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ACS Disability Access Information

ACS Strategic Priorities

Advocacy

Community Involvement

Contact Us

Data/Policy

Family Enrichment Centers

Frequently Asked Questions

Initiatives

Interagency Memoranda of Understanding

Josefina S. v. City of New York

Leadership

Mission & Organization

Training and Workforce Development

25th Anniversary


Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships (OCEP)

The ACS Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships (OCEP) supports ACS-funded community-based programs and promotes primary prevention and child and family well-being strategies. ACS contracts directly with non-for-profit corporations to establish and operate two community-based initiatives, the Community Partnership Program and the Family Enrichment Centers (FEC). OCEP also organizes Demystifying ACS workshops for providers and residents. All OCEP initiatives are voluntary and open to all New York City residents.

Contact and Monthly Meeting Information for the Community Partnerships

Community Parterships

ACS funds 11 Community Partnerships, which serve as ambassadors to the community, advocates for families, and advisors to ACS. The Community Partnerships were first established in 2007 as a commitment from ACS to partner directly with communities to ensure everyone – from government agencies to social service providers, faith-based groups, and local leaders – is involved in efforts to support New York City children and families.

Community Partnerships are neighborhood coalitions that serve as local hubs for social service providers, community leaders, and residents to share local resources and information, address community needs, design and promote strategies to reduce the potential need for child welfare involvement and support communities to thrive. The partnerships host open, monthly meetings in all five boroughs. There is no case management offered. Sharing names, address and other information is optional and is not needed in order to participate in or attend a Community Partnership.

Bronx

Highbridge

Hunts Point

Mott Haven

Brooklyn

East New York

Bushwick

Bedford Stuyvesant

East Flatbush

Queens

Jamaica

Elmhurst

Manhattan

East Harlem

Staten Island

St. George

Connect with your neighbors, service providers, community leaders and learn about what’s going on in your community.

Bring your ideas about how you and others can work together to support the well-being of children, youth and families.

Participate in or lead workshops, events, resources fairs and much more!

Represent your community as a Community Leader and help build relationships and grow our network of partners.

Come join a Community Partnership! There are 11 partnerships located throughout the five boroughs that help bring people together.

Family Enrichment Centers: warm, home-like spaces that provide a range of offerings to the community; now providing remote referrals and support, as well as limited, in-person emergency resources.

Community Partnership Resources:

Downloadable (PDF) of program overview one-pager

Downloadable (PDF) schedule of monthly community meetings

Downloadable (PDF) of CPP Palm Card

Downloadable (PDF) Theory of Change one-pager

Family Enrichment Centers (FEC)

Family Enrichment Centers are a family-centered, primary prevention model that provide community-designed supports in a warm, inviting home-like space where neighbors can connect, contribute to their community, find resources, support one another, and build strategies that help families thrive.

Demystifying ACS

Demystifying ACS workshops are designed to increase communities’ understanding of ACS’ policies and procedures and how to access ACS resources and services.

All Demystifying ACS workshops are facilitated by OCEP and include staff from ACS’ Division of Child Protection, Division of Preventive Services, and representatives from local community partners. Additional ACS programs and departments can participate upon request, including:

Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy

Family Permanency Services

Family Court Legal Services

Office of Advocacy

Office of Safety First

Office of Education Policy and Support

Infant Safe Sleep

Youth and Family Justice

To request a workshop, email OCEPMailbox@acs.nyc.gov.

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.