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Julian is a 3-year-old preschooler with delays in his language skills, but the DOE failed to provide recommended services.
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12.05.2019 | Today, Advocates for Children of New York published a new report in partnership with Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) entitled Early Inequities: How Underfunding Early Intervention Leaves Low-Income Children of Color Behind [PDF], which shows that State...
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01.14.2020 | AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about access to after-school programming for students with disabilities, students in temporary housing and students in foster care and legislation related to universal after-school programming.Read AFC's testimony...
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01.16.2020 | Today, Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the New York State Education Department (NYSED)’s release of high school graduation rates for the 2015 cohort: While we are pleased that graduation rates...
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Public Comments & TestimonyAdvocates for Children of New York (AFC) has our finger on the pulse of important education issues and education policy trends that affect children in New York City and New York State. We are on the forefront of pushing to improve education policy, so that all...
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01.16.2020 | Chalkbeat NY | Ashley Grant, a staff attorney for child advocacy group Advocates For Children New York, said the “troubling” disparities in graduation rates between students of different races and abilities illustrate why the state should be rethinking diploma requirements.“It will be...
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Coalition Activities and Public Comments2019The Coalition Submits Study Questions for Newly-Announced Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation RequirementsIn response to Chancellor Rosa’s announcement that New York State would form a Blue Ribbon Commission to re-examine high school graduation...
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Students with DisabilitiesClick on each student's name to read more.Angenis, a student with dyslexia who was a non-reader at age 12, attended a school that was unable to help him learn to read.Briana, a student with learning disabilities, needed a school that was the right fit.Emely was almost...
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Page: Mia's StoryMia's StoryMia at her new school riding a bike, in music class, and using an adaptive keyboard for the very first timeMia, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, was previously attending a District 75 school that the NYC Department of Education (DOE) had identified as accessible. Mia was...
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10.28.19 | El Diario | Las cifras de menores desamparados en la ciudad de Nueva York continúan siendo muy altas, y en un hecho bastante preocupante, este lunes se reveló que más de 100,000 niños que asisten a las escuelas públicas de la Gran Manzana no tienen hogar, es decir 1 de cada 10 alumnos, y...
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11.03.2019 | SI Live | A new report on homeless students in New York City has identified more than 2,500 Staten Island students in elementary, middle and high schools who are, or have been, homeless.The New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students, a project of...
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11.04.2019 | AM New York | Only 59.2 percent of students were getting a full range of instruction in 2015, according to the DOE. But Advocates for Children of New York is calling for the DOE to break down the recent report by district, as opposed to citywide, in order for parents to understand how...
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11.04.2019 | Washington Square News | Since last year, over 114,000 New York City public school students have continued to struggle with homelessness, and nearly 38,000 live in shelters. Recent reports by the Advocates for Children of New York show that this number has gone down by not even...
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11.02.2019 | NY1 | The city says it is making progress in educating students with disabilities, but advocates say it's not fast enough. "There are still 29,000 students with disabilities in New York City who did not receive their full mandated special education instruction by the end of the year,"...
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11.04.2019 | Washington Square News | Since last year, over 114,000 New York City public school students have continued to struggle with homelessness, and nearly 38,000 live in shelters. Recent reports by the Advocates for Children of New York show that this number has gone down by not even 600...
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12.05.2019 | SI Live | Nearly 3% of children under 3 years old with development delays or disabilities didn’t receive their critical, required services from 2016-2018, according to a new report.The report, titled “Early Inequities: How Underfunding Early Intervention Leaves Low-Income Children of...
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12.05.2019 | THE CITY | A new analysis building on city health records previously obtained by Measure of America and THE CITY finds that kids referred to special education evaluations are least likely to get screenings in low-income neighborhoods where most residents are people of color.Those...
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Blog: State program for toddlers with disabilities falls short in NYC’s poorest neighborhoods: report12.05.2019 | NY Daily News | Only 61% of Bronx families got their assigned early intervention services in the legal 30-day deadline, according to the report by nonprofits Advocates for Children and Citizens’ Committee for Children – the lowest rate of any borough.The shortfalls result from...
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12.06.2019 | News 12 | New data from a recent study highlighted the shocking number of students across the Bronx who suffer from homelessness.Advocates for Children of New York say that 114,085 students identified as homeless during the 2018-2019 school year.The say the Bronx is the borough that is...
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12.06.2019 | Albany Times Union | The analysis, released Thursday by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) and Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), finds that children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities are less likely to receive critical services...
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12.06.2019 | Politico New York | Although New York’s early intervention program was touted as a national model when it launched in the 1990s, a new report suggests that inadequate payment rates, funding cuts and provider shortages have hindered timely access to the program's services,...