Economic Security
Snapshot of NYC Children and Families in 2012
CCC has created a Snapshot of NYC Children and Families in 2012, including an infographic and data table by borough, that shows key data elements from the 2012 United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. At 31.4%, New York City’s child pov …
Community Leadership Course Kicks off Site Visits with Food and Income Security Programs
CCC’s 66th Community Leadership Course began this month! After a lively and robust opening session discussing the well-being of NYC’s Children and CCC’s role in child advocacy, the second meeting of the course (and first policy session) included the fi …
CCC Testimony: An Update on Speaker Quinn’s FoodWorks Plan
CCC submitted testimony at a New York City Council hearing in front of the Government Operations and Contracts Committees on September 25, 2013 about Speaker Christine Quinn’s FoodWorks plan. FoodWorks is a plan to improve New York City’s food systems …
All NYC Public School Children Should Have Access to Free School Lunch!
Did you know that New York City could make school lunch free for all students? It is true – federal law allows New York City to make healthy school lunches universally free for every public school student. But, New York City is not taking advantage of …
Thank You to CCC’s Summer Interns
Each summer, CCC employs two YouthAction high school students to be summer interns. We are extremely thankful for all of the hard work that they have done this summer. One of their main responsibilities is to be social media managers, maintaining Youth …
City Budget Restores Proposed Cuts to Children’s Services
While the Mayor’s Budget had proposed to cut over $210 million of city funding from children’s programs, including the elimination of over 47,000 child care and after-school slots, the City Council was able to negotiate a budget that restored the fundi …
