We must combat the myth of declining homelessness — in New Jersey and beyond | Opinion
Paul R. Shackford | The Bergen Record via Yahoo.com
Last fall, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge announced the “House America” program to fund the rehousing of 100,000 families and the building of 20,000 affordable housing units. The goal is admirable but the reality here in Bergen County is that affordable rentals are a myth. The opportunity for local working families to find housing they can afford is even more elusive today than it was just six months ago. The cost of housing in the U.S. increased nearly 19% in 2021 over the prior year, sending the cost of rentals even higher.
New York State Bar Association Finds Child Welfare System Replete With Systemic Racism, Pushes for Reforms
By Jennifer Andrus | NYSBA.com
The child welfare system is plagued by racism, with children and families receiving vastly different treatment depending on the color of their skin, the New York State Bar Association found in a new report that outlines reforms required to prevent the breakup of Black families. The report, “Racial Justice and Child Welfare,” was approved Saturday by the association’s governing body, its House of Delegates. It recommends providing more assistance in employment, housing, food, and legal services to keep families living in poverty together.
New York Lawyers Acknowledge Child Welfare’s Harsh Impact on Black Families, Call for Changes
BY MEGAN CONN AND MICHAEL FITZGERALD | The Imprint
The bar association representing tens of thousands of New York attorneys has taken a first-ever stance against racism in the child welfare system, endorsing specific calls for change that include revising decades-old federal laws. The New York State Bar Association resolution, approved Saturday, acknowledges the harms the American child welfare system has visited disproportionately on Black families, linking them to the ruthless family separation that occurred during more than 200 years of slavery. In a section offering historical perspective, the bar association describes “the impact of the child welfare system on the ‘lives of people living in poverty and Black, American Indian and Latinx communities.’”
The bar association representing tens of thousands of New York attorneys has taken a first-ever stance against racism in the child welfare system, endorsing specific calls for change that include revising decades-old federal laws. The New York State Bar Association resolution, approved Saturday, acknowledges the harms the American child welfare system has visited disproportionately on Black families, linking them to the ruthless family separation that occurred during more than 200 years of slavery. In a section offering historical perspective, the bar association describes “the impact of the child welfare system on the ‘lives of people living in poverty and Black, American Indian and Latinx communities.’”
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