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News Archive for "Child Welfare"

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Advocates Rally to End Child Poverty in New York

Advocates for social and economic justice are calling for meaningful and immediate State budget investments in policies proven to reduce child poverty.

LAS: Simply Adding Family Court Judges Will Not Increase Access to Justice

Dawne Mitchell, Chief Attorney of The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice, makes the case for true equitable access to justice for children.

LAS: Proposal Would Deny Children in Foster Care Critical Benefits

Proposed policy changes from the City's Administration for Children’s Services would deny children in foster care access to Social Security benefits.

Op-Ed: The Harmful Impact of Invasive Child Welfare Investigations

The aggressive and coercive tactics used by the Administration for Children’s Services must be reformed.

LAS Decries City Policy Forcing Children to Sleep in Classrooms

Children as young as 14-years-old have reported sleeping on cots on the floor in classrooms of juvenile detention centers.

LAS Sues to End Unregulated Shadow Foster Care Program

The State's Host Home program creates a phantom system of foster care and in the process strips away critical protections for children and parents.

LAS Praises DOE for Creating a Team Dedicated to Children in Foster Care

The need for these services in New York City is great: approximately 7,000 students spend time in foster care during any given school year, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS: Discretion Essential in Vetting Relatives of Children in Foster Care

A new lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society seeks to remove barriers faced by relatives willing and able to become foster parents, as reported by CBS 2 New York.

Listen: New York Unlawfully Blocking Creation of Foster Families

The Legal Aid Society's Kate Wood appeared on The Capitol Pressroom to discuss a new lawsuit that seeks to remove barriers faced by relatives willing and able to become foster parents.