Policy Resources - Advocates for Children of New York

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AFC Testifies on Busing for Students with Disabilities

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committees on Education, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, and Transportation about the City’s Preparation for and Response to Winter Storm Avery. Our testimony focused on the experiences of students with disabilities on school buses during the snowstorm and the importance of passing legislation to provide parents with access to real-time GPS data for their children’s school buses.

Nov 29, 2018

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AFC Testifies on Reentry Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Youth

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committees on Juvenile Justice and Youth Services on the educational reentry programming needs of New York City’s formerly incarcerated youth.

Nov 13, 2018

School buses on a New York City street. (Image by Maria Tsolakidou from Pixabay)

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AFC Calls for Busing for Students in Foster Care

Advocates for Children, along with more than 30 other organizations, sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio calling on him to provide busing for kindergarten through sixth grade students in foster care.

Nov 2, 2018

Person in a wheelchair rolls down a hallway. (Photo by Marcus Aurelius via Pexels)

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학교 접근성에 대한 투자 증가 제안에 대한 AFC의 대응

Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the New York City Department of Education’s proposed FY 2020-2024 Five-Year Capital Plan.

2018년 11월 1일

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AFC Testifies on Mental Health in Schools

AFC testified before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Education regarding the current state of health, mental health, and physical education programs, services, and instruction in New York State’s schools. Our testimony discusses the need for the expansion of school-based mental health services and evidence-based approaches to student behavior.

Oct 23, 2018

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AFC Testifies on School Transportation

Advocates for Children testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the importance of improving the school transportation system, especially for students with disabilities, students in foster care, and students in temporary housing, and in support of a bill to provide real-time GPS bus location data to parents.

Oct 16, 2018

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접근 거부됨: 뉴욕시 학교 접근성

이 2018년 10월 데이터 요약에 따르면 뉴욕시 학교 중 5개 중 1개 미만이 DOE에 의해 "완전히 접근 가능한" 학교로 분류된 것으로 나타났습니다. 보고서는 시가 향후 자본 계획을 활용하여 2024년까지 모든 학교의 3분의 1을 완전히 이용할 수 있도록 하는 야심차고 달성 가능한 목표를 달성할 것을 촉구합니다.

2018년 10월 10일

School bus on a busy Manhattan street. (Photo by Gela Delrose via Pexels)

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AFC Writes Chancellor Carranza Regarding Busing Problems

AFC sent a letter to Chancellor Carranza regarding start-of-school problems with busing. The letter shared a number of cases that are illustrative of what families, especially families of students with disabilities, routinely experience.

Sep 27, 2018

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AFC Testifies on School Emergency Preparedness and Safety

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Education regarding a proposal to establish a school emergency preparedness task force and a resolution calling for one guidance counselor and social worker for every 250 students and at least one guidance counselor and social worker per school.

Sep 20, 2018

Side view portrait of smiling Black woman using a wheelchair. (Photo by Seventyfour, Adobe Stock)

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ARISE 연합 및 PIE는 2020-2024 회계연도 자본 계획의 학교 접근성에 대한 투자를 요청합니다.

ARISE 연합(AFC가 조정) 회원과 포괄적 교육을 위한 학부모(PIE)는 Bill de Blasio 시장에게 서한을 보내 시가 2020-2024 회계연도 학교 건설 당국 5개년 자본 계획에 대규모 투자를 포함하도록 요청했습니다. 신체 장애가 있는 학생, 부모, 교사가 학교의 최소 1/3을 이용할 수 있도록 합니다.

2018년 9월 12일

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