Some important facts here to remind us that poverty is not neglect. 'Policies that concretely target family economic setbacks and experiences of hardship can reduce interactions with the child welfare system.'

NEW: Parents and youth impacted by ACS have called for direct investment in families and communities.
The goal of this explainer is to help envision how city and state economic policies might better protect against child welfare involvement.
familypolicynyc.org/explainer/econ…

Cost of living skyrocketing, but Cash Assistance hasn’t increased, keeping 1,000s of NYers in poverty. NY Assembly Majority has included an increase in Cash Assistance in their budget proposal. Let’s get it passed! #IncreaseCashAssistance #EndPovertyNow Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins

New York City's rising costs and the significant lag in housing and cash assistance adjustments have left too many vulnerable.

$336 in cash assistance for a family of three is simply not enough.

NYS BPHA Legislative Caucus Michaelle C. Solages Robert Jackson NYS Senator Samra Brouk Senator Jabari Brisport brings a powerful empathy to the room invoking the 100K+ students in NYC experiencing homelessness. We all need WiFi, especially in shelters. #EndHomelessness

The NBCC Award for Nonfiction goes to “We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America” by Roxanna Asgarian (Roxanna Asgarian)! Farrar,Straus&Giroux #NBCCAwards

Seeking NYC Parents for a Study! Share your experience with ACS preventive services
cuny547-my.sharepoint.com/personal/awash…

These proposals would put hundreds of dollars/month in the pockets of families:
For 1 person household - from $183.50 --> $289.50
For 2 person household - from $291.50 --> $459.50
For 3 person household - from $389 --> $614
For 4 person household - from $501.70 --> $791.70

Expert in Foster Care Cases Admits Her Method Is Unscientific - and KathrynWellsMD refuses to disavow her approach, although she is using the Kempe name to add a false image of scientific rigor to testimony that urges permanent separation of poor families. propublica.org/article/expert…

One really exciting thing about this universal cash assistance program? It uses federal TANF dollars. Meaning, it uses welfare $$ to give no-strings-attached cash support to families. That's a breakthrough.

NYC parents of young children, join us next Wednesday evening to learn how to use MyCity website to apply for child care!

NY state child abuse hotline shortfalls lead to unnecessary investigations: report nydailynews.com/2024/03/07/ny-…

Commentary from NCCPR nccprblog.org/2024/03/nccpr-…

FPP report: familypolicynyc.org/report/scr/

ATTN: Medical professionals

It’s here! Our first-ever state-by-state CAPTA reporting requirements resource gives you the info about the law to protect pregnant and birthing patients from
unjust criminalization.

New York Child Protection Hotline Accepts Maltreatment Allegations at Far Higher Rates than Other States, New Study Shows

“The amount of calls accepted by the SCR that are ultimately unfounded clearly show a problem in our systems,” Andrew Hevesi

imprintnews.org/top-stories/ne…

2/ We need accountability now! 'The SCR is operating with little public accounting of its processes or outcomes...much more info about the SCR’s training, practices & outcomes should become part of the public record & be used to develop practice changes.' NYC Family Policy Project

1/ Each year, the SCR subjects thousands of NY children—the vast majority of whom are Black or Latine—to intrusive & traumatic investigations b/c it doesn't use its hotline call screen-out authority on par with the rest of the nation. NYC Family Policy Project bit.ly/3ToqHzl