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You may have heard about it at our Celebration Breakfast at the Waldorf Astoria. You may have read about it on Facebook or Twitter. You may have seen for yourself at a community education course, an advocacy event, or in our Keeping Track of New York C …
CCC Testimony: Implementation of Close to Home for Non-Secure Placements
CCC submitted testimony about the City’s implementation of the Close to Home for non-secure placements, and made recommendations for continued progress in reforming the juvenile justice system, at a New York City Council joint Juvenile Justice and Gene …
CCC Helps Launch the Lunch 4 Learning Campaign
CCC staff and volunteers joined advocates, elected officials, union members and parents to launch the Lunch 4 Learning Campaign. Lunch 4 Learning is a campaign calling upon the next mayor to make school lunches universally free for all New York City pu …
CCC Testimony: Examining the Use of Cluster Sites as Temporary Shelter for the Homeless
CCC testified about the City’s increased use of cluster site shelters to house homeless families, and made recommendations on how to reduce the City’s record levels of homelessness, at a New York City Council General Welfare Oversight Hearing on Octobe …
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 …
Making the Case for Physical Education in NYC Schools
Even though studies have clearly demonstrated the health and academic benefits of physical education, New York City’s public schools are substantially out of compliance with the State’s standards. Many public school children are not getting the physic …
