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Child Welfare

We Deserve Action, Not Just Words

Findings of a Survey of Former Foster Youth in New York City

Child Poverty

CDF-NY Calls on the U.S. Senate to Approve the Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

Today, our U.S. Senate has the power - in the form of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 - to prioritize marginalized children, young people, and their families by voting in favor of the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC).

February 6, 2024 | New York

Child Poverty

Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2024 – 2025 New York State Executive Budget Proposal: Human Services

Testimony of Julia L. Davis, Esq. Director of Youth Justice & Child Welfare Children’s Defense Fund – New York

Child Health

Testimony for the Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2024-2025 New York State Health/Medicaid Executive Budget

The COVID-19 pandemic compromised the health, safety, and stability of our children, young people, and their families and communities. It also highlighted and exacerbated longstanding inequities disparately affecting communities of color.

The Children’s Defense Fund – New York Calls for a ‘Whole Child, Whole Community’ State Budget & Legislative Priorities’

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 2024- 2025 Legislative and Budget Agenda, titled Prioritizing the Whole Child, Whole Community’s Needs: New York State Budget and Legislative Priorities FY2024-2025.

January 15, 2024 | New York

CDF New York 2023 Year in Review

In 2023, we launched the CDF-NY Whole Child, Whole Community Movement, because we know that to have thriving children, youth, and families requires having thriving communities. To have thriving communities requires holistic support to meet the full needs of all marginalized children, youth, young adults, and families in their respective communities.

Virtual

Middle Church Worship Celebration

October 22, 2023

New York | Virtual

Child Poverty

Centering Racial Equity in New York Policymaking: The New York City Racial Justice Ballot Proposals

There is clear and urgent need to take decisive action to end New York’s entrenched racial inequalities and promote equitable economic mobility.

July 12, 2023 | New York

Child Welfare

Project UNITE: Young People’s Platform for the Future of Housing in NYC | May 2023

UNITE is a partnership of the Coalition for Homeless Youth and YouthNPower: Transforming Care at the Children’s Defense Fund-NY.

Child Poverty

STATEMENT: Hochul Budget Must Expand Empire State Child Tax Credit to Better Support Families with Children and Reduce Racial Disparities in Child Poverty

As the cost of living continues to climb, Governor Hochul can make our state more affordable – while reducing New York’s stark racial disparities in child poverty – by putting cash into the hands of her constituents through a stronger Empire State Child Credit.