January 2007
Borough Based Post-Adoption Resource Directory for Families and Children

The fruit of many months of collaborative research on the part of COAC and ACS adoption staff, the ACS DivIsion of Famliy Permanency's Community Based Resources For Families and Children is now available in borough-specific volumes, as well as in the original city-wide volume. The resource directory was originally conceived by the COAC and ACS post-adoption services programs as a means to provide information to adoptive families on available services in the five boroughs of New York City. However, the information contained in the resource book is in no way limited to post-adoption services: the book is a comprehensive guide to services of interest to all families and children. 

The colorful and attractive layout of the directory features a clear, concise, large-print summary of each service provider's program including location, phone and primary contact person, hours of operation, languages spoken, geographic area served, target population, handicap access, fees, and a description of services, as well as other helpful details. The directory's sections are clearly divided by type of service - legal, social services, recreation, medical and mental health, educational, special needs resources, and resources for the uninsured, as well as a comprehensive Appendix arranged by detailed topic areas.

Stop in to the COAC office and help yourself to this useful and very "user-friendly" guide, which is free of charge!

February 2007

Free Resource Library at COAC

...and while we're talking about free publications, COAC now boasts a free resource library on the office premises. All of COAC's publications and program brochures as well   as a variety of other materials of interest to the families and children served by the agency can now be easily obtained from our free family resource library on the agency premises. All visitors to COAC are welcome to browse the shelves and help themselves to one of each of the items in the library.