November 17, 2016
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a package of foster care legislation intended to improve the foster care system for nearly 10,000 children and youth in New York City. The seven bills established feedback systems, implemented evidence-based permanency planning, and expanded reporting on health, education, and housing stability outcomes.
The package grew out of a "Foster Youth Shadow Day," in which young people with firsthand experience of the system shared ideas that helped shape the legislation. The bills aimed to strengthen comprehensive services in the city and to urge systemic reform at the state level.
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