Upstream City
Expand Healing Options that Build Community
December 15, 2022
“Upstream City” by FPP Director Nora McCarthy ran as a column in The Imprint from 2022-2023. As her son entered young adulthood, conflict triggered in... Read More
Recent Work
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Context Corner
Why I Focus on Racism, and Anti-Black Racism in Particular, in Child Welfare
December 15, 2022
By Dr. Tricia Stephens I am a researcher, an academic and a believer in using data to support deep thinking about social problems. I could... Read More
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Upstream City
Narrowing Mandated Reporting Laws that Fuel Hyper-Surveillance
October 20, 2022
“Upstream City” by FPP Director Nora McCarthy ran as a column in The Imprint from 2022-2023. Over the first four columns in this series, I’ve focused on... Read More
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Interview
Leslie Paik, author of Trapped in a Maze: How social control institutions drive family poverty and inequality
October 18, 2022
‘Whether a system was punitive and therapeutic, it often caused pain for generations, in one of the most resource rich places in the world.’ Families... Read More
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Upstream City
Intentional Investment in the Social Fabric of Neighborhoods Can Lift Families
September 20, 2022
“Upstream City” by FPP Director Nora McCarthy ran as a column in The Imprint from 2022-2023. When Paulette Bazil moved to Brownsville in 1996 with... Read More
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Featured
Research Summary: The Role of Economic Setbacks and Hardships in Child Welfare Involvement
September 15, 2022
New research has found that family economic setbacks and lack of access to basic economic needs predict child welfare involvement—and that economic policies that soften financial... Read More
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Our Work
Recent News: Testimony to the Assembly on investment in families and communities
September 15, 2022
Oct 18, 2022: The State Assembly Committee on Children and Families held a hearing on “the state of primary prevention in NY,” including discussion of whether expanded family supports should... Read More
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Upstream City
How Neighborhood Conditions Drive Child Welfare Involvement
August 18, 2022
“Upstream City” by FPP Director Nora McCarthy ran as a column in The Imprint from 2022-2023. In 2016, South Bronx Rising Together ran student absence... Read More