CCC’s advocacy focuses on the wide range of issues that impact the lives of children and families. We leverage our data resources and policy and budget expertise to organize campaigns and coalitions that call attention to these issues and advance policies, programs and budgets that ensure that every child is healthy, housed, educated and safe.
Community & Child Welfare Community & Child WelfareWe advocate for policies that strengthen families and communities. | Early Care & Education Early Care & EducationWe advocate for access to a high quality early education, K-12 education and afterschool programming for all children. | Financial & Food Stability Financial & Food StabilityWe advocate to end child poverty and promote economic mobility and savings for all families. |
Health & Mental Health Health & Mental HealthWe advocate for health care coverage and timely access to services that support good physical and mental health for all children. | Housing & Homelessness Housing & HomelessnessWe advocate for affordable, safe and stable housing for all children. | Juvenile Justice & Youth Juvenile Justice & YouthWe advocate for all youth to have access to programs that prepare them to be successful adults. |
Our advocacy coalitions and educational campaigns include:
Every Child Counts NYC!
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Every Child Counts NYC! is a CCC campaign advocating for a fair and accurate count of all children living in New York City. By educating and mobilizing youth and adults, we will reach our goal to provide the information and tools needed to ensure children are counted and not erased in the 2020 Census. |
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Click here to check out our 2020 Census Resource Page.
Campaign for Children
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CCC co-founded the Campaign for Children in 2011 to protect and expand funding for early education, after-school and summer programs. As a lead convener on the Campaign today, CCC works to raise public awareness around the importance of early education and after-school and summer programs on educational success and economic mobility, and advocates to ensure that all children and families have access to high quality affordable programs. |
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Click here to learn more about Campaign for Children.
Family Homelessness Coalition
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The Family Homelessness Coalition is comprised of 16 organizations representing service and housing providers and children’s advocacy organizations united by the goal of launching a coordinated, collaborative, multi-agency effort focused on preventing family homelessness, improving the well-being of children and families in shelters, and supporting the long-term stability of families with children who leave shelter. |
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Visit the Family Homelessness Coalition website to learn more.
Raise the Age
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The Raise the Age NY Campaign includes over one hundred diverse organizations from across New York State, including formerly incarcerated youth and their families, child advocates, service providers, faith leaders, legal services groups, and unions. Our work draws both on the lessons learned in 48 other states and the wealth of scientific research on adolescent and brain development. |
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Visit the Raise the Age website to learn more.
Campaign for Healthy Minds Healthy Kids
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The Campaign is a coalition of behavioral health (mental health and substance use) providers, advocates, and families, that seek to create the public and political will needed to ensure that all children and adolescents in New York receive the high-quality behavioral health services they need, including those they are legally entitled to under the state and federal Mental Hygiene and Parity laws. To do this, we must prioritize children’s behavioral health across the state’s investments and systems. |
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Visit the Campaign for Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids website to learn more.
New York State Coalition for Child Welfare Financing
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The New York State Child Welfare Coalition is a group of community-based providers, attorneys representing children and parents, and policy advocates working to improve our State’s system for children and families. |
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Download the New York State Coalition for Child Welfare Financing priorities.
