Address: 825 7th Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10019 Eligibility: Serves non-parent caregivers of children with no formal legal designation, legal custody, legal guardianship, and post-adoptive families, residing in New York City (Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island), Queens counties) The NAC Adoption and Kinship Support Program offers supportive services to adoptive and kinship families. Our program operates on a completely voluntary basis, and our services extend to the entire household. We provide assistance in both English and Spanish across all five boroughs. Currently, we have no waitlist. What do we do? NAC Adoption and Kinship Support Program offers families formed through adoption or guardianship, a place where they can find the support, advocacy, information, and a range of professional health and social services needed to help them create or maintain a successful and permanent home. Our goals are to: While the programs share similarities, they are specifically designed to meet the needs of children at various stages of the adoption/kinship process. Post Permanency Support Program (PPSP) Family Permanency Center (FPC) Benefits What does the assigned social worker do? A New York State Office of Children and Family Services ProgramNew Alternatives for Children (NAC): Adoption and Kinship Support – Permanency Resource Center
Contact: Samantha Callaghan, LMSW
Phone: (646) 367-8417 (office) / (646) 531-0608 (cell)
Email: Scallaghan@nackidscan.org or AKS@nackidscan.org
Website: https://nackidscan.org/programs/the-family-permanency-center/
Brochure: Adoption and Kinship Support brochure 2024
Office Hours: 9:00AM-8:00PM
New Alternatives for Children (NAC): Adoption and Kinship Support – Permanency Resource Center
825 7th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10019
Samantha Callaghan, LMSW
(646) 367-8417 (office) / (646) 531-0608