A Call to the State Central Register: Consequences for Poor Families

11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Ysmerlyn Baez, LMSW and Emily Wall, Esq.

NASW-NYS Members: $10

NASW Other Chapter Member: $15

Non-Members: $20

NASW-NYS Student Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Workshop Description

The Center for Family Representation is a legal and social service organization representing parents in child welfare proceedings in Queens and Manhattan. During this presentation, participants will have the opportunity to learn about the consequences of reports to the State Central Register (SCR), the child abuse and maltreatment hotline. Additionally, the presenters will explain what terms like "unfounded" and "indicated" ACS investigations mean, what are some of the long-term implications of each, and how poor communities are most impacted.  

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify what the consequences of an “unfounded” and an “indicated” ACS investigation are.
• Recognize when and how to advocate for families at each juncture of the investigation process. 
• Identify which populations are most impacted by SCR calls and use this knowledge to help inform other practitioners of this very important issue and how it affects poor families. 

This workshop is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Ysmerlyn Baez (Izzy), LMSW, is a Social Work Supervisor at Center for Family Representation. Ysmerlyn earned her Bachelor's degree at Hamilton College and her Masters in Social Work from New York University, Silver School of Social Work. Ysmerlyn joined the social work staff at the Center for Family Representation in 2013 as a Family Advocate. Ysmerlyn's time at CFR consists of advocating for clients in the context of Family, Criminal, and Housing Court. Ysmerlyn previously presented at the 2019 American Bar Association Parent Representation Conference and the 2019 Wisconsin Conference on Child Welfare and Courts.  

Emily Wall, Esq., is the Senior Appellate Attorney at the Center for Family Representation in New York City. In that role, she pursues, defends and oversees interim and final appeals in the First and Second Departments. In addition, she conducts training for program staff and provides supervision to staff attorneys on appellate and litigation-related writing. She previously spent five years at the Center for Family Representation as a staff attorney. She has also worked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as a Motions Attorney and Direct of Clerk's Office Training, and at the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley as a Children's Advocacy Attorney. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Barnard College.