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New York Governor, Lawmakers To Decide If Family Court Attorneys Will Get a Raise After 18 Years

10/27/2023

New York Expands Financial Support to More Relative Caregivers

A family court building in Albany, New York, which hears foster care cases. Photo by Hirám Duran
Relatives and family friends who step up when struggling parents can’t care for their children play an essential role in keeping countless kids out of foster care. 

community investment

2/7/2023

New York Child Welfare Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Prevent Foster Care Through Community Investment

New York lawmakers, youth activists and advocates called for direct investments today in communities with high rates of foster care.

New York Governor, Lawmakers To Decide If Family Court Attorneys Will Get a Raise After 18 Years

4/1/2022

New York Governor, Lawmakers To Decide If Family Court Attorneys Will Get a Raise After 18 Years

Last-minute budget negotiations between the New York statehouse and governor’s office could result in increasing Family Court attorneys’ pay for the first time in years.

NY Lawmakers Pitch Ambitious Investments in Child Welfare

3/18/2022

New York Lawmakers Plan Ambitious Investments in Child Welfare

New York lawmakers have proposed state spending plans that call for $3 billion in investments in child care, and an increased spending on child welfare.

New York Governor Signs Legislation Barring Arrest of Children Younger than 12

1/4/2022

New York Governor Signs Legislation Barring Arrest of Children Younger than 12

Legislation signed into law by New York’s governor will bar the arrest of most children younger than 12 years old, a move pushed for years by advocates decrying the state’s overly punitive justice system.

10/21/2021

New York City’s “Family Defense” Movement Presses Case Against Child Welfare System in Public Hearings and Rallies

Thursday marked a raucous day of hearings in New York City, with parents protesting the overreach of the child welfare system.

    Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi trauma

    2/16/2021

    Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi Zeroes in on Preventing Childhood Trauma

    Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi is shifting his focus towards preventing early trauma that can compound into a multitude of lifelong problems.

    aging out foster youth asks gov. cuomo to moratorium

    5/29/2020

    ‘Once You Sign the Paper, It’s Over:’ Older Foster Youth Plead for Help from New York Governor 

    When she turned 21 last year, seven years after entering foster care in New York City, Jeanette Rivera suddenly found herself fending for herself — and her three young children.  “They didn’t wait to make sure that I was ready to be on my own, they didn’t make sure I had food, that my bills were paid or that I even understood how to pay my portion of my rent,” Rivera said.

    subsidy foster youth new york roommates apartment

    1/15/2020

    Older New York Foster Youth With Roommates Can Now Get Rent Assistance

    Thanks to an amendment to a state social services law approved by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) last month, older foster youth who find a market-rate apartment can now receive a monthly housing subsidy from Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) even if they live with a roommate.