Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) thanks the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2021 Executive Budget Proposal: Human Services for this opportunity to submit [...]
Members of the Raise the Age NY Coalition applaud the Governor’s proposal to move swiftly to close four juvenile placement facilities and reduce the State’s [...]
The Children's Defense Fund-New York seeks to ensure that children are centered in all budget and legislation decisions, with a particular emphasis on racial impact, [...]
As New Yorkers cast their ballots this Fall, protecting the programs and policies that impact our children, youth and families is critical. We urge New [...]
CDF-NY as part of the Youth Justice Research Collaborative worked with our partners to develop a report that outlines the preliminary findings of Raise the [...]
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, [...]
The Raise the Age campaign strongly supports S3457 (Montgomery) / A5045 (Davila), which promotes financial justice for youth by allowing judges to waive some court [...]