Upstream City

Nora McCarthy on the value of developing restorative pathways for families to achieve safety without system involvement

A healing agenda needs to end policies that perpetuate pain and expand access to a variety of practices that combat the effects of community trauma, writes Nora McCarthy.

It’s time for New York city and state to use every tool available to replace mandated reporting with community support, writes Nora McCarthy.

Safety grows in neighborhoods where residents look out for one another and band together to solve problems, writes Nora McCarthy.

We need to understand how neighborhood conditions impact families and address the conditions that raise the risk of child welfare involvement, writes Nora McCarthy.

In Upstream City, Nora McCarthy will explore the complexities of what an upstream approach might look like in New York City.