Issues
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.
Oversight Hearing: Sealing of Criminal Records and Expansion of Youthful Offender Status
On December 10, 2019, Raysa Rodriguez, CCC’s Associate Executive Director for Policy and Advocacy, testified before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Codes and the Assembly Standing Committee on Correction regarding the sealing of crimi …
Advocate Letter: Moratorium on Cuts to Children’s Behavioral Health
New York State committed seven years to redesigning its Medicaid system, with a goal of increasing children’s access to behavioral health services by building efficiencies and decreasing the use of less effective, more costly systems. A core component …
New Report Details Inequality in State’s Early Intervention Program
According to a new report CCC has co-written with Advocates for Children of New York, inadequate funding from New York State has caused major racial and socio-economic disparities in access to Early Intervention services. Early Intervention provides ev …
