City & State New York | A new brief from Advocates for Children released Thursday morning highlights the crucial services the city’s 100 shelter-based community coordinators have been providing since the initiative began last school year. Unlike other shelter staff who help families find permanent housing and access public benefits, these coordinators exclusively focus on meeting the educational needs of children. Combating chronic absenteeism – something students living in temporary housing are particularly prone to – finding appropriate educational programs, securing transportation and helping new migrant arrivals enroll in and navigate a new school system have been some of the ways these individuals have helped families.

"Il est impensable que le financement des coordinateurs communautaires en refuge soit menacé à une époque où les besoins sont si énormes", a déclaré Jennifer Pringle, directrice du projet Advocate For Children's Learners in Temporary Housing, dans un communiqué. « Les (coordonnateurs communautaires des refuges) ont fourni aux étudiants et aux familles un soutien qui a changé leur vie, et la ville doit identifier de toute urgence une nouvelle source de financement pour assurer la continuité de leur travail.