Family & Community
Oversight Hearing: Family Involvement in the Child Welfare and Family Court Systems
M. Mena, Ph.D., a Policy and Budget Analyst from Citizens’ Committee for Children, submitted testimony on November 21, 2019 to the Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families Assembly Task Force on Women’s Issues. CCC highlighted three areas o …
Oversight Hearing: Implementation and Expansion of Raise the Age Int. 1628
M. Mena, Ph.D., a Policy and Budget Analyst from Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, testified December 3, 2019 in front of the New York City Council Committee on the Justice System and the Committee on Criminal Justice regarding implementati …
Early Inequities: How Underfunding Early Intervention Leaves Low-Income Children of Color Behind
This report CCC co-wrote with Advocates for Children of New York shows that inadequate funding from New York State has caused major racial and socio-economic disparities in access to Early Intervention services.
Children’s Rights in New York City
Photo courtesy of the United Nations: In 1950, on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, students at the UN International Nursery School in New York viewed a poster of the historic document. November 2019 m …
CCC Recognizes International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2019
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicking off two weeks of international activism and awareness campaigns to combat gender-based violence. Forty years after the adoption of the United Nation’s Convention of …
CCC 2019 Annual Report
For nearly 75 years, CCC has not wavered from itsrigorous reliance on facts, its uncompromising independence and its tenacious pursuit of justice for the youngest New Yorkers. Our unique brand of advocacy combines research, community education and advo …
