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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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- 400,000+
NYC children live below the federal poverty line
- 58%
of arrests of 16 and 17-year-olds in New York State are for misdemeanors
- 1.1 million+
children in NYC public schools
- 12,000+
Families with children slept in homeless shelters
- 21,000+
NYC children will sleep in a homeless shelter tonight
- 230,000+
households with children receive SNAP benefits
- 33,000+
children in ACS EarlyLearn programs
- 16%
Unemployment rate among youth 20 to 24
- 50% fewer
children are in foster care now than a decade ago
- 20%
of public school children grades K through 8 are obese
- 98%
of NYC children have health insurance
- 1.7 million
children in NYC
