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Administration for Children's Services

Keeping Children Safe & Supporting Families


Child Safety ResourcesChild Abuse/NeglectFoster/AdoptParent Support

Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent
Foster/Adopt Frequently Asked Questions
Family Stories
Foster Parent’s Guide To Education

Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent

Foster/Adopt Frequently Asked Questions

Family Stories

Foster Parent’s Guide To Education


Family Stories

For more information on adopting a Wednesday's Child, call (212) 676-WISH(9474).

Programs & Initiatives

Adopt or Foster a Child

Open your heart and home to a child in foster care; become a foster or adoptive parent.

Open your heart and home to a child in foster care; become a foster or adoptive parent.

Open your heart and home to a child in foster care; become a foster or adoptive parent.

Report Child Abuse

Identify the signs of child abuse and maltreatment. Help protect a child by making a report.

Identify the signs of child abuse and maltreatment. Help protect a child by making a report.

Identify the signs of child abuse and maltreatment. Help protect a child by making a report.

New York City Kids are Our Kids

Get involved in the lives of children in your community. Volunteer as a tutor, mentor, or coach.

Get involved in the lives of children in your community. Volunteer as a tutor, mentor, or coach.

Get involved in the lives of children in your community. Volunteer as a tutor, mentor, or coach.

Child Support for Employers

Get information for employers on withholding income, reporting new hires, and more.

Get information for employers on withholding income, reporting new hires, and more.

Get information for employers on withholding income, reporting new hires, and more.

Homebase

If you are about to become homeless, Homebase can help you stay out of shelter.

If you are about to become homeless, Homebase can help you stay out of shelter.

If you are about to become homeless, Homebase can help you stay out of shelter.