
Annual Reports
2022 Annual Report

Child Protection in New York State:
A New Paradigm
​​NYS Citizen Review Panels’ Recommendations for 2023:
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Reduce the incidence of actual cases of child abuse and maltreatment in New York State.
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Reduce unnecessary investigations of children and families by CPS.
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Reduce harmful practices in CPS investigations.
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Reduce unnecessary article ten petitions and unnecessary placements in foster care.
2021 Annual Report

From Poverty to Partnership
​​NYS Citizen Review Panels’ Recommendations for 2022:
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Reauthorize and restore essential preventive services funding to 75%.
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Eliminate anonymous reporting to the SCR.
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Remove poverty-related neglect allegations from the child welfare reporting system.
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Increase funding for concrete supports for families.
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Expand Family Assessment Response (FAR) statewide.
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Adopt the American Bar Association's (ABA) guidelines for observing injuries on a child's body.
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Study the impacts of the implementation of the Blind Removal Process and Kin-First Firewall Practice.
2020 Annual Report

20 Years and 2020
​​NYS Citizen Review Panels’ Recommendations for 2021:
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Differentiate poverty-related neglect from child maltreatment.
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Remove educational neglect as an allegation type.
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Increase preventive services and community-based supports for families in need.
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Reduce racial inequities in the child welfare system through policy and practice innovations.
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Support efforts to purposefully address and eliminate child poverty.