NY: NYC foster youth and advocates call for more funding (Includes video)
AMNY – March 10, 2022
Advocates and foster youth in care from the called on the city to institute a baseline $35 million in funding for services in the upcoming budget during a City Council committee hearing Wednesday. A coalition of child welfare agencies, non-profits, foundations, and advocates demanded during a General Welfare Committee meeting that the city almost triple the amount of funding for a city mentorship program for foster youth known as Fair Futures, compared to the what Mayor Eric Adams proposed.
https://www.amny.com/police-fire/courts/nyc-foster-youth-and-advocates-testify-for-more-funding/