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What You Need to Know About Foreclosure “Rescue” Scams

Foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams are on the rise. They target and exploit home owners with false promises to reduce or even eliminate mortgage payments, repaid their credit or trick homeowners into signing over...

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What You Need to Know About Divorce

What you should know if you are going through or thinking about a divorce.

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What You Need to Know About Foster Care

Foster care is a temporary placement outside your home. A foster care placement may be in the home of a relative or a friend or in the home of a family you do not know....

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What You Need to Know Before Leaving Foster Care

You have a right to stay in foster care until you turn 21, as long as you are participating in a school or job training program or can’t live on your own. However, once you...

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What You Need to Know About School Stability for Students in Foster Care

Students in foster care have the right to remain in their school of origin when they enter foster care or change foster homes if it is in their best interest to do so. They also...

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What You Need to Know About Family Team Conferences

Family Team Conferences are important meetings that help you and your family plan for the future. Sometimes these meetings are also called Service Plan Reviews (SPRs).

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What You Need to Know About Orders of Protection

An order of protection is issued by a court to protect you from harm.

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What You Need to Know About Parole Supervision

Upon your release from prison, you will be given a set of conditions and instructions to report to a parole officer in your community. The officer may provide additional conditions including a curfew, a residency...

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What You Need to Know About Issues Facing People on Parole

Making the transition from prison to parole supervision is a difficult and trying experience no matter what your circumstances. Some situations, however, often arise that cause parole to be particularly difficult.

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What You Need to Know About Insurance and Court-Ordered Behavioral Health

New York and federal law requires health insurance – including Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and private insurance – to cover most court-ordered behavioral health treatment when medically necessary.