Issues
We Can Do It! Read our Op-Ed in Support of UPK
This Opinion Piece by CCC’s Executive Director Jennifer March was posted on WNYC’s SchoolBook on March 12, 2014, titled “Albany Has Three Weeks to Find Pre-K Funding. It Can Be Done” The attention paid to universal pre-kindergarten in New York has reac …
CCC Testimony: New York City Council Finance and Youth Services Committee Hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget Proposals
CCC testified about the budget proposals related to youth services and the opportunity to strengthen and expand services for youth at the City Council Finance and Youth Services Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget, held on Marc …
CCC Testimony: Oversight: The Summer Youth Employment Program
CCC submitted testimony on ways to strengthen and expand the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to the City Council Youth Services Committee, for a hearing held on February 25, 2014. SYEP provides youth ages 14-24 with valuable work and educational …
CCC Testimony: Oversight: Conditions and Operations in the Department of Homeless Services Family Shelters
CCC testified about reducing family homelessness and improving conditions for families in shelter at a City Council General Welfare Hearing on February 27, 2014. Currently, a record number of children are living in homeless shelters for increasingly lo …
CCC’s New York State Budget Recommendations For State Fiscal Year 2014-2015
CCC responded to the New York State Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Executive Budget proposals with Budget Recommendations for the Governor and State Legislature. CCC had six key categories of priorities: Ensure the Family Court does not close its doors to justi …
It is Time to End the Delay and Increase the Number of Family Court Judges Today!
The Family Court is severely short of resources, particularly judicial resources. To try to address this, the Judiciary budget requests additional funding, including the resources for 20 new Family Court Judgeships throughout the State. CCC and the Fun …
