Campaign for Children
Statement of the Campaign for Children in Response to Preliminary Budget for City Fiscal Year 2018
For Immediate Release: January 24, 2017 Contact: Stephanie Gendell, (646) 232-6721, sgendell@cccnewyork.org “On behalf of the over 22,000 middle school students and their families who will be spared the anxiety of not knowing whether they will have a s …
Preschoolers Call for Equal Pay in NYC Early Childhood Workforce
Kids: The Math Doesn’t Add Up–Why Do Our Teachers Earn Less for Doing the Same Job as Other NYC Pre-K Teachers? With No Raise in a Decade, Many Community Based Early Childhood Educators Depend on Public Assistance New York, NY – Dozens of preschoolers …
CCC Testimony: Oversight: Summer Programs for Elementary and Middle School Students
CCC testified before the New York City Council Youth Services Committee on April 19, 2016 regarding summer programs for elementary and middle school students. While CCC continues to applaud the administration for its successful expansion of middle scho …
HELP us FIGHT Cuts to Summer Programs for Nearly 31,000 Middle School Students
Yesterday, CCC stood on the steps of City Hall with City Council Youth Services Chair Eugene and our partners in the Campaign for Children to object to the Administration’s plan to cut summer programs for nearly 31,000 middle school students. Watch NY …
Maps: The City FY 2017 Budget Proposes to Cut Summer Programming for 31,000 Middle School Children throughout New York City
CCC is very disappointed that the Preliminary Budget failed to include $20.35 million to enable nearly 31,000 middle school students to attend summer programs this year. Summer programs prevent summer learning loss, while enabling parents to work knowi …
Cuts to Summer Programs Hit NYC’s Poorest Communities the Hardest
A report conducted by Citizens’ Committee for Children and Campaign for Children, has found that a majority of the 31,000 middle school students due to lose access to summer programs this year following planned city cuts come from the poorest New York …
