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Youth Action Organizer Job Description

CDF-NY is working with New Yorkers for Children, researchers from the CUNY Graduate Center, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy on a 2-year project with Transition Age Youth (TAY) who have experienced foster care in New York City.

Child Welfare

Youth Action Researcher Job Description

CDF-NY is working with New Yorkers for Children, researchers from the CUNY Graduate Center, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy on a 2-year project with Transition Age Youth (TAY) who have experienced foster care in New York City.

Child Poverty

CDF-NY FY23 Human Services Budget Testimony

On behalf of the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF), I thank Chairpersons Krueger and Weinstein for the opportunity to submit this testimony.

Child Welfare

Children's Defense Fund-Ohio Testifies in Support of a Foster Youth Ombuds Office

Today, our colleague, Kim Eckhart testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of HB 4. This legislation would create the an Ohio Youth Ombuds Office that would be an advocate for youth in foster care and work to enforce their rights.

January 25, 2022 | Ohio

Child Poverty

2022 CDF-MN Policy Agenda

We ALL benefit when children and families thrive, including those growing up in Black, Indigenous and communities of color. At Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota, we believe everyone has a role to play in ensuring every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. The Children’s Defense Fund envisions a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being, and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive.

Child Health

Prioritizing the Needs of Children, Youth and Families: New York State Budget and Legislative Priorities (FY 2022-2023)

As our communities continue to navigate the COVID crisis across New York State, we must seize this moment to center the needs of the youngest New Yorkers and to build a bold new vision for marginalized children, youth and families to thrive.

Child Health

PRESS RELEASE: To Continue the Legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), The Children’s Defense Fund - New York Demands the Expansion of Voting Rights for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

Today we commemorate the legacy of Dr. King by calling for the passage of NYS Senate Bill S366, which would lower the voting age in New York State to 16 years and require that students receive education in civics and be allowed to register to vote in the classroom, and for the passage of H.J.Res.23, which would lower the voting age in America to 16 years old.

Child Health

PRESS RELEASE: In Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, The Children’s Defense Fund – New York Releases Its 2022 Legislative and Budget Agenda

Today, as a part of its celebration of the life and world-changing legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., renowned civil rights activist and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history, the Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDF-NY) releases its Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Legislative and Budget Agenda, titled Prioritizing the Needs of Children, Youth and Families: New York State Budget and Legislative Priorities.

Child Welfare

Ohio’s First Youth Ombudsman, A Hard-Won Victory for Youth Advocates

This past December, a group of young advocates, who survived abuse and neglect and are working to prevent it from happening to others, celebrated a major milestone: legislators and government officials accepted their proposal for an office dedicated to investigating abuse and rights violations reported by youth who are in foster, kinship, biological, or residential placements.

January 13, 2022 | Ohio

Child Health

Stand with Us on the Side of Children: 2021 Impact Report

Through your support, CDF-Ohio successfully fought on the side of Ohio’s children in 2021, holding firm to our values of hope, courage, integrity, and justice.

January 7, 2022 | Ohio