AFC trabaja para cambiar la política educativa para que el sistema de escuelas públicas sirva todo niños de manera efectiva. Publicamos informes de políticas y análisis de datos, testificamos a nivel municipal y estatal, hablamos en la prensa para llamar la atención sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los estudiantes y las familias a las que servimos, y nos unimos a otros defensores, padres, jóvenes y educadores para pedir cambiar.
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AFC se une a 30 organizaciones para pedir al alcalde de Blasio que aborde las necesidades educativas urgentes de los estudiantes sin hogar al comenzar el año escolar 2020-21.
AFC joined more than 30 organizations in reminding the Mayor and the City of its legal obligation to provide transportation for students who are homeless, and expressing our disappointment that the City’s school reopening plan does not prioritize students who are homeless for in-person instruction.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the New York City Council Committee on Finance about the importance of rejecting proposed cuts to schools and investing in education initiatives that will help students get needed support when they return to school, including funding for preschool special education classes, direct mental health support for students, guaranteed transportation for students in foster care, support for English Language Learners, and more.
Advocates for Children se unió a otras 11 organizaciones para pedirle al Canciller Carranza que garantice que los estudiantes sin hogar tengan acceso a los Centros de Enriquecimiento Regionales cuando abran la próxima semana. Si bien no cuestionamos la decisión de cerrar escuelas a la luz de la actual emergencia de salud pública, estamos profundamente preocupados por el impacto desproporcionado que probablemente tendrán los cierres a largo plazo en los más de 100,000 estudiantes de la ciudad que se encuentran sin hogar.
AFC submitted comments on the Department of Education’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 regarding school transfers, admissions, and enrollment.
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.
El Centro de Asistencia Técnica y Educativa para Estudiantes Sin Hogar del Estado de Nueva York (NYS-TEACHS), un proyecto de Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), publicó nuevos datos que muestran que la cantidad de estudiantes en la ciudad de Nueva York identificados como sin hogar durante el año 2018 -El año escolar 2019 se mantuvo obstinadamente alto, superando los 100.000 por cuarto año consecutivo.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on General Welfare and Committee on Women and Gender Equity about the education of students living in domestic violence shelters and legislation related to students living in shelters.
Today, Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the New York City Council’s vote to adopt the Fiscal Year 2020 city budget.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the agreement announced between Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council to fund 216 new school social workers.
Un año escolar exitoso comienza con el apoyo adecuado.