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.

Jennifer Pringle, direktè pwojè Advocate For Children's Learners in Temporary Housing, te di nan yon deklarasyon: “Li pa panse ke finansman pou kowòdonatè kominote ki baze nan abri yo an danje nan yon moman ki gen anpil bezwen konsa. “(Kowòdonatè kominotè ki baze nan abri yo) te bay elèv yo ak fanmi yo sipò ki chanje lavi yo, epi vil la bezwen ijan pou idantifye yon nouvo sous finansman pou asire travay yo kontinye.”