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Provides a statewide system of accepting reports of suspected child abuse and child neglect. Reports can be made anonymously, but helpful for local child protective investigators to have someone to contact. All reports referred back to local social services which has time limit on follow-up and to file report as to whether allegations are indicated or unfounded.

Provides protective service to impaired adults living in the community with unmet needs and who have no one to assist them. Also receives and responds to all reports of children who are abused, abandoned, or neglected, and carries out the statutory mandates of protecting children and providing rehabilitative services to families.

Staff are charged with investigating allegations of alleged child abuse and/or child neglect. Staff works with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child's care. Staff work with families directly, and coordinate services with community resources to improve family conditions.

Staff work with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child's care. Staff work with families directly, and coordinate services with community resources to improve family conditions. Provides supportive and/or rehabilitative services to families with children who are at risk, while ensuring safety and permanence for children. Also is responsible for the provision of child protective services, foster care and adoption services.

Investigates, assesses and protects children when there is a suspicion of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Caseworkers monitor and arrange for necessary rehabilitative services to families in need.

Assistance with emergency placement of abused or neglected children at risk. Assessment for requests for foster care and adoption. Offers preventive services for children and families. Provides a registry of child abuse reports in New York State to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

Investigates reports of child abuse and/or maltreatment of children under age 18 within 24 hours of receipt of a report.

Provides crisis intervention for parents, children and adults who are victims of child abuse, worried friends and family, mandated reporters and concerned citizens.

Aimed at identification, treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Provides direct help to families through information and referral services. Specialists respond to families and concerned individuals in need of parenting education and support programs, services for parents under stress, victim's services, and assistance navigating the family court and child welfare systems. Also provides victims of domestic violence referrals to shelters, legal assistance, mediation and advocacy groups.

Responsible for investigating all allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect received by the Department from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, part of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Anyone can make a report of Child Abuse and/or Neglect if he/she is suspicious that a child (0-18 yrs of age) is being neglected or abused. The source of the report as well as the report is kept confidential. The source can be anonymous if the reporter is not mandated by law to report. Nassau County receives and begins investigating reports of abuse or maltreatment 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Call for more information.

Provides a child abuse hotline to report suspected child abuse.

Provides protective service to impaired adults living in the community with unmet needs and who have no one to assist them. Also receives and responds to all reports of children who are abused, abandoned, or neglected, and carries out the statutory mandates of protecting children and providing rehabilitative services to families.

Investigates reports alleging child abuse or neglect. The purpose of Child Protective Services (CPS) is to ensure that children are safe and to prevent any future abuse or neglect through the provision of supportive services. Protects children from physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse by their parents and caretakers. Also helps families obtain needed services to guarantee their children are safe from harm. When a child is not safe at home, placement of the child outside the home will be considered. The child's placement may be done on a voluntary basis, with the parents' approval, or on a non-voluntary basis, at the direction of the court. Once a child is determined to be safe, an evaluation of risk or likelihood of future neglect is made. It is then ascertained if any services are needed to ensure that this risk is minimized.

Provides an anonymous hotline to report suspected or actual cases of child abuse.

Investigates reports of alleged child abuse and/or maltreatment made to the New York Central Register, via the toll free number, pertaining to residents of Suffolk County. All calls remain confidential. The Bureau also arranges for ongoing child protective and rehabilitative services to the child and the family.

New York State Central Register Hotline to report child abuse and neglect.

Assistance with emergency placement of abused or neglected children at risk. Assessment for requests for foster care and adoption. Offers preventive services for children and families. Provides a registry of child abuse reports in New York State to encourage more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.