NYC Family Policy Project (@familypolicynyc) 's Twitter Profile
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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Anne Williams-Isom (@awilliamsisom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I think those of us in particular who care about the well-being of all children should do more of what the new Pope is asking-walk hand in hand together to find more solutions, not use our hands to point fingers at each other or use fear as a tool to get others to act. United we

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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 after <a href="/NYDailyNews/">New York Daily News</a> published “Big Money, Little Victims” about private agencies trapping kids in #fostercare to keep per diem payments flowing, there are fewer little victims, &amp; payment system is changing. But much more still needs to change. nydailynews.com/2025/05/13/how…
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Important history here on the combo of investigative journalism, City Council action, philanthropy, advocacy, lawsuits, legal defense and system leadership that produces sustained change. "There is still big money and there are still little victims" but also much change in NYC.

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"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."

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"We cannot let sensationalized headlines move ACS and the child welfare system in the wrong direction. We know the lasting damage to children and families that result from ill-conceived pendulum swings." amny.com/opinion/new-yo…

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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…

Andrew Hevesi (@am_andrewhevesi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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…

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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…

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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…