BOOKS/MANUALS
The Survival Guide to the Child Welfare System: A Workbook for Parents by Parents*
Legal Support Unit of Legal Services for NYC
Caroline Kearney (212) 431-7200

NEWSLETTERS
For Parents by Parents
The Child Welfare Organizing Project
Mike Arsham (212) 348-3000

People United for Children
Sharonne Salaam (212) 368-8600

Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation

NEWSPAPERS/JOURNALS
Child Welfare Watch
A Matter of Judgment: Deciding the Future of Family Court in NYC
Center for New York City Affairs at Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy and the Center for an Urban Future
Andrew White (212) 229-5418 x1506

Represent: The Voice of Youth in Foster Care
Youth Communication
Keith Hefner (212) 279-0708

Rise: By and For Parents in the Child Welfare System
Youth Communication
Nora McCarthy (212) 279-0708
Folasade Campbell (718) 447-6788

REPORTS
When “Free” Means Losing Your Mother: The Collision of Child Welfare and the Incarceration of Women in New York State
The Women in Prison Project of the Correctional Association of New York
Tamar Kraft-Stolar (212) 254-5700

Barriers to an Appropriate Education for Children with Disabilities and Other Special Needs in Foster Care and at Risk in New York City
The Center Without Walls, Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Roberto Romero (212) 677-254-5700

*Written by a collaboration of 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.