Protecting Children and Strengthening Families: A Plan to Realign New York City’s Child Welfare System

February 2005 Protecting Children and Strengthening Families: A Plan to Realign New York City's Child Welfare System  New York City's child welfare system has undergone enormous change over the past eight years. During this period, the nation's largest city-administered child welfare system, the Administration for Children's Services, in partnership with its contract agencies, has enhanced the quality of services to children and families, sharply improved training and oversight of direct staff and contract agency service providers, and continued to creatively adjust its programs to reflect a declining caseload and shift in service population . . .