
NYC Family Policy Project
@familypolicynyc
Policy org focused on reversing NYC's over-policing of families and under-investment in family life. familypolicynyc.org + over at @familypolicynyc.bsky
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12-07-2021 15:25:41
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50 years after New York Daily News published “Big Money, Little Victims” about private agencies trapping kids in #fostercare to keep per diem payments flowing, there are fewer little victims, & payment system is changing. But much more still needs to change. nydailynews.com/2025/05/13/how…



"50 years ago, a New York Daily News series started a chain of events that led to real improvement in the NYC child welfare system. "Some of that can be seen in a NYC Family Policy Project report which documents an overall decline in surveillance and separation – with no compromise of safety."


50 years after New York Daily News exposed the predations of NYC private #fostercare agencies, there’s been a lot of progress, but much more needs to be done. Nora McCarthy of NYC Family Policy Project offers a roadmap: nydailynews.com/2025/05/18/big…

Thank you Nora McCarthy w/ NYC Family Policy Project for highlighting efforts for a more supportive child welfare system—like my Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act, proposed Child & Family Wellbeing fund, and Latrice Walker's Family Rights Miranda Act among others. nydailynews.com/2025/05/18/big…

If you seriously want to curb #childabuse in NYC (and everywhere else), family advocates and defenders know how to do it. In New York Daily News Nora McCarthy of NYC Family Policy Project summarizes the agenda: nydailynews.com/2025/05/18/big…

[1/2] #Familypreservation journalism & comment from Colin Lecher of The Markup, NYC Family Policy Project and Stewart Ain in New York Daily News Robert Greene in Blueprint Magazine, Maya Marchel Hoff of The Gazette nccprblog.org/2025/05/nccpr-… #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare AND …
![NCCPR (@nccpr) on Twitter photo [1/2] #Familypreservation journalism & comment from <a href="/colinlecher/">Colin Lecher</a> of
<a href="/themarkup/">The Markup</a>, <a href="/familypolicynyc/">NYC Family Policy Project</a> and <a href="/stewartain/">Stewart Ain</a> in <a href="/NYDailyNews/">New York Daily News</a> <a href="/robrtgreene/">Robert Greene</a> in <a href="/UCLABlueprint/">Blueprint Magazine</a>, <a href="/mmarchelhoff/">Maya Marchel Hoff</a> of <a href="/gazettedotcom/">The Gazette</a> nccprblog.org/2025/05/nccpr-… #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare AND … [1/2] #Familypreservation journalism & comment from <a href="/colinlecher/">Colin Lecher</a> of
<a href="/themarkup/">The Markup</a>, <a href="/familypolicynyc/">NYC Family Policy Project</a> and <a href="/stewartain/">Stewart Ain</a> in <a href="/NYDailyNews/">New York Daily News</a> <a href="/robrtgreene/">Robert Greene</a> in <a href="/UCLABlueprint/">Blueprint Magazine</a>, <a href="/mmarchelhoff/">Maya Marchel Hoff</a> of <a href="/gazettedotcom/">The Gazette</a> nccprblog.org/2025/05/nccpr-… #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare AND …](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GreYB7LW0AAcOng.jpg)

Thanks NCCPR for highlighting two resources from NYC Family Policy Project: * New data brief on hotline calls in NYC familypolicynyc.org/data-brief/hot… * Interview with Dr. Kelley Fong, author of Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services familypolicynyc.org/2024/02/19/kel…