NY: At Birth, She Already Had a Case File. At 7 Years Old, She Was Dead. (Commentary)
(May require subscription)New York Times – August 30, 2021
The child welfare agency had little reason to keep Julissia and her mother, Navasia Jones, separated by last year: Her mother had completed therapy and parenting classes, she had regained custody of one of her other children, and a younger half brother of Julissia’s who had never been removed from her care lived with her as well. Julissia’s mother seemed to be making substantial progress, convincing the authorities that there was little risk in her regaining custody of the girl, said Gladys Carrión, a former children’s services commissioner. “They got it wrong,” she said, “because this child died, that’s the bottom line.”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/nyregion/child-dead-foster-care.html