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New Census Data Shows Black Children in New York Being Left Further Behind; New York’s Child Poverty Ranking Drops 3 Spots to 35th out of 50 StatesKimberly Chin2020-09-17T13:18:11-05:00

Child Poverty

New Census Data Shows Black Children in New York Being Left Further Behind; New York’s Child Poverty Ranking Drops 3 Spots to 35th out of 50 States

Poverty in New York continues to disproportionately impact children of color, with 27.7% of all Black children and 24.8% of all Hispanic children living in [...]

Evaluating the Implementation of Raise the AgeKimberly Chin2020-09-15T18:50:39-05:00

Youth Justice

Evaluating the Implementation of Raise the Age

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 [...]

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

Child Poverty Child Welfare Health Youth Justice

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, [...]

Solutions Not Suspensions Letter to New York State Education LeadersKimberly Chin2020-09-03T12:40:10-05:00

Education

Solutions Not Suspensions Letter to New York State Education Leaders

The Solutions Not Suspensions coalition , on behalf of all New York school children, is calling on New York State education leaders to adopt policies [...]

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) [...]

The Raise the Age campaign letter of support for S3457/ A5045Kimberly Chin2020-09-03T11:02:53-05:00

Youth Justice

The Raise the Age campaign letter of support for S3457/ A5045

The Raise the Age campaign strongly supports S3457 (Montgomery) / A5045 (Davila), which promotes financial justice for youth by allowing judges to waive some court [...]

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 Response to the 2020 Q1 Student Safety Act DataKimberly Chin2020-08-20T06:58:25-05:00

Education

CDF-NY Response to the 2020 Q1 Student Safety Act Data

Student Safety Act data from the first quarter of 2020 shows a 20% decrease in total NYPD interventions in New York City schools from the [...]

Letter from Child Advocacy Organizations to New York State Congressional Delegation on Covid-19Kimberly Chin2020-08-06T08:01:17-05:00

Health

Letter from Child Advocacy Organizations to New York State Congressional Delegation on Covid-19

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.

A Profile of Medicaid in New York StateKimberly Chin2020-08-03T10:11:00-05:00

Health

A Profile of Medicaid in New York State

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

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