Knee-jerk Responses Won’t Reduce Foster Child Abuse Deaths
After reading Kim Strong’s excellent story about child abuse deaths and implementation of the federal Family First Act in Pennsylvania,
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New York
Another NY Tragedy. The number of children in foster care far exceeds homes available to them
Right now there are 252 children in foster care in Albany County, and just 30 certified foster homes. In Schenectady
Read morePilot Plan to expand use of parent advocates in foster care
New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services is launching a pilot program to expand the use of parent advocates who
Read moreGood News! More Foster Parents, Fewer Foster Youth in NY City
New York City Continues to Pursue Reforms for Foster Youth In a report soon to be released by the city’s
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New York’s You Gotta Believe helps find permanent homes for older children in foster care
BROOKLYN – You Gotta Believe is a local nonprofit focused on finding permanent families for young adults, teens and pre-teens
Read moreNumber of Foster children in NY region on the Rise. This is Why
Sullivan County is not the only one in the Hudson Valley whose number of foster children has spiked in recent
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Outrageous & Unacceptable! In Three months, 10 kids have died on NYC child services’ watch
Zymere Perkins and Jaden Jordan both died even though their child abuse cases were investigated by ACS. Ten kids died
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