ACS - Detention

Administration for Children's Services

Keeping Children Safe & Supporting Families


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Secure Detention
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Detention Frequently Asked Questions

Secure Detention

Non-Secure Detention

Detention Frequently Asked Questions


Detention

ACS provides secure and non-secure detention (NSD) services for Juvenile Delinquents, Juvenile Offenders, and Adolescent Offenders whose cases are pending in Family or Criminal Courts. Detention ensures that the young person appears in court on time while keeping the young person and the community safe.

The court decides whether youth should be detained while their court cases are being resolved.

There are two levels of detention facilities:
Secure Detention
Non-Secure Detention

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.