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Award Recipients2009 Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child WelfareThe New York State Bar Association’s Committee
on Children and the Law awarded Gladys Carrión
of The Howard A. Levine Award is presented annually to
individuals who demonstrate outstanding work protecting and promoting
the rights of children in “Child advocates provide many important services
to improve the lives of our most vulnerable citizens, but their work
often goes unrecognized,” said Committee Chair Prof. Merril Sobie
of
Gladys Carrión (Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family
Services),
Committee Chair Professor Merril Sobie and 2009 Howard A. Levine Award Winner, Commissioner Gladys Carrión Gladys Carrión was
appointed Commissioner of the New York State Office of Children &
Family Services (OCFS) in January 2007. The numerous responsibilities
she oversees at OCFS include foster care, adoption and adoption
assistance; child protective services; preventive services for children
and families; child care services; and protective programs for
vulnerable adults. Carrión is also responsible for directing the
oversight, administration and management of specialized programs for
juvenile delinquents and juvenile offenders and residential facilities
for youth placed in the custody of OCFS by the family and criminal
courts. She is a graduate of
Committee Chair, Merril Sobie and 2009 Howard A. Levine Award Winner, Karen J. Freedman Karen J. Freedman is the
founder and Executive Director of Lawyers For Children Inc., a
not-for-profit legal corporation providing free legal and social work
services for children in foster care, abuse, neglect, termination of
parental rights, custody and adoption proceedings in The 2008 Howard A. Levine Award recipients were Prof. Jane M. Spinak (Columbia University School of Law) and Margaret A. Burt of Pittsford. Other past recipients include Prof. Sarah H. Ramsey (Director, Family Law and Social Policy Center, Syracuse University College of Law); Mishi Faruqee (Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York); Hon. Judith S. Kaye (Retired Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals); Hon. Edward O. Spain (Appellate Division, Third Department); Prof. Sobie; Hon. Joseph M. Lauria (New York City Family Court), Hon. Sharon S. Townsend (Erie County Supreme Court); Hon. Eugene F. Pigott, Jr. (NYS Court of Appeals); and Matilda Cuomo, the former First Lady of New York. Committee on Children and the Law Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Nomination Information List of NYSBA Awards and Competitions |
