Economic Security
The School Breakfast Program in New York City Public Schools: Results From a Parent Survey
While New York City offers free breakfasts to all public school children, and almost 75% of public school children are eligible for free or reduced price lunch due to household income, New York City has one of the lowest rates of children participating …
CCC’s New York City Fiscal Year 2013 Executive Budget Chart
The New York City Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 proposes to cut $110 million dollars in City funds from services to children and families, as well over 47,000 child care and after-school slots. The cuts include reductions in mental health servi …
CCC Testimony: Raising the Minimum Wage
CCC testified in support of raising New York State’s minimum wage at the New York State Assembly Committee on Labor hearing on April 23, 2012. The New York State Assembly proposed legislation to raise minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $8.50 per hour …
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Oversight: Center for Economic Opportunity’s Poverty Measure and its Impact on Public Policy and Allocation of City Resources
CCC testified about the value of the Center for Economic Opportunity’s (CEO) alternative poverty measure on April 17, 2012 at the City Council Committee on Community Development oversight hearing on the CEO’s poverty measure and its impact on public po …
Concentrated Poverty in New York City: An Analysis of the Changing Geographic Patterns of Poverty
Download the report now. Get more data on poverty and child well-being by visiting our Keeping Track database. The concentrated poverty rate is the proportion of people in a specified geographic area who live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods, meaning m …
CCC Press Release: CCC Youth Advocates Release PSA to Help Eligible New Yorkers Enroll in Food Stamp Program
To Commemorate NYS Hunger Awareness Day, CCC’s YouthAction Members Release PSA as Part of Anti-Hunger Advocacy Campaign March 15, 2012 – Today, Citizens’ Committee for Children’s YouthAction Members (YAMs) released a Public Service An …
