Reports & Publications Archive - Children's Defense Fund New York

Statement of the Raise the Age-NY Campaign to the NYS Assembly and Senate Hearing on Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Minority CommunitiesKimberly Chin2020-05-22T11:59:40-05:00

Youth Justice

Statement of the Raise the Age-NY Campaign to the NYS Assembly and Senate Hearing on Exploring Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Minority Communities

Recent reporting has highlighted, policing in New York City during the COVID-19 crisis to enforce social distancing disparately targets communities of color and places youth [...]

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 [...]

Protect Medicaid Statement on the HEROES Act’s Medicaid Maintenance of Effort ProvisionKimberly Chin2020-05-14T09:56:59-05:00

Health

Protect Medicaid Statement on the HEROES Act’s Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Provision

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

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 [...]

What Children and Youth Need Now: Addressing Education and Youth Justice During the COVID-19 PandemicKimberly Chin2020-05-06T08:28:29-05:00

Education Youth Justice

What Children and Youth Need Now: Addressing Education and Youth Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized our economy and exacerbated the inequities that exist in our communities state-wide. Our justice and education systems must swiftly adjust [...]

What Children and Youth Need Now: Addressing Health Care Needs During the COVID-19 PandemicKimberly Chin2020-04-28T12:31:43-05:00

Health

What Children and Youth Need Now: Addressing Health Care Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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 [...]

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 [...]

Solutions Not Suspensions Letter to the NYS ChancellorKimberly Chin2020-04-21T11:57:33-05:00

Education

Solutions Not Suspensions Letter to the NYS Chancellor

The Solutions Not Suspensions coalition is requesting that we work together to minimize the long-term traumatic impact of the COVID-19 health pandemic on students and [...]

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.

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