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Child Welfare

CDF-NY Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Apprehension, Processing, Care, and Custody of Alien Minors and Unaccompanied Alien Children (Flores Regulations)

Education

New York Police Department Student Safety Act Data: July 1, 2017 TO June 30, 2018

During the 2017-2018 school year there were 11,009 incidents in schools reported by the NYPD through the Student Safety Act, a local law established to bring transparency to the scope of police contact with students in NYC schools. Reported incidents are categorized as “interventions” and refer to arrests, summonses, child in crisis incidents, juvenile reports, PINS / warrants, and mitigated incidents.

Education

New York City Department of Education Student Safety Act Data: School Year 2017-2018

Every October 31st, the New York City Department of Education is required to release Student Safety Act data for the previous school year, making public the use of suspensions and classroom removals in New York City public schools. The latest numbers show that the use of suspensions grew 4.1% and classroom removals grew 11.4% during the 2017-2018 school year compared to the year before.

Child Health

CDF-NY Testimony: New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Education School Health, Mental Health, and Physical Education

As the Assembly considers best practices to meet student’s health and mental health needs, it is vital that you ensure there is continued funding to help school districts improve school climate and safety. This week marks the 9th annual week of action against school pushout, a national effort carried out by the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a coalition of organizations dedicated to ending the school-to-prison pipeline.

Youth Justice

Raise the Age Bill Summary

The presumptive age of juvenile accountability is raised for 16 year olds effective 10/1/18 and for 17 year olds effective 10/1/19.

Children's Sabbath - A Voice for Children

The 27th Annual Children’s Sabbath Celebration, “Realizing Dr. King’s Vision for Every Child: Lives of Hope, Not Despair,” is observed this weekend (October 19-21).

October 18, 2018 | New York

Education

Fiscal Year 2019 and 2018 Department of Education Guidance Counselor and Social Worker Spending

Child Health

2018 Election Guide: New York's Children

Having the basic necessities of life such as nutritious meals and financial security is a universal human right and something all people concerned with the well-being of children should work to secure.

Child Welfare

CDF-NY Joined an Amicus Brief Filed by National Child Welfare Experts and Advocates in Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia

CDF-NY September 2018 Updates

Read CDF's September newsletter update.

September 27, 2018 | New York