Actions - United Family Advocates

Protecting Family Autonomy

March 2024: UFA member Nora McCarthy’s organization, NYC Family Policy Project, releases No Filter, a report that shows that New York state screens out far fewer hotline calls than most states, contributing to the state’s high investigation rate

January 2024: UFA member Richard Wexler’s organization NCCPR releases an Issue Paper on The Failure of Mandated Reporting

September 2023: UFA member Kathleen Creamer participates in a webinar on the history and harm of CAPTA as part of the Repeal CAPTA coalition

November 2023: UFA member Richard Wexler is quoted on NPR Morning Edition: 'Deluged' child welfare systems struggle to protect kids amid calls for reform

June 2023: UFA member Richard Wexler is quoted in the Detroit News: Mothers: CPS taking away kids causes 'generational trauma'

September 2023: Josh Gupta on hidden foster care in the Missouri Independent: Missouri must reduce family separations, not only formal foster care numbers

August 2023: EPPiC Broadcast: “Reforming the Texas Foster Care System” with UFA members Michael Ramey and Andrew Brown

February 2024: UFA member Kathleen Creamer interviewed on Matt Anderson’s Proximity Podcast discussing the harms of ASFA

November 2023: UFA members April Lee and Kathleen Creamer participate in an ASFA webinar presented by Family Integrity and Justice Works

December 2022: NBC News and ProPublica publish an investigation on Termination of Parental Rights, which includes a quote from UFA member Martin Guggenheim

July 2022: UFA member April Lee gives a speech at New Jersey’s Reunification Day celebration