitions of the indicators and terms used in the following reports, see Glossary of Indicators.

Monthly Flash Indicators
Graphs illustrating current monthly trends in select child welfare statistics. Supporting data are available in the table appendices, where applicable.

Yearly Updates:
FY 2008 | FY 2007 | FY 2006 | FY 2005 | FY 2004 | FY 2003 | FY 2002 | FY 2001 | FY 2000

Five-Year Report (FY2005 - FY2009)

Abuse/Neglect Report and Placement Statistics

Annual summaries of abuse/neglect reports and foster care placements by borough and community district.

NYC 2008 Community Snapshots

These community profiles provide detailed information, broken down by NYC Community District, in the following areas: Demographic Indicators, Abuse/Neglect & Victimization Rates, Foster Care census and placement information, Preventive Services enrollment and referral figures and Child Care and Head Start enrollment statistics.

Top 12 Performance Reports (Updated on September 2009)

Statistical picture of the child welfare system in New York City.
Reports: Faster Permanency, Transfers, Re-entries, Re-abuse, Increased Permanency for Adolescents, and Neighborhood-Based Placements.
Refreshed quarterly.

NYC Child Welfare Indicators

In compliance with Introduction 15 passed by the New York City Council in 2006, Children's Services submits Child Welfare Indicators to the Council quarterly. An annual summarized version of the report is also required to be posted on the Children's Services website.

Child Welfare Indicators Annual Report 2009 (PDF)

Quarterly Reports: (PDF format)