What's On Your Plate?

City Studies

What's On Your Plate?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Parents’ Rights during COVID-19

Parents' Rights during COVID-19

Parents and caregivers who interact with NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the agency responsible for investigating reports of child abuse and neglect, are often unfamliar with their rights, which can result in unnecessary harm to and separation from their families. The COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified the need for information that can help them protect their families during an investigation.

As a part of CUP’s rapid-response work to help meet the pressing needs of our partners during the pandemic, we developed a resource with Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) to help parents understand their rights during the COVID-19 crisis. It’s available for free below!

The visuals were adapted from an earlier collaboration with BDS and designer Manuel Miranda called What You Need to Know About ACS about parents’ rights when dealing with ACS. Check that out here! 

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Dealing with ACS During COVID-19
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Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Making Policy Public

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

Making Policy Public

Your Guide to Welfare in NYC

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Is Justice For All?

City Studies

Is Justice For All?

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx