Youth
STATEMENT BY FAMILY HOMELESSNESS COALITION RE: MAYOR DE BLASIO STATE OF THE CITY
“We applaud Mayor de Blasio’s commitment to address the needs of the homeless, but the scale of the crisis requires a more comprehensive approach to preventing and reducing homelessness. Almost 70% of homeless New Yorkers are children and their familie …
Testimony: Oversight: DYCD Programs (SYEP, COMPASS NYC & SONYC)
CCC is grateful for the City Council’s longstanding commitment to youth services. The Council has been a steadfast ally and partner to protect and expand the programs that provide youth with positive social, academic, and career-development supports t …
Summer Camp Restoration Helped Thousands of Middle School Children, But Abbreviated Timeline of the Partial Restoration Left Thousands of Children Without Camp
CFY 2019 Funding was for One Year Only—So Thousands of Children, Families and Providers Will Face This Cut Again and Districts Set to Lose the Most Summer Programs Have High Rates of Child Poverty Despite the well-known fact that summer camp programmin …
Staff Spotlight: Laura Jankstrom, Director of Civic Engagement Programs
It’s been eight years since Laura Jankstrom joined the CCC staff. She first joined as a YouthAction coordinator, where she managed programming designed to help New York City high school students develop skills in leadership, advocacy, and/or civic enga …
Fall 2017 YCLC Findings and Recommendations on Youth Voice in Public Policy
Citizens’ Committee for Children’s (CCC) YouthAction Community Leadership Course (YCLC) is a youth advocacy training program for high school students from New York City. CCC is a seventy-four year old independent child advocacy organization whose missi …
Testimony: Oversight Hearing: Youth Civic Engagement Opportunities
CCC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Youth Services on youth civic engagement opportunities on June 13, 2018. CCC appreciates the measures that Council Members undertake in their districts to provide op …
