Reports and Publications on Systemic Racism in the “Child Welfare System”
Examining the New York Child Welfare System and Its Impact on Black Children and Families, A Report of the New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (May 2024)
The White Supremacy Hydra: How The Family First Prevention Services Act Reifies Pathology, Control, And Punishment In The Family Regulation System, Miriam Mack, Columbia Journal of Race and Law (July 2021)
AM 2022 Resolution (americanbar.org)
NY-Family-Court-Report-1-22-2022 (ymaws.com)
How judges can use their discretion to combat Anti-Black racism in the United States family policing system, Angela Olivia Burton and Joyce McMillan, JMacforFamilies (2023)
We take foster kids from their parents. Then we wonder what’s wrong with them., Jasmine Wali, Boston Globe (December 22, 2022)
The “Death Penalty” of Child Welfare: In Six Months or Less, Some Parents Lose Their Kids Forever, ProPublica (December 20, 2022)
New York Committee to Investigate State’s Child Welfare System: Impacted Parents, Advocates Speak on Racial Disparities, Harm to Black Families, Hina Naveed, Human Rights Watch (May 20, 2022)
NYC Panel Discusses Changes to Mandated Reporting System (NYSDA News Picks 3-19-21)
Investigation Commences into Illegal Drug Testing of Expectant Mothers(NYSDA News Picks 11-18-20)
City Parents and Advocates Highlight Disparities in the Child Welfare System (NYSDA News Picks 11-4-20)
Child Protective Services agencies are tearing Black families apart, advocates warn - Final Call News
Away From Home Youth Experiences of Institutional Placements in Foster Care- Report.pdf (website-files.com)
Opinion | Our Foster Care System Is Fundamentally Broken - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Too Many Black Families Enter New York Child Welfare, Say Stakeholders (imprintnews.org)
Memo Re The Blind Removal Process and Kin-First Firewall (NYS Office of Children and Family Services, October 14, 2020)
20-OCFS-ADM-19 The Blind Removal Process Administrative Directive (October 14, 2020) (NYS Office of Children and Family Services)
BLM means BFM: The Foster System Hurts Black Families & We Must Include Black Mothers in the Fight for Justice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law (Aug. 24, 2020)
It’s Not Enough to Mean Well: The Child Welfare System Is Racist, Even If Most Professionals Think They Are Not., Cathy Krebs, The Imprint Youth and Family News (Aug. 12, 2020)
The Sad Omission of Child Welfare from Mainstream Discussion on Race, Tehra Coles, Zainab Akbar, Emma Ketteringham, and Lauren Shapiro, The Imprint Youth and Family News (Aug. 6, 2020)
"Whatever They Do, I'm Her Comfort, I'm Her Protector." How the Foster System has Become Ground Zero for the U.S. Drug War (Movement for Family Power, June 2020)
ONLINE | Child Welfare at a Crossroads: Where Do We Go from Here? - YouTube
NY Public Defenders Ask Leaders To Protect Parental Rights - Law360
First-of-its-Kind Partnership Aims to Redesign Child Welfare Into Child and Family Well-Being Systems - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (aecf.org)
New York State Bar Association Finds Child Welfare System Replete With Systemic Racism, Pushes for Reforms - New York State Bar Association (nysba.org)
DRAFT: New York City Administration for Children’s Services Racial Equity Participatory Action Research & System Audit: Findings and Opportunities (bronxdefenders.org)
