Rachel Blustain won first place in the category of best article on a social issue at the 2014 Ippies coordinated by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
June 6, 2014 https://citylimits.org/2014/06/06/cl-honored-for-story-on-how-parents-arrests-affect-kids/‘It’s time we recognize that the interests at stake for parents under ACS investigation are just as compelling, with consequences that can be just as grave, as in a criminal case.’
January 22, 2019 https://citylimits.org/2019/01/22/cityviews-its-time-to-provide-legal-help-to-families-facing-child-welfare-probes/Our coverage of child-welfare investigations is up against Fortune, Essence and ProPublica for an award honoring public-service journalism.
April 9, 2015 https://citylimits.org/2015/04/09/city-limits-gets-deadline-club-nomination/We read with interest your series on the De Blasio Administration’s efforts to end tragedies attributed to child maltreatment (“The Limits of Protection: Can Mayor’s Push Reduce Child Abuse Deaths,” authored by Rachel Blustain, December 16, 2014, and “The Limits of Protection: Fixing Child Abuse Investigations,” also by Rachel Blustain, December 17, 2014, and, lastly, “The Limits of Protection: Fighting the Fear of ACS,” same author, December 18, 2014).
December 22, 2014 https://citylimits.org/2014/12/22/keeping-families-together-can-reduce-child-welfare-tragedies/No one’s sure how often adopted children end up back in foster care. What is certain is that blood relationships are often too deep or complex for court action to sever them.
February 13, 2013 https://citylimits.org/2013/02/13/to-avoid-broken-adoptions-avoid-breaking-families/With an emphasis on self-reflection, psychologists at a Bronx homeless shelter are pioneering a new way to coax residents into jobs.
October 15, 2004 https://citylimits.org/2004/10/15/occupational-therapy/Parent advocates ease the pain of foster care. Will their jobs survive?
October 15, 2003 https://citylimits.org/2003/10/15/mothers-helper/Governor Pataki vetoed a bill that authorizing demonstration projects for “dual track” reprreports of child abuse.
September 22, 2003 https://citylimits.org/2003/09/22/dual-track-derailed/
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