Parent and Family Support Resources: - Families Together in NYS
Families Together in New York State represents, supports and advocates for youth and families voice in policy and systems change to ensure an equitable and inclusive journey that fosters belonging, wellness, and empowerment for all. - Home - Hope585
We are a relationship-centered community where marginalized youth and their families hope, heal, and thrive. - NYCLU
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) advances civil rights and civil liberties so that all New Yorkers can live with dignity, liberty, justice, and equality. Founded in 1951 as the New York state affiliate of the national ACLU, our work is rooted in the unrealized promise of the Bill of Rights and the U.S. and New York State Constitutions. - Narrowing The Front Door to New York City's Child Welfare System
An Anti-Racist Approach to Shrinking New York City’s Child Welfare System and Promoting Black Child, Family, and Community Wellbeing - Helpline - Family Legal Care - Accessible by phone, email, and chat, our English and Spanish bilingual Helpline provides family law information, referrals, and appointments with our staff attorneys for in-depth case support.
- Informed Consent New York - The Informed Consent NY Coalition - made up of people directly impacted by the family policing system, organizers, doulas, medical providers, social workers, public defenders, civil rights groups, and reproductive rights and justice organizations.
- What to Do When Children’s Services Comes to the Door | THE CITY — NYC News
- Protecting the Rights of Parents and Prospective Parents with Disabilities (U. S. Department of Health And Human Services Office for Civil Rights Administration for Children And Families, August 2015)
- The Right To Counsel
- JMacForFamilies - works to abolish the current punitive child welfare system and to strengthen the systems of supports that keep families and communities together.
- Family Justice Law Center - Social Justice Accelerator (urbanjustice.org)
- Family Integrity & Justice Quarterly : A Journal for Family Well-Being
- Rise Magazine
- The Imprint - Youth and Family News
- Your Family Your Rights
“[t]his tool, created in collaboration with a steering committee of advocates and focus groups of parents, is designed to inform parents who are being investigated by New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) of their rights and how to navigate an investigation; help parents to connect with advocates to guide parents through the investigation process; and provide information on how to get involved with other parents who have been impacted by the family regulation system and are working to change it.” - Unified Court System Forms and Petitions for Pro-Se Litigants
- Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (12th Edition 2021) (Columbia Human Rights Law Review)
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