ACS - Alternatives

Administration for Children's Services

Keeping Children Safe & Supporting Families


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Family Assessment Program
Alternatives-to-Placement
Respite

Family Assessment Program

Alternatives-to-Placement

Respite


Alternatives

ACS’ continuum of juvenile justice services includes community-based programs that:

Prevent at-risk young people from getting involved in the justice system.

Prevent youth from being detained or placed in a residential setting once they become involved in the justice system. These programs, called alternative-to-detention (ATD) and alternative-to-placement (ATP) programs, give Family Court Judges the option to send young people home with services in place, rather than putting them in detention or placement programs.

ACS oversees the following alternative juvenile justice community-based programs:

Preventive: Family Assessment Program (FAP)

Alternatives-to-Placement: Juvenile Justice Initiative (JJI)

Respite: temporary respite care for youth who are at risk of detention or placement because of family concerns

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.