AGENCY TESTIMONY
Collaboration with other city agencies for youth support
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ACS collaborates with various city agencies to provide comprehensive support for youth in foster care, including education, employment, and housing assistance.
- Partnerships with DYCD, Department of Social Services, and NYCHA
- Youth participate in after-school programs and summer youth employment
- ACS assists youth leaving care and reunifying families to obtain housing through NYCHA or city rental vouchers
- Collaboration with Anthos Home has helped 100 youth secure permanent housing, with all remaining in their apartments
Jess Dannhauser
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Youth in CARE also benefit from our collaboration with other city agencies such as DYCD, Department of Social Services, and NYCHA.
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For instance, children and youth in care participate in after school programs and the summer youth employment program.
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ACS also assists youth leaving care and families reunifying to obtain housing through NYCHA or with, city FEP's rental vouchers.
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Our collaboration with Anthos Home, which recently assisted our hundredth youth secure permanent housing, is helping to connect youth in care and newly reunified families to housing more quickly than in the past.
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Our agencies also help equip youth with the financial management tools that help them prepare to maintain housing stability.
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I'm happy to share with all the hundred young people who've moved in with Anthos support, all remain in their apartments.