Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) thanks the Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2021 Executive Budget Proposal: Human Public Protection for this opportunity to [...]
The precarity of Black children’s lives, the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic in their communities, and the events in Rochester make it clear that we need legislation to establish a Black Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force to evaluate and improve mental health supports for New York’s Black children.
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 [...]
Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) thanks the chairs of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee for this opportunity to submit testimony on the 2021 – 2022 New York State Mental Hygiene Executive Budget Proposal.
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 New York State Child Welfare Coalition is alarmed by the Governor’s proposed budget, most notably millions of dollars in cuts to a variety of [...]
Last spring and summer, 4,200 New York children lost a parent or guardian to COVID-19 — that’s one out of every 1,000 of our 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, [...]
We support the proximity bill because it will diminish these barriers, and center children and families in the state’s decision-making about incarceration for parents. Visiting [...]
On behalf of the New York State Child Welfare Coalition, we want to thank Assembly Member Hevesi, Senator Persaud for sponsoring, and Governor Cuomo for [...]
