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Protecting Children in the Budget – Joint Letter to NYS LeadershipKimberly Chin2020-09-10T08:30:44-05:00

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Protecting Children in the Budget – Joint Letter to NYS Leadership

We ask NYS leadership to center children and families in their priorities and commit to protect essential programs that promote health, well-being, resilience, family stability, [...]

CDF-NY Memo of Support for the Child Welfare Preventive Services Reporting BillKimberly Chin2020-09-03T11:07:39-05:00

Child Welfare

CDF-NY Memo of Support for the Child Welfare Preventive Services Reporting Bill

The Children’s Defense Fund-NY and the New York State Child Welfare Coalition support A10513 /S8421 which requires the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) [...]

Amicus Brief in Fulton v. City of PhiladelphiaKimberly Chin2020-08-21T10:11:14-05:00

Child Welfare

Amicus Brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

CDF-NY joins Children’s Rights Files Amicus Brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia to Argue Against Government-Sanctioned Discrimination in Child Welfare System.

CDF-NY Testimony to NYC Council Executive Budget Hearing-FinanceKimberly Chin2020-05-20T10:02:09-05:00

Child Welfare Education

CDF-NY Testimony to NYC Council Executive Budget Hearing-Finance

We need a just City budget that prioritizes youth and refuses to balance cuts on their backs. Now, more than ever in the recent history [...]

What Children and Families Need Now: Child Welfare and Family Wellbeing During the COVID-19 PandemicKimberly Chin2020-05-06T11:56:57-05:00

Child Welfare

What Children and Families Need Now: Child Welfare and Family Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, children, older youth and families involved in the child welfare system struggled with economic [...]

CHAMPS Letter to Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Poole on Child Welfare and COVID-19Kimberly Chin2020-04-27T09:38:26-05:00

Child Welfare

CHAMPS Letter to Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Poole on Child Welfare and COVID-19

As advocates and service providers working with families impacted by the child welfare system, we believe there is an urgent need now for additional, targeted [...]

CDF-NY Priorities in the New York State FY2021 Final BudgetKimberly Chin2020-04-17T07:23:14-05:00

Child Poverty Child Welfare Education Health Youth Justice

CDF-NY Priorities in the New York State FY2021 Final Budget

Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) examined the budget’s impacts on children and families, with attention to on child welfare and family wellbeing, economic [...]

New York’s Requests for Forthcoming Package of Federal COVID19 Response Legislation Related to Child Welfare and Family WellbeingKimberly Chin2020-04-15T15:53:55-05:00

Child Welfare

New York’s Requests for Forthcoming Package of Federal COVID19 Response Legislation Related to Child Welfare and Family Wellbeing

Recommendations on how forthcoming federal legislation can help address our communities’ needs and bolster child welfare and family wellbeing.

New York State Child Welfare Coalition Statement on 2020-21 BudgetKimberly Chin2020-04-02T13:03:29-05:00

Child Welfare

New York State Child Welfare Coalition Statement on 2020-21 Budget

The New York State Child Welfare Coalition, including policy advocates working to improve our system for children and families, applauds the legislature and the governor [...]

New York State Budget Embraces Some Reforms But Fails to Invest In Child and Family Well-BeingKimberly Chin2020-04-02T11:20:37-05:00

Child Poverty Child Welfare Health Youth Justice

New York State Budget Embraces Some Reforms But Fails to Invest In Child and Family Well-Being

The Children’s Defense Fund-New York applauds the leadership in Albany for important reforms in youth justice and child welfare, but we are deeply disappointed with [...]

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