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02.27.2020 | ABC 7 | A recent report by Advocates for Children of New York identified over 114,000 students were homeless in New York City during the 2018-2019, and officials at PS 132 in Washington Heights say nearly one quarter of its students are currently living in shelters or overcrowded homes...
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03.02.2020 | Politico NY | “I think that every step in the process is really broken and as a result the backlog has kind of snowballed into itself,” said Rebecca Shore, director of litigation at Advocates for Children of New York, a nonprofit legal and advocacy organization. At least two...
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Page: Board of DirectorsBoard of DirectorsEric F. Grossman, President Morgan StanleyJamie A. Levitt, Vice President Morrison & Foerster LLPHarriet Chan King, Secretary Paul D. Becker, Treasurer Carmita AlonsoFragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLPMatt Berke Morgan StanleyJessica A. Davis Lodge Hill Capital,...
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02.10.2020 | USA Today | Yolanda, who works at a nonprofit helping victims of sex-trafficking, couldn’t afford the retainer most private lawyers charge; she had to find a free one. Luckily, Landon’s mentor put them in touch with Stein at Advocates for Children, which helps low-income families...
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02.10.2020 | Chalkbeat NY + THE CITY | “Every step in the process really is broken,” said Rebecca Shore, the litigation director for Advocates for Children. The city’s education department has been inundated with a growing number of cases with complaints doubling over the past five years...
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02.12.2020 | SI Live | A report from October 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 Advocates for Children of New York...
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02.13.2020 | NY1 | Advocates say the hearing process is rife with delays."I hope it helps. We have a number of clients who have been waiting for months, sometimes a year, to get a hearing and get their due process so that their children can get the services that they need," Rebecca Shore, director...
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02.16.2020 | City & State magazine recognized Kim Sweet, AFC's Executive Director, as one of the 100 most powerful education leaders in New York. Kim has made a career out of bringing parents and policymakers together to make New York City a safer, more nurturing place for students with...
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02.19.2020 | Politico NY | The New York Immigration Coalition Education Collaborative, which includes the groups Advocates for Children of New York and the Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project, is pushing the Department of Education to develop a $6 million pilot program that would create classrooms...
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02.19.2020 | Chalkbeat NY | From 2013-2017, 4,200 newly arrived older immigrant students — ranging in age from 14 to 21 — were not enrolled in school, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Migration Policy Institute, in response to a request from the New York Immigration Coalition. The...
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Page: Newsletter ArchiveThe AdvocateAFC's newsletter for parents and professionals.Note: Archived copies of The Advocate are in PDF format and will open in a new window. To view PDF files, download the following free software: Get Adobe® Reader®.2019-20 School YearWinter 20202018-19 School YearSummer 2019 | Winter 2019 |...
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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...
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Blog: New Analysis Shows NYC Is Short 1,000+ Preschool Special Education Class Seats for Spring 202001.30.2020 | Today, Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) released a new report, Waiting for a Seat: The Shortage of Preschool Special Education Class Seats in New York City, showing a projected shortfall of between 1,028 and 1,932 preschool special education class seats for three- and four-year...
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02.11.2020 | Today, AFC is testifying at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2020-2021 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to fully fund Foundation Aid; increase investments in targeted areas such as preschool special education programs, support...
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01.30.2020 | Chalkbeat NY | Three-year-old Aiden Flores, who has autism and is nonverbal, has been at home in East New York without services since December, when he aged out of Early Intervention services for children with disabilities and became eligible to enroll in preschool.Even though the...
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11.21.2020 | Rise Magazine | In NYC, Advocates for Children provides advice and legal aid to ensure that low-income families have access to quality education for their children. Promise Project helps low-income families properly evaluate their children for learning disabilities and get the...
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02.03.2020 | Chalkbeat NY | “I’m glad to see that continuity and see someone who I was already working with move up,” said Maggie Moroff, a special education policy expert at Advocates for Children who has worked with Foti. “What I know she brings is passion and commitment.”A 17-year veteran of the...
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01.30.2020 | NY1 | "The term ‘universal pre-K really’ bothers me. Because it's universal for kids that don't have special needs,” said Joanne Gerenser, director of Eden II programs, a special needs provider on Staten Island.That problem is detailed in a new report from Advocates for Children, which...
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Immigrant Students and English Language LearnersAdvocates for Children of New York (AFC)’s Immigrant Students’ Rights Project combines our distinctive leadership in the field of public education advocacy with our in-depth knowledge of the needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and...