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| Implementing Subsidized Kinship Guardianship in New York City Monday, January 24, 2011 6:00-8:00 pm Online registration for this event has closed but you may still register as a walk-in the night of the event. Effective April 1, 2010, New York's foster children will have the opportunity to achieve permanency through a new option, Subsidized Kinship Guardianship. This Panel will answer many implementation questions such as which children and relatives will be eligible, how this has been successful in other states, and which children and families would be most appropriate for this permanency option. Moderator: Stephanie Gendell, Associate Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York Speakers: Dr. Mark Testa, Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina School of Social Work Cassandra Kelleher, Counsel, New York State Senate Bill Gettman, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Office of Children and Family Services Gilbert Taylor, Deputy Commissioner, Family Court Legal Services, Administration for Children's Services Lauren Shapiro, Director, Brooklyn Family Defense Project Meridith F. Sopher, Director of Child Welfare Training, Legal Aid, Juvenile Rights Practice Sponsor: Council on Children, Karen J. Freedman, Chair Co-Sponsors: Family Court and Family Law Committee, Rebecca Mendel, Chair Children and the Law Committee, Fredda Monn, Chair CLE Credit: Free CLE credit will be offered for this event |