Issues
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 …
CCC Congratulates the Nurse-Family Partnership Graduates!
“We all know: no one in this world does it by themselves,” observed Assistant Commissioner Deborah Kaplan as she addressed the recent Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) graduates of NFP’s Targeted Citywide Initiative. These remarks spoke to the essence of …
CCC Releases New Report on Expanding School-Based Mental Health
Today, CCC released A Prescription for Expanding School-Based Mental Health Services in New York City Public Elementary Schools, a new report calling on the City to expand access to on-site mental health services to at all NYC elementary schools. In Ne …
New Report Calls for Expansion of School-Based Mental Health Services to All NYC Public Elementary Schools
Contact: Elysia Murphy, (212) 673-1800 x18, emurphy@cccnewyork.org CCC Survey Highlights Need for Services and Barriers to Access August 15, 2013 – Today, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Inc. (CCC) released a new report that lays the grou …
A Prescription for Expanding School-Based Mental Health Services in New York City Public Elementary Schools
In CCC’s new report, A Prescription to Expand School-Based Mental Health in New York City Public Elementary Schools, we make the case for bringing mental health services to all NYC schools, with a focus on elementary schools. This report is the result …
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 …
