Family & Community
The Wisest Investment: New York City’s Preventive Service System
Child welfare preventive services are services that strengthen and support families, so that children can remain in their homes without abuse, neglect, or the need to be removed and placed into foster care. Given the increased number of child abuse and …
CCC Report: Inside Out: Youth Experiences Inside New York’s Juvenile Placement System
Youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents can be placed, by a Family Court Judge, into a juvenile placement facility operated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). These facilities are typically located upstate …
CCC Report: Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: Understanding Service Needs and Experiences
Approximately 20% of court-involved youth are girls whose service needs are often not met in a system that does not employ a gender responsive approach to programs and services. Although both court-involved girls and boys generally experience many of t …
CCC Report: Checking Up on Children in New York City Foster Care: Does the Medicaid Per Diem Rate Ensure Access to Care
The Medicaid per diem rate is a daily rate received by foster care agencies to pay for outpatient health and mental health services. It was intended to provide foster care agencies with the flexibility to respond to the special health and mental health …
CCC Report: Carrots and Sticks: The Impact of the New York State Family and Children’s Services Block Grant on Child Welfare Services in New York City
In 1995, Governor Pataki proposed and the Legislature approved the Family and Children’s Services Block Grant, which capped state funding for child welfare services and reduced state spending by 25%, or $151 million in its first year. The Block Grant w …
