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Simply Adding Family Court Judges Will Not Increase Access to Justice
When Adoptions ‘Break’: New York Legislation Aims to Ensure Adoption Subsidies Follow the Child
New York looks to close loophole that lets adults collect checks after broken adoptions
NYC suspends Social Security payouts to some disabled foster kids to protect federal funding
Attorneys for Children Lawyers Call for $60M Budget Increase
New York Lawmakers Push For Major Investments in Family Court System
A Bronx teacher's path to success after facing hardships
Governor Once Again Rejects Bill to Expand New York Parents’ Chances for Contact With Their Adopted Children
Recent Column on Appointing Attorneys for Toddlers Relies on 'Careless and Ill-Informed Reading' of New York's Child Representation Rules
Legal Orgs Represented by Proskauer Rose Have Standing to Sue State "Host Homes" Program
It's the kids who suffer: staffing crisis threatens legal services for children in Family Court
Facing attrition and crushing workloads, NY family court lawyers for children plead for more state funding
In Custody Cases, Children Play a Key Role in the Fair Administration of Justice
Opinion: Attorneys for Children in New York Are in Crisis
NYC family court blasted for ‘dehumanizing’ culture, ‘unconscionable’ delays
New York High Court Favors Out-of-State Parents Seeking Custody of Foster Children
NY's Highest Court Limits Reach of Interstate Pact to Foster Care, Adoption Cases
A Rush to Pass Kyra’s Law Could Harm Kids
Child Advocates Sue New York Over Proposed Shadow Foster Care System
Children Deserve Attorneys Not Guardians Ad Litem
Sex-Trafficking Couple Exploited Foster Care Loophole, Officials Say
New York City will stop collecting Social Security money from children in foster care
Stop shackling kids in court, N.Y.
New York To Tap Federal Funds For Parents and Kids Legal Costs in Child Welfare Cases
New York May Soon Bar the Shackling of Children in Family Court
Manhattan Family Court Clerk Suspended After Allegations She Directed Racial Slurs At 15-year-old During Hearing
As COVID-19 turns more children into orphans, siblings step up to fill the void
What Happens to Some L.G.B.T.Q. Teens When Their Parents Reject Them
More Children In NY State Have Lost Parents Due To COVID-19 Than The 9/11 Attacks
Justice Delayed: Court System Backlogs Leave Foster Families in the Lurch
He Is 16 and His Mother Died of Covid-19. What Happens To Him Now?
Calls Grow to Eliminate ‘Face Down’ Restraints for Foster Youth After Michigan 16-Year-Old’s Death
‘There’s No Magic in Turning 21:’ New York Legislators Are the Last Hope for Young Adults in Foster Care
State Lawmakers Race the Clock to Prevent Hundreds of Foster Youth from Aging Out Alone
‘Once You Sign the Paper, It’s Over:’ Older Foster Youth Plead for Help from New York Governor
Karen Freedman, the Founder and Executive Director of Lawyers for Children, Joins Denver Frederick
New York City Loses Court Case Over Right To Arrest Foster Youth
A Broken Wheelchair and Clothes that Don’t Fit: Judge Holds New York City Child Welfare Commissioner in Contempt Over Agency’s Treatment of Disabled Teen
She Ran Away From Foster Care. She Ended Up in Handcuffs and Leg Irons.
The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline: What It Is and How It Works
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