Recent Publications

The undersigned New York State-based child advocacy organizations urge our US Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to stand firmly with children and families during negotiations on the next federal stimulus package.

Medicaid provides comprehensive, affordable health care coverage to nearly 50 percent of our State’s children – over two million of the youngest New Yorkers.

As New York grapples with the devastating and far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) is deeply alarmed by our State’s burden of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

The Protect Medicaid Campaign - representing New York’s leading health care consumer advocacy groups - applauds the introduction of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized New York’s economy, debilitated our health care system, and disrupted our education and social services sectors. The Children's Defense Fund-New [...]

The budget contains draconian cuts that target programs and providers that serve children, and others that will result in job losses or lost wages for [...]