Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

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.

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Shelter Skelter

Urban Investigations

Shelter Skelter

Carbon City

City Studies

Carbon City

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

My ID

City Studies

My ID

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?