The case stems from a July 2025 directive to take immediate custody of newborns with fetal alcohol syndrome or substance-exposure with “no exceptions.”
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Last September, a pre-pandemic practice of on-the-spot drug testing in the Bronx, Kings, New York and Queens family courts was reinstated. A new lawsuit aims to end it.
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So @AP, glad you're promoting this great journalism from @_sallyho Too bad the last line says she's "a *former* Associated Press reporter." A big loss for the journalism of #childwelfare
Thriving on taxpayer money, for-profit facilities that care for adoptees face limited oversight. One mother who says her son was bullied and sexually assaulted wrote to the agency that funded his stay: “The almighty dollar will prevail once again.” apnews.com/article/adopted-c…
Thriving on taxpayer money, for-profit facilities that care for adoptees face limited oversight. One mother who says her son was bullied and sexually assaulted wrote to the agency that funded his stay: “The almighty dollar will prevail once again.” apnews.com/article/adopted-c…
A mountain of research tells us children in #fostercare are more likely to suffer serious illness & die prematurely than even comparably-maltreated children left in their own homes. That’s only the beginning of their suffering: nccprblog.org/2026/05/what-h…#childwelfare#childabuse
ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: There’s a group that’s been selling states on a parallel hidden system that amounts to sugar frosted #fostercare. But, thanks to the state’s highest court, New York won’t be buying it nccprblog.org/2026/05/there-…#childabuse