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11.09.2021 | Chalkbeat NY | “These are students who did not receive an appropriate education from March 2020 through at least the end of the 2021 school year and possibly continuing now,” said Rebecca Shore, the litigation director at Advocates for Children. “The longer they have to wait to...
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11.10.2021 | BronxNet TV | Edición Especial de Diálogo Abierto: Una conversación a fondo sobre algunos temas de actualidad en las escuelas y el sistema educativo de Nueva York. Anasofia Trelles, trabajadora de casos bilingüe en la organización Advocacy for Children, habla de un estudio acerca...
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11.11.2021 | PIX 11 | More than 100,000 New York City schoolchildren were homeless at some point during the 2020-2021 school year and advocates are calling on Mayor-elect Eric Adams to overhaul the education support system in shelters. The situation needs to be improved to stop the cycle of...
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11.18.2021 | NY Amsterdam News | In an interview with the AmNews, AFC policy director Randi Levine said city schools are required to identify students who are experiencing homelessness and report their information to the state. The data comes from the state’s education department. Levine said...
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11.18.2021 | Chalkbeat NY | “The drop in referrals likely means that there are students with disabilities that went all year without getting the help they needed and maybe continuing into this year without getting needed support,” said Randi Levine, a special education policy expert at...
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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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11.08.2021 | Fox 5 New York | More than 100,000 New York City schoolchildren were homeless at some point during the 2020-2021 school year, a 42% increase since 2010, according to a report released Monday by the group Advocates for Children of New York. "These numbers are really troubling,...
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11.08.2021 | CBS 2 New York | A new report finds for the sixth year in a row more than 100,000 students in New York City’s public schools experienced homelessness. Now, a coalition of advocacy organizations are calling on Mayor-elect Eric Adams to take more aggressive steps to address...
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11.08.2021 | Inside City Hall | Mayor Bill de Blasio joins political anchor Errol Louis for his weekly "Mondays with the Mayor" interview. Among the topics they discussed: The possibility New York City public schools will need to expand COVID-19 vaccine availability where there is big demand; Data...
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11.09.2021 | NY1: Inside City Hall | Earlier this week, Advocates for Children released a report showing more than 100,000 students currently live in unstable housing across the state. Data show nearly 1 in 10 city public school students were homeless last year. Jennifer Pringle, from...
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11.09.2021 | NBC New York | Advocates for Children and a coalition of other social service groups are calling on Mayor-elect Eric Adams to address the problem of student homelessness through measures such as hiring shelter-based staff members to help families navigate the city's complicated...
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11.09.2021 | The CITY | The non-profit organization Advocates for Children filed a lawsuit against the city last fall seeking to force the education department to create a more streamlined process without requiring parents to file complaints that often take many months to resolve. So far, the...
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11.08.2021 | Bronx News 12 | “Youths who don't get their high school diplomas are four-and-a-half times more likely to experience homelessness, so if we really want to break the cycle of homelessness, education absolutely needs to be a part of that conversation,” says Jennifer Pringle, the project...
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11.08.2021 | amNY | “No child should be homeless, but while Mayor-elect Adams’ administration makes plans to tackle New York City’s housing and homelessness crisis, they must meet the immediate, daily educational needs of students who are homeless,” said Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates...
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11.08.2021 | Today, Advocates for Children of New York released new data showing that more than 101,000 New York City students were identified as homeless during the 2020-2021 school year, a 42% increase since the start of the decade and a number that has remained stubbornly persistent in recent...
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11.08.2021 | Chalkbeat NY | Nearly 1 in 10 New York City public school students were homeless last school year, a staggering rate that has barely budged for several years. About 101,000 students lived in unstable, or temporary, housing in the 2020-2021 school year, according to an analysis of...
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11.08.2021 | The New York Times | Advocates for Children, an organization that collects data on homeless children annually, said the true number of homeless students in the school system may well be higher, but it was difficult for schools to track students’ housing status during the pandemic. The...
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11.08.2021 | NY Daily News | “With the right support, schools can transform the lives of students who are homeless,” said Advocates for Children Executive Director Kim Sweet. “The next administration should bring together city agencies and charge them with ensuring every student who is...
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11.08.2021 | NY1 | “There’s still alarmingly, shockingly high, over 100,000 students identified as homeless for the sixth year in a row," said Jennifer Pringle, director of the Learners in Temporary Housing project at Advocates for Children, which compiled the data. "And while there is a decline as...