DeCataldo Kathleen R, Carroll Karen
New York State's Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice For Children, Albany, New York 12223-1450, USA.
Child Welfare. 2007 Mar-Apr;86(2):31-48.
In November 2002, Chief Judge Judith Kaye attended the National Adoption Day festivities in Albany County and New York County (Manhattan). Although pleased that 600 adoptions were being finalized statewide on this special day, she was concerned to learn more than 6,000 other children were free for adoption but had not yet found permanent families. Judge Kaye reached out to New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Commissioner John A. Johnson and New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) then-Commissioner William Bell to come together and begin a discussion to identify and resolve systemic barriers to adoption. At a press conference in May 2003, Chief Judge Kaye, Governor Pataki, New York City Mayor Bloomberg, and Judges and Commissioners representing counties from across the state announced the Adoption Now initiative that set a goal of finalizing adoptions for 5,000 children (3800 in New York City and 1200 upstate) by the end of 2003.
2002年11月，首席法官朱迪思·凯伊出席了在奥尔巴尼县和纽约县（曼哈顿）举行的全国收养日庆祝活动。尽管她很高兴在这个特殊的日子里全州有600例收养手续得以最终完成，但她也很关切地了解到，还有6000多名儿童可供收养，却尚未找到永久家庭。凯伊法官与纽约州儿童和家庭服务办公室（OCFS）专员约翰·A·约翰逊以及纽约市儿童服务管理局（ACS）当时的专员威廉·贝尔取得联系，共同开始讨论，以找出并解决收养过程中的系统性障碍。在2003年5月的一次新闻发布会上，首席法官凯伊、帕塔基州长、纽约市市长布隆伯格以及代表全州各县的法官和专员宣布了“立即收养”倡议，该倡议设定了到2003年底为5000名儿童（纽约市3800名，州北部1200名）完成收养手续的目标。
