Nov 21, 2016 | In the News
NYS- “Paige Pierce, the CEO of Families Together in New York State and one of the leaders of the Raise The Age NY campaign, says her takeaway from the past few years is that she and her fellow advocates still have a lot of educating to do. She’s optimistic that...
Nov 19, 2016 | In the News
By CEO Paige Pierce. Behavioral Health News- Winter 2016 U.S.- When we hear the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child”, we think of the African apologue, or maybe Hillary Clinton’s book about larger societal responsibilities. But in the children’s behavioral...
Oct 11, 2016 | In the News
NYS – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday that the city would stop using solitary confinement on inmates under 21 at local jails. In an op-ed in the Gotham Gazette, New York City correction commissioner Joseph Ponte described the move as “an...
Oct 10, 2016 | In the News
NYS – New York is one of only two states that continue to prosecute youth over 15 as adults, regardless of the severity of the crime. Holding children liable as adults is likely to increase recidivism among teens, puts them in great risk of physical and mental harm,...
Sep 27, 2016 | In the News
Buffalo – As the CEO of Families Together in New York State, a statewide family-run organization that advocates for children with emotional, behavioral and social challenges, I applaud SUNY’s recent passage of the “Ban the Box” resolution. This initiative heeds a...
Jul 26, 2016 | In the News
National –The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today issued guidance clarifying the obligation of schools to provide students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with equal educational opportunity under Section 504 of the...
