Madison Hunt

The law allows some parents who've lost parental rights to contact their children, even those who have been adopted into other families.

A NY bill would require social workers to tell parents of their due process rights at the start of an investigation for child maltreatment.

New York's $229 billion budget includes pay increases for attorneys representing low-income residents and human services workers.

Experts who treat trauma in kids removed from homes say bringing out a child’s love of rap, pop or rock can be highly effective therapy.

A government watchdog group has proposed legislation to eliminate a long-defunct New York City foster care commission.

Mott Haven Academy Charter School is believed to be the first school in the country created specifically for children in foster care.

Tehra Coles always knew she would be an attorney. But after interning with the NY State Defenders Association, there was no turning back.

A longstanding New York City institution that serves more than 17,000 children and families announced it will shut its doors later this month.

New York lawmakers, youth activists and advocates called for direct investments today in communities with high rates of foster care.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed budget includes serving more than 113,000 additional kids through subsidized child care programs.

A new report found significant disparities between the roughly 7,500 students in NYC foster care and those living at home.

A new report calls for greater demographic balance on the Family Court bench, noting that “the judiciary should reflect the diversity of the communities interacting with the courts.”

Attorney Suzanne Miles-Gustave takes over this year as New York’s acting commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services.

A former foster youth teaches meditation to children at a Harlem elementary school, where he once attended.

New York City expands programs for people who have been abusive within their families, and those they've harmed.

The head of child welfare and juvenile justice in New York state, Commissioner Sheila Poole, will leave her position in December.

A 19 year old held at the Capital District Juvenile Secure Detention Facility in Albany, New York, died while in custody last week.

This week, the New York’s highest court struck down regulatory hurdles that kept foster youth separated from out-of-state parents.

Prison abolitionist Angela Davis contributed her voice to the growing movement of activists calling for an end to the child welfare system.

A member of the New York City Council introduced a bill that would establish oversight on foster children's stays in temporary facilities.

A survey of parents with kids in Monroe Country, New York revealed concerns that schools aren't providing adequate social, emotional or academic support.

A new state-by-state analysis of how well America meets international standards on protecting its children gave low grades to every state.

In New York City, young people with lived experience are driving the overhaul of its network of care for homeless youth.

A new team of community workers is providing 24-hour psychiatric support to low-income youth in Brooklyn, with plans to expand citywide.

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, who presides over New York's courts, announced her resignation early this week.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has released an ambitious plan to expand subsidized child care and early childhood education programs.

A recent study found only one in four foster youth in New York City graduate from high school on time.

New York lawmakers did not pass three proposed laws that would have expanded the due process rights of parents in the child welfare system.

New York lawmakers are deciding whether to pass legislation that would reduce false allegations made to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

In her most recent book, Dorothy Roberts says the child welfare system must be abolished and replaced, not reformed.

In New York, a new campaign calls for passage of a bill that would require consent before drug testing a new or pregnant mother.

With the backing of some of the city’s most prominent parents’ rights activists and legal advocates for children and families, the Family Justice Law Center said its work will involve challenges to the “entrenched abuses of government power” that disproportionately sweep up Black and Latino children and families.

Five Black women share the essence of sisterhood on a new podcast, where they discuss growing up within a fractured child welfare system.

In his budget plan for 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams pledged to invest millions of dollars in support for foster youth transitioning to adulthood and summer job opportunities for young people.

A recent report detailed what happened when COVID-19 took hold of the New York City family court: backlogged cases, unmanageable caseloads and "harm to thousands of families."

One aspect of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' plan to end gun violence would roll back recent juvenile justice reforms, critics say.

New York City's child welfare nonprofits facing high job vacancy rates are calling for greater public investment to find and retain staff.

A bill that would have required social workers to inform parents of their right to legal counsel at the start of an investigation has failed to get a vote during the last City Council voting day for the year.

Dozens of influential players in the New York City child welfare ecosystem are advising Mayor-elect Eric Adams on his future administration.

Overseeing family court in New York City’s five boroughs is now the job of Queens-raised Chief Administrative Judge Anne-Marie Jolly.

Legal advocates for children in New York City have filed a class-action lawsuit class-action lawsuit against the city and state alleging child welfare officials unjustly prevent relatives from becoming foster parents.

A report released Monday by Advocates for Children of New York found that more than 101,000 New York City students were homeless during the 2020-21 academic year.

Ten New York bar associations representing attorneys in family courts have filed a lawsuit against the city and state to increase their pay.

The creators of a nonprofit helping foster youth age out of the system, and a program to better launch young adults leaving lockups are among five New Yorkers awarded a prestigious local prize for their innovation.

It is now illegal to place “shackles, handcuffs, irons and straitjackets” on children appearing before the New York family courts.

A group of actors who have experienced the foster care system take to the stage this weekend in "Foster Care Unplugged, The Stage Play Part Two."