NY: Biden’s Former Top Child Welfare Appointee Now Leads New York City’s Oldest Child Protection Organization
Imprint – January 21, 2025
Aysha Schomburg’s recently concluded three-year tenure as one of the nation’s top child welfare officials is among the most historic: Child poverty and calls to Child Protective Services plunged to historic lows after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government rolled out its once-in-a-generation Family First Prevention Services Act to keep more families intact, and racial justice protests drew unprecedented attention to the disproportionate number of Black and Native American children taken into foster care. Now Schomburg – the former associate commissioner of the $10 billion federal Children’s Bureau from 2021 to early 2024 – is making her history outside of government. She has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer for the Manhattan-based New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which describes itself as the world’s first child protective agency.