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5.13.2013 | Jamie Levitt, President of the Board of Directors of Advocates for Children, was honored by A Better Balance at their annual spring celebration on May 7! Jamie was recognized for her outstanding efforts on behalf of women and families.
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05.01.2013 | Leanin.org | AFC's Ana Espada shares her personal triumph in an article featured oo LeanIn.org. Ana states, "As a child, I knew right away that I was different. I was born in the mid-1950s, the youngest of four overachieving sisters. I was rebellious, messy and temperamental,...
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05.01.2013 | New York Family | As the granddaughter, daughter, and sister of teachers, Kim Sweet broke the mold by studying law. But it seems that the education bug never left her blood. As the executive director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), Sweet has made a career out of helping...
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Resource: Testimony Delivered to NYS OCFS Regarding Draft Child Care and Development Fund Plan for 2014-15AFC testified before the state Office of Children and Family Services hearing on the child care plan for 2014-15, arguing that our leaders must provide more funding to increase access to quality early childhood education programs and ensure that children with disabilities have access to those...
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Resource: Comments on Education Components of NYC Administration for Children’s Services Close to Home Draft Plan for Limited Secure PlacementAFC submitted comments on the New York City Administration for Children’s Services’ proposed plan for limited secure placement of youth as part of phase two of the Close to Home juvenile justice reform initiative.
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Blog: Free Event: Student Demonstrations of How Technology Can Be Used to Improve Access to Education4.12.2013 | Join The ARISE Coalition and the Pace University School of Education on Saturday, April 27, 2013 for a great event. Learn directly from students with disabilities about technology solutions that have helped them to address learning, communication, and physical challenges in...
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Blog: Upcoming Panel Discussion: Change on the Horizon: Visions for the Next Mayor's Education Platform03.22.2013 | In November 2013, NYC will elect its next mayor. The Junior Board of Advocates for Children and NYU Law's Education Law and Policy Society invite you to attend a panel discussion on the potential changes to education policy that a new administration may bring. Kim Sweet, the Executive...
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03.22.2013 | Gotham Schools | Maggie Moroff, the special education policy coordinator of Advocates for Children and the coordinator of the ARISE Coalition, said education officials needed to better translate the dual philosophical and pedagogical shifts for families. She and other members of the...
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04.05.2013 | SchoolBook | Rebecca Shore, the director of litigation at Advocates for Children, the group that filed the complaint, said New York State law required that schools address students’ behavioral issues through a behavioral assessment and then an individualized plan. “Many Department of...
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04.08.2013 | WABC-TV Eyewitness News | Art McFarland reports on the complaint filed by AFC against the NYC Department of Education for its failure to provide students with disabilities necessary behavioral supports as mandated by law. "The schools were not providing the appropriate behavioral...
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04.08.2013 | SchoolBook | Kim Sweet, Executive Director of AFC said, “There is still a massive access gap between higher- and lower-income districts,” she said. “If the city is really serious about broadening access to G&T programs for low-income children, they clearly have to do more than...
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03.22.2013 | Join Advocates for Children and the Center for Attention and Learning at North Shore LIJ/ Lenox Hill Hospital for a two-part training series on learning disabilities, evaluations, programs and related services. View flyer
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AFC testified before the City Council General Welfare Committee to urge city leaders to reject proposed cuts to early learning programs in New York City.
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03.14.2013 | Gotham Schools | "From what I am seeing here it looks like there are positive trends — but I’m not seeing everything here that I want to," said Maggie Moroff, who heads the ARISE Coalition of advocates. In January, Moroff submitted a Freedom of Information Law request to the Department...
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03.05.2013 | The International Visitor Leadership Program, which includes human rights activists from several countries in the Middle East and is coordinated by the Department of State, visited the offices of Advocates for Children of New York on March 5, 2013. The group met with AFC's Executive...
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03.04.2013 | Insideschools.org | In one recent week, Advocates for Children got four calls from families whose children had been suspended from the same charter elementary school (Hyde Leadership Charter). A parent from another charter school called to say that her son had been suspended three...
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02.21.2013 | Gotham Schools | Still, the end of the strike brings a new set of challenges. Thousands of students, many with special needs, have been out of school for the duration of the strike. Now that the buses are running, those students are able to get to school, where they face transitions...
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01.23.2013 | New York City’s school bus drivers are striking. A few weeks ago, we urged you to follow the story and get updates from the DOE on alternative options for families that rely on yellow bus service to travel to and from school. AFC is continuing to push the Department of Education for a...
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02.15.2013 | Gotham Schools | For the striking drivers, returning to work would mean getting paid for the first time in weeks. For families, “it means a return to their normal routines,” said Maggie Moroff, special education policy coordinator at Advocates for Children.“It means the students still...
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02.18.2013 | City Limits | Many of the schools featuring special citywide programs, including many high schools, are simply unavailable to students with disabilities. "Physical accessibility to school buildings is way limited and therefore access to model programs that other students have is also...