Foster Care
CCC Testimony: Oversight: Youth Aging Out of Foster Care – Int. 0187-2014, Int. 0104-2014, Int. 0137-2014
CCC testified at the General Welfare Committee’s Oversight hearing on youth aging out of foster care on June 16, 2014. This hearing focused on the needs of youth in foster care and on three proposed local laws that would require the Administration for …
CCC Testimony: Child Welfare Reforms at the Administration for Children’s Services
CCC testified about the New York City Administration for Children’s Services’ child welfare reforms at an oversight hearing before the New York City Council’s General Welfare Committee on May 8, 2014. It is critical for all three parts of the child wel …
Policy Briefing Recap: ChildSuccessNYC: Improving Stability, Permanency and Well-being for Foster Children
On January 29, 2013, CCC held a Policy Briefing on ChildSuccessNYC, the City’s new model aimed at improving the outcomes for children in foster care. The Policy Briefing brought together Deputy Commissioners from the Administration for Children’s Servi …
Fall 2012 YouthAction Community Leadership Course: Findings and Recommendations
CCC’s YouthAction Community Leadership Course (YCLC) students focused the Fall 2012 semester on New York City’s foster care system and then drafted findings and recommendations aimed at enhancing the system for youth in care. The 25 high school student …
ChildSuccessNYC: Improving Stability, Permanency and Well-Being for Foster Children
ChildSuccessNYC is the Administration for Children’s Services’ (ACS) new model for family-based foster care. ChildSuccessNYC links evidence-based or evidence-informed practices with the goal of expediting permanency, reducing placement moves, and reduc …
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 …
