The projects supported by a new philanthropic fund composed of major foundations and big financial players don’t look shiny, new or glamorously innovative. They do, however, appear to work.
Even as defense lawyers and other advocates say that efforts to reduce the rate of pre-trial imprisonment are long overdue, they’re also expressing reservations about the de Blasio administration plan…
Juvenile delinquents get sent upstate because it’s supposed to be a better environment than their homes. The Department of Probation has a new idea: Fix the family instead.
A spate of deaths, starvations and other horrors are recent reminders that too many foster homes are anything but havens for endangered kids. Why does it happen? If only their…
Absurdly low fees for attorneys who represent poor parents in family court aren’t just a problem for counsel: Parents who can’t find lawyers can’t get their kids out of foster…
Mayor Giuliani’s bitter downsizing of Legal Aid’s criminal defense practice has had a surprising consequence: New York has a new wave of lawyers who add social work to their motions…