About Child Welfare
If you work in human services, chances are you’ve come face-to-face with child welfare. In New York, it’s known Children’s Services, or ACS. But what do they do? What are “contract agencies?” What are their priorities? And how can you work with them effectively?
The Basics
A checklist of essential tasks every drug treatment counselor working with child welfare should use to guide their work.
Functions of Child Welfare
Basic descriptions of child protection, foster care, and preventive services.
Case Flow
Diagram of the way a family moves through the child welfare system.
Glossary
Learn the terminology that tends to be thrown about in child welfare, so you can make sense of what is going on
Housing Support from ACS
How ACS helps clients deal with housing issues (a major concern for many clients).
Questions, Concerns, or Complaints
Things don’t always operate the way they’re supposed to. So use the ACS Office of Advocacy when you can’t make progress any other way
