REPORTS
BATTERED WOMEN’S EFFORTS TO PROTECT
Family Violence Project
CONNECT (formerly at the Urban Justice Center)
Alisa Del Tufo (212) 683-0015

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
A series of policy papers and recommendations
Voices of Women Organizing Project
Battered Women’s Resource Center
Sue Lob (212) 696-1481

BOOKS/MANUALS
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

QUICK INSIGHTS BOOKLETS
A series of 21 booklets with different themes on child welfare topics written by teens in foster care and parents with system involvement
Youth Communication
Keith Hefner (212) 279-0708 Ext.102

NEWSLETTERS
FOR PARENTS BY PARENTS
The Child Welfare Organizing Project
Mike Arsham (212) 348-3000

GRANDPARENT ADVOCACY PROJECT
Kathy Gibson (718) 863-4776

HOLLA! THE VOICES OF WOMEN PROJECT NEWSLETTER
Battered Women’s Resource Center
Sue Lob (212) 696-1481

LEGAL INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES TODAY
Melissa Beck (646) 613-9633

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

NEWSPAPERS/JOURNALS
CHILD WELFARE WATCH
Tough Decisions: Dealing with Domestic Violence
Center for New York City Affairs/New School University, Center For An Urban Future & City Limits Information
Services, Inc.
Andrew White (212) 229-5311 Ext. 1506

REPRESENT (FORMERLY FOSTER CARE YOUTH UNITED)
Youth Communication
Keith Hefner (212) 279-0708 Ext. 102

VIDEOS
NOT ME NOT MINE: ADULT SURVIVORS OF FOSTER CARE
Educational Video Center
Steve Goodman (212) 465-9366 Ext. 10

*Written by a collaboration among parents, social workers, law students, and lawyers from the following organizations: Brooklyn Legal Services (BLS), Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP), The Child Welfare Project of the Office of the NYC Public Advocate (formerly 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.