CNYCA's seven-year statistical survey monitoring New York City's child welfare system
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CNYCA's six-year statistical survey monitoring New York City's child welfare system
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New York City's next mayor will oversee the 7,000 employees of the nearly $3 billion Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), taking charge as the City recovers from the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and responds to the public’s ever-growing demand for racial justice. So far, the leading candidates have been largely silent about how they will handle that piece of the job.
In an effort to hear more, the nonprofit news outlet The Imprint and the Center for New York City Affairs conducted a joint survey of the leading candidates. Six candidates responded to questions about how they would address racial injustice in the child welfare system, care for transition-age foster youth, and address the role poverty plays in separating parents from their children. Although they mostly emphasized their broader anti-poverty plans, some provided their most detailed and substantive public remarks thus far on the child welfare system.
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CNYCA's six-year statistical survey monitoring New York City's child welfare system
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When New York City released its "Bridge to School" plan in late August, officials called on teachers to make students' mental health needs their top priority. "Many of our young people are in pain,” City officials wrote.
But as students finally resume classes – remotely this week and in classrooms next – they will find that many social workers and other mental health care providers have disappeared from school budgets.
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Doctors across New York State see a growing number of young people coming to hospitals with dangerous psychiatric emergencies.
It is a first sign, they say, of a looming mental health crisis among children and adolescents. And they warn that—unless the State makes radical changes—many young people will not be able to get the mental health care they need.
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When the coronavirus put New York on pause, the City’s Family Courts shut down most of their operations. Last week, the Court began to open up for matters that might move cases forward. But progress is slow and limited, and many families remain without access to the judges who can send their children home from foster care.
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Covid-19 has torn through the City's juvenile detention centers. Frantic parents say their kids should be sent home.
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Amid the chaos caused by Covid-19, New York City parents with kids in the child welfare system have lost access to the Family Court judges normally entrusted with protecting their rights. In at least one case, the City's child welfare agency held custody of a child for more than a week without seeking permission from a judge, according to family members who were desperate to bring the child home.
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Child welfare investigators are often among the first responders to domestic violence cases. Officials say their goal is to help not just kids but adult victims, protecting them from abusers and steering them into services like therapy or shelter. But critics of the system--including many advocates for domestic violence survivors--say that child welfare interventions often go terribly wrong, turning victims into suspects and creating chaos for vulnerable families.
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