Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

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.

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

The Fresh Producers

Urban Investigations

The Fresh Producers

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

Pay Dirt

City Studies

Pay Dirt

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

What's On Your Plate?

City Studies

What's On Your Plate?