ACS Research Review Committee Approval (research access to ACS clients, staff and administrative data)

NYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS)

Route by which university researchers, graduate students and program evaluators obtain approval to study children and families served by New York City's child welfare agency, its staff, foster parents, contract agencies or administrative data.

Indicative award

Not a cash award (not a cash award)In-kind access to agency data and participants; the page does not mention fees.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No cycle is stated; submit a complete proposal per the submission guidelines, and the process may take several weeks. If client-specific information will be collected, ACS may ask for the proposal to go to NYS OCFS for review.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Doctoral candidate, Master's / undergraduate, Community organisation

Eligibility

Required for any research involving ACS clients, staff, foster parents or contract agencies, including student projects; not needed for public aggregate data; the committee screens for human-subjects protection, burden and quality.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

child welfare research access · foster care · administrative data · program evaluation · new york city

Apply at

https://www.nyc.gov/site/acs/about/researchers.page

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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ACS Research Review Committee Approval (research access to ACS clients, staff and administrative data)

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