New York (N.Y.). Human Resources Administration. Special Services for Children.

The Special Services for Children Agency investigates allegations of child abuse and neglect, provides preventive services to keep families together, and places children in foster care or adoptive homes when necessary.

The Bureau of Child Welfare operates three children's shelters which house and care for children temporarily while their cases await disposition. It is responsible for administering welfare services at the public expense for all children in need of care away from their homes, for unmarried mothers in need of pre-natal or post-natal care and for related services. It has seven divisions: Adoption Services, Auxiliary Services, Day Care, Foster Home Care, Homefinding, Services to Families and Shelter Boarding Home Care.

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