Influence Policy and advocacy action for change

Across the country, Children’s Rights investigates, exposes, and combats violations of the rights of children. Through relentless strategic advocacy and legal action, the organization holds governments accountable for keeping kids safe and healthy. The New York Mandated Reporting Working Group (MRWG) is a collaboration of advocates, including system-impacted people, mandated reporters, lawyers, and researchers, dedicated to narrowing reporting laws and stopping the invasive investigations they trigger statewide.

Statewide

$600,000 • New York Mandated Reporting Working Group

Continue research, awareness-raising, coalition-building, and advocacy efforts focused on transforming mandated reporting laws in New York State to minimize harm to children and families. The MRWG will advance strategies and solutions to end unwarranted surveillance and keep families intact by addressing factors that contribute to excessive reporting to the SCR hotline, unsubstantiated CPS investigations, and traumatic child removals.