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Issue: Community & Child Welfare
Tell the U.S. Senate To Pass Legislation To Help Struggling Families
Tell the U.S. Senate To Pass Legislation To Help Struggling Families
Urge the passage of the HEROES Act to help New York’s families.
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- 12,000+
Families with children slept in homeless shelters
- 400,000+
NYC children live below the federal poverty line
- 50% fewer
children are in foster care now than a decade ago
- 1.7 million
children in NYC
- 20%
of public school children grades K through 8 are obese
- 58%
of arrests of 16 and 17-year-olds in New York State are for misdemeanors
- 98%
of NYC children have health insurance
- 230,000+
households with children receive SNAP benefits
- 1.1 million+
children in NYC public schools
- 33,000+
children in ACS EarlyLearn programs
- 16%
Unemployment rate among youth 20 to 24
- 21,000+
NYC children will sleep in a homeless shelter tonight
