Posts By: Nancy Fortunato

‘It’s up to all of us to stretch out our hands and lift families up’

March 01, 2018 by

Rise Senior Parent Leader Nancy Fortunato spoke at a rally Feb 22 against proposed state cuts to NYC family support services to prevent children from entering foster care:

We are here standing together with one voice to tell the governor that cutting the budget will threaten so many families who really needs services.

I myself received preventive because I was in a domestic violence relationship. Preventive helped my family in getting the right support. They gave me … Read More

Nancy’s Story: Helping Parents Find Their Power

November 02, 2017 by

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I never want another parent or child to feel like I did facing the child welfare system—alone and powerless.

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I was 5 years old when I was removed from my mother. My mother was at times loving, but God rest her soul, suffered from schizophrenia.

After that, I was placed with my grandmother, but my grandmother was not a loving person—no hugs or kisses. I never really understood that.

When she gave us up, my sister and I went … Read More

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