Youth
CCC Statement: Mayor Bloomberg’s November Plan proposes significant reductions to the City’s Youth Service programs
Mayor Bloomberg’s November Plan, released today, proposes significant reductions to the City’s Youth Service programs. It is widely recognized, including in the Mayor’s recently launched Young Men’s Initiative, that positive engagement of youth in thei …
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Examining the Implementation of the Young Men’s Initiative
CCC testified in support of many of the Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) programs and policies aimed at tackling disparities in achievement for Black and Latino men, at a November 2, 2011 City Council Joint Youth Services and Finance Committees Hearing on …
CCC Testimony: City Council Oversight Hearing: Addressing the Needs of New York City’s Latino Disconnected Youth
CCC testified at a September 22, 2011 City Council Youth Services Committee Hearing about the numerous challenges Latino youth face with regard to education, employment, contact with the juvenile justice system, and teen pregnancy rates. CCC urged the …
CCC’s Summary of Actions Taken by the City Council to Restore Services for Children: NYC Adopted Budget FY 2012
The City Council and the Mayor negotiated an Adopted Budget for City Fiscal Year 2012 that restored many of the proposed cuts to children’s services. These restorations include over $42 million for child care (and $29 million baselined by the Administr …
Statement: Hundreds Rally Against Cuts to Youth Services
On Thursday, June 16th, hundreds of young people from across New York City rallied together in City Hall Park to protest the cuts to youth programs and urge the restoration of dramatic budget cuts to after school and youth development programs. Working …
CCC’s New York City Fiscal Year 2012 Executive Budget Chart
The New York City Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 proposes $210.9 million in net City fund reductions to Human Services for children and families. While the Executive Budget proposes to restore child welfare cuts and a portion of child care cuts, …
