This brief spotlights systemic barriers faced by fathers who are themselves youth in New York City’s foster care system or who co-parent with a young parent in foster care when they try to exercise their rights to be with their children. It highlights nine key recommendations with action steps that ACS and its contracted agencies can take to ensure that they respect the rights of fathers to family autonomy and that they treat young fathers in their care equitably and without discrimination based on race, gender, and intersecting identities.
(15 pp)
