What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

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What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

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Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Record It. Report It!

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Record It. Report It!

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

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Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

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Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Happy Meals?

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Happy Meals?

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.

Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

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Our Values, Our Voice, Our Vote

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

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Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Don't Bank On It

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Don't Bank On It

What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

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What Does It Mean To Live In My Own Place?

What Up With DAT?

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Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

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Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

Free For All?

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Free For All?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

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Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights