Youth
CCC Testimony: Department of Education’s Provisions of Special Education Services
CCC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education on February 25 to address the needs of students with disabilities throughout the city. Alice Bufkin, CCC’s Director of Policy for Child and Adolescent Health, touched on a variety of …
CCC’s New York State Budget Recommendations For State Fiscal Year 2019-2020
On February 25, CCC released its budget recommendations for State Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
CCC Testimony Regarding the New York State Executive Budget Proposals for Health/Medicaid Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Alice Bufkin, CCC’s Director of Policy for Child and Adolescent Health testified before the State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee regarding the proposed 2019-2020 Executive Budget. On behalf of CCC, Alice praised se …
CCC Testimony: New York State Executive Budget Proposals for Human Services State Fiscal Year 2019-2020
CCC recognizes the need to be fiscally prudent. That said, we are very disappointed that the State’s Budget cuts and curtails services for the most vulnerable children and youth in the state, most glaringly impacting negatively the children of New York …
Honor the Victims of the Youth Justice System Through Continued Advocacy
We are thinking of Kalief Browder and his family. In 2010, Kalief was detained at Rikers Island at 16 while awaiting trial. He was wrongfully accused of stealing a backpack – a charge that was eventually dropped in 2013. For three years, Kalief as a te …
STATEMENT BY THE FAMILY HOMELESSNESS COALITION RE: GOV. ANDREW CUOMO STATE OF THE STATE
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 – NEW YORK< NY – The Family Homelessness Coalition, a coalition representing service providers, housing providers, children’s organizations, and advocacy organizations, released the following statement following Mayor Bil …
