Stringer: NYC child welfare agency failing troubled youth
New York City’s child welfare agency dropped the ball on a citywide program designed to keep troubled youths out of the criminal justice system, City Comptroller Scott Stringer said in an audit released Friday.
Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS) mismanagement has “betrayed the very children it is supposed to be serving,” Stringer said in a statement.
The Close to Home juvenile justice program places delinquent children ages 7 to 15 years old who do not require detention into residential care. Placement in this program allows children to live in a home-like environment, closer to their families.