Healthy Families New York has 38 different programs state-wide geared towards helping new at-risk mothers. Sate officials credit these programs as the primary reason why newborn removal to foster care has plummeted in New York, even while those statistics are on the rise in other states. The New York Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), along with Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), and other voluntary programs have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into issues facing at-risk communities with infants and young children, such as infant safety at home, childhood literacy, family health, and more. These programs have provided aid very successfully to these communities over the past several years, and are hoping to expand even further in the coming years.
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