Posts tagged children's services
Big Dreams for New York's Youngest Children: The future of early care and education
Children and Families, Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerBrooklyn Kindergarten Society, Center for New York City Affairs, child care, children's services, city government, CNYCA, communities, community organizations, community schools, Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation, early care, early education, EarlyLearn NYC, government, local government, low-income families, nonprofits, NYC, pre-k, public education, public policy, subsidized child care, United Neighborhood Houses Comment
Baby Steps: Poverty, Chronic Stress & New York's Youngest Children

Chronic stress and early trauma shape the brain development of very young children. Increasingly, research shows that innovative, early-life work with infants, toddlers and their parents can help prevent the need for much more costly interventions later on. Can we reduce the likelihood of abuse, neglect and mental illness in stressed-out, low-income families?

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Children and FamiliesAbigail Kramerabuse, Child Welfare Watch, children, children's services, development, developmental disabilities, infants, interventions, low-income families, neglect, parents, stressComment
Is there Order in Family Court? A Child Welfare Watch Forum.

New York's Family Court ensures neither fair representation nor timely decisions in cases involving the most cherished and personal aspect of our lives, the relationships between parents and their children. This winter, new state legislative mandates, the impact of the Nixzmary Brown case and new initiatives at the city's Administration for Children's Services have converged to put new pressures on this overstressed institution.

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Children and Families, Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerCenter for New York City Affairs, Child Welfare Watch, children, children's services, city government, CNYCA, communities, Criminal Justice, families, family court, juvenile justice system, NYC, policies, politics, public policy, youthComment