New York City Administration For Children’s Services Testimony: Oversight – Child Abuse Cases & The Various City Touchpoints For Families

On October 31, 2016, the New York City Administration for Children's Services released this testimony offered by their Commissioner to the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare. The testimony discusses oversight-child abuse cases and the various city touchpoints for families. Key themes from the testimony include an overview of the child protective process, information about child protective specialists, ways to improve child welfare practices, child welfare reforms under the de Blasio administration, external child welfare case reviews, actions taken since the Zymere Perkins case, and six reforms the city is implementing to improve child welfare . . .