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

Testimony of the Children’s Defense Fund-New York For the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Education Oversight Hearing on School Emergency Preparedness and Safety
Youth Justice

Testimony of the Children’s Defense Fund – New York Before the New York City Council Committee on Juvenile Justice

Oversight Hearing – Update on NYC’s Implementation of Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility
Child Poverty

Over 800,000 New York Children Living in Poverty

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals New York has the 4th largest number of children living in poverty behind California, Texas and Florida.

September 13, 2018 | New York
Youth Justice

With Rikers closure still years off, de Blasio backs away from young adult reforms

September 7, 2018 | New York
Youth Justice

City Hall quietly rolls back Rikers youth reforms

September 7, 2018 | New York