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Advocates press for family‑wellbeing office as ACS‑run FECs face trust concerns
Summary
Advocates and impacted parents urged the City Council to pursue a community‑led plan for a city office of family well‑being and to consider moving primary preventive services out of ACS, citing long‑standing distrust among families served by the agency.
Advocates, impacted parents and several council members urged the Council to pursue a new, community‑led structure for primary family supports and to consider moving some or all Family Enrichment Center (FEC) functions out of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS).
Nora McCarthy of the Family Policy Project, speaking for the Narrowing the Front Door work group, outlined a community planning effort that would develop a city office for family well‑being. The proposal, McCarthy said, would centralize family supports, fund community‑led grantmaking and create restorative approaches to family safety that prioritize prevention over surveillance. “A new city office of family…
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