The Center for New York City Affairs and Center for an Urban Future present:
PRESSURES AND POSSIBILITIES:
Family Support, Foster Care, and the Future of a Billion-dollar System
A Child Welfare Watch Forum
Wednesday, December 5, 8:15-11 a.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free. Seating is limited; reservations are required. Call 212.229.5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu.
 The Bloomberg administration is mounting an all-out campaign to reduce the length of time children spend in foster care and to make preventive and post-reunification supports for families more effective. Few oppose these goals. But in a child welfare system managed by nonprofits, the city must use its power over contracts to drive change. It’s an enormous challenge. Will the city provide enough funding and support for overstretched agencies? What is the best way to bring about reform in the child welfare system?
Join the Center for New York City Affairs for a forum on this issue on Wednesday, December 5. The forum will be moderated by Andrew White, director of the Center for New York City Affairs. John Mattingly, commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, will speak and then take part in a discussion with Gladys Carrión, commissioner of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services; Bill Baccaglini, Jr., executive director of the New York Foundling; Sabra Jackson, parent organizer for the Child Welfare Organizing Project; and others.
The Child Welfare Watch project is made possible by generous support from the Child Welfare Fund, the Sirus Fund, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, and the United Way of New York City.
Art by Sean Qualls
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