REPORTS
FAMILIES AT RISK
A Report On New York City’s Child Welfare Services
Child Welfare Project
c/o Office of the Public Advocate of New York
Hank Orenstein (212) 669-4298

BOOKS/MANUALS
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
A Toolkit For Schools And Community Based Organizations
Academy for Educational Development
Linda Simkin (212) 243-1110

IN THE SYSTEM AND IN THE LIFE
A Guide For Teens And Staff To The Gay Experience
Youth Communication
Keith Hefner (212) 279-0708 Ext.102

THE SURVIVAL GUIDE TO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
A Workbook For Parents By Parents*
Legal Support Unit of Legal Services for NYC (LSNY)
Caroline Kearney (212) 431-7200 Ext.166

NEWSLETTERS
CHIILD WELFARE ORGANIZING PROJECT
Mike Arsham (212) 348-3000

GRANDPARENT ADVOCACY PROJECT
Kathy Gibson (718) 863-4776

LEGAL INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES TODAY
Stephanie Nilva (646) 613-9633

PEOPLE UNITED FOR CHILDREN
Sharonne Salaam (212) 368-8600

NEWSPAPER/JOURNALS
CHILD WELFARE WATCH
Uninvited Guests: Teens in New York City Foster Care
Center for New York City Affairs / New School University, Center For An Urban Future & City Limits Information Services, Inc.
Andy White (212) 229-5311 Ext.1506

FOSTER CARE YOUTH UNITED NEWSPAPER (bi-monthly)
Youth Communication
Keith Hefner (212) 279-0708 Ext.102

VIDEOS
A Struggle for Justice
"A Five Year-Old Girl Battles Family Court to Regain Her Birthrights”
Organization for Reunification & Rehabilitation Of Children & Families (ORRCF)
Woody Henderson (212) 222-7490
WhoPro@aol.com
www.ajuststruggle.com

*Written by a collaboration among parents, social workers, law students and lawyers from the following organizations: Brooklyn Legal Services (BSL), Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP), The Child Welfare Project of the Office of the NYC Public Advocate (formally C-PLAN), Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT), The Legal Support Unit of Legal Services for NYC (LSNY), and NYU Law School's Family Defense Clinic.