As the City and State take essential but drastic measures to reduce contact, including closing schools and shuttering all non-essential businesses, young people and family [...]
The New York State Child Welfare Coalition, including policy advocates working to improve our system for children and families, applauds the legislature and the governor [...]
The Children’s Defense Fund-New York applauds the leadership in Albany for important reforms in youth justice and child welfare, but we are deeply disappointed with [...]
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 [...]
As lead organizations for the Protect Medicaid campaign in New York, we are writing to thank you for your passing the Families First Coronavirus Response [...]
Our health care system is being pushed beyond its limits. Our fragmented payment and delivery systems are ill-suited to respond to the crisis and are [...]
We heartily thank you for the provisions of the Families First Caronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) that increase Medicaid funding to states (FMAP) at this crucial [...]
CDF-NY’S MEDICAID REDESIGN TEAM II (MRT II) PROPOSAL: Replace New York’s Medicaid Global Cap with a Transparent Global Budgeting ProcessKimberly Chin2020-02-28T14:18:18-05:00
The Medicaid global cap should be eliminated and replaced with a transparent and accountable global budgeting process that properly accounts for consumer needs, quality of [...]