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New Alternatives for Children (NAC) is a not-for-profit health and social services agency whose exclusive mission is to serve children with disabilities and their families. We provide comprehensive health and social services to support family preservation, reunification, or adoption. NAC facilitates the timely discharge of children with disabilities from hospitals, where they may have lived well beyond medical need. Within the community, our goal is to provide and coordinate comprehensive services for our clients' physical, social, educational, recreational and healthcare needs. Comprehensive health and social services are offered through two major program divisions at NAC: the Preventive Services Program and the Foster Care and Adoption Program. Our Preventive Services Program provides comprehensive family support services including parent support groups, a Sibling Program, and Partners in Parenting (PIP), an after-care preventive services program for families. Within our Foster Care and Adoption Program exists the Homefinding Department and the Post Legal Adoption Network (PLAN). We help families who are involved in the foster care system to reunify and we find adoptive homes for children whose parents can no longer take care of their needs. NAC knows that it can be overwhelming for caregivers to negotiate the complex systems of New York City to find services for children with disabilities. NAC can help open a world of opportunities and possibilities for children with disabilities and assist the entire family in reaching its potential.