Children's Home of Poughkeepsie

Children's Home of Poughkeepsie is reducing its census of unaccompanied migrant children by 39 placements, a move reported as a layoff/downsizing of those care slots. The article states 39 unaccompanied migrant children will be laid off from the program (i.e., removed from placements at the facility). The reduction affects the organization's unaccompanied migrant children program in Poughkeepsie, NY; the piece frames the cuts as a response to changes in intake or funding related to migrant sheltering. The story notes this specific numeric reduction and situates it within broader coverage of migrant placement changes in the region. No specific calendar date for the reductions was provided in the article.