The Community Partnerships (CPPs) and The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) work hand-in-hand with local community groups, faith-based institutions, non-profits and individuals in New York City neighborhoods to build a safety net for children and families. The CPP model aims to promote child safety and strengthen the community’s ability to keep children safe and support families.

Child Welfare Watch discusses the status of the Community Partnership Project in their Winter 2012 issue, One Step Back: The Delayed Dream of Community Partnerships

The following materials show ACS’s support for CPP and Parent Advocacy, which CWOP feels is an integral part of any meaningful partnership with communities:

“Commissioner Mattingly’s Legacy from a Parent’s Perspective“, by Mike Arsham, published in the New York Nonprofit Press, August 25, 2011

ACS article about CWOP’s  Parent Leadership Curriculum Class of 2009

ACS article about the power of parent advocacy

ACS report on the Community Partnership Initiative (original term for CPP)