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11/28/2023

With Cannabis Newly Legalized, Minnesota is Latest State to Adjust its Child Welfare Approach

Alex Perez

Child welfare practices are shifting in Minnesota in response to the legalization of recreational cannabis in the state.

11/14/2023

New Legal Advocacy Model Aims to Better Support Rochester-Area Parents in New York Family Court 

Adilia Watson

New York’s Monroe County is creating a “holistic, interdisciplinary” family defense unit within the local public defender's office.

11/10/2023

Foster and Homeless Youth in New York City Take to the Stage, Full of Pride and a Loud, Clear Voice

Susanti Sarkar

On a Manhattan stage this week, young people rendered art from the troubles of those who grow up in foster care and in homeless shelters.

Pennsylvania Parents Sue State Over “Unconstitutional” Child Abuse Registry

11/7/2023

More States Seek To Curb Anonymous CPS Reports Against Parents

Jeremy Loudenback

California and Texas have created a system of “confidential reporting” to replace anonymous hotline calls.

New York Governor, Lawmakers To Decide If Family Court Attorneys Will Get a Raise After 18 Years

10/27/2023

New York Expands Financial Support to More Relative Caregivers

Susanti Sarkar and Michael Fitzgerald

A family court building in Albany, New York, which hears foster care cases. Photo by Hirám Duran
Relatives and family friends who step up when struggling parents can’t care for their children play an essential role in keeping countless kids out of foster care. 

10/24/2023

Host Homes Should Be Embraced in New York

Opinion

Carly Dillard

Carly Dillard argues in favor of New York continuing to regulate and permit host homes for families in crisis.

9/27/2023

New York Lawmakers Weigh Calls To Overhaul Mandated Reporting of Child Maltreatment

Susanti Sarkar, Adilia Watson and Michael Fitzgerald

State lawmakers heard from officials, parents and former foster youth about the need to radically overhaul reporting of child maltreatment. 

    9/26/2023

    New York City’s Child Welfare Agency To Better Inform Parents Under Investigation 

    Susanti Sarkar

    Beginning next month some residents of low-income neighborhoods will soon be better informed of their rights when CPS comes knocking.

    9/25/2023

    It Took Almost Two Years, but NYC Schools Now Provide Educational Support for Students in Foster Care 

    Susanti Sarkar

    The city's new office for students in foster care is now fully staffed to assist public school students growing up in the child welfare system.

    9/21/2023

    Class Action Lawsuit By New York City Foster Youth Allowed To Proceed

    Michael Fitzgerald

    A federal appeals court has granted New York City foster youth the go-ahead to proceed with their lawsuit against the city and state child welfare agencies, overturning a lower court ruling denying them class-action status.

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