Policy Resources

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Testifies on the New York City Fiscal Year 2020 Preliminary Education Budget

AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the importance of increasing funding for several education priorities, including school social workers, direct mental health support for students, educational support for students who are homeless and students in foster care, and preschool special education programs.

Mar 20, 2019

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

Sign-On Letter

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

Testimony & Public Comment

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

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Testifies on the New York City FY 2019 Preliminary Education Budget

AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget, calling for increased funding for support for students in temporary housing, busing for students in foster care, and school climate initiatives.

Mar 23, 2018

Tweed Courthouse, the headquarters of the Department of Education.

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101

AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 regarding school transfers, admissions, and enrollment.

Feb 13, 2018

A woman smiles at the camera while hugging a young boy.

Policy Report

Empowering Parents So Children Succeed: A Toolkit to Support Parent Involvement in Education when their Children are in Foster Care

This report, released jointly by AFC and SCO Family of Services, provides recommendations for child welfare agencies as well as an easy-to-use toolkit to support parent involvement in education when their children are in foster care.

Sep 29, 2017

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Comments Regarding Proposed Amendments to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101

AFC submitted comments to the New York City Department of Education regarding proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 (student admissions, discharges, and transfers), including changes to school selection and enrollment for students in foster care and students in temporary housing.

Jan 13, 2017

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Submits Comments on Proposed Changes to Chancellor’s Regulations A-210 and A-750

AFC submitted comments to the New York City Department of Education regarding the response protocol for cases of unexplained absence with respect to students with current or recent child welfare involvement.

Dec 20, 2016

Testimony & Public Comment

AFC Submits Testimony on School Stability for Students in Foster Care

AFC submitted testimony to the New York City Council General Welfare Committee regarding school stability for students in foster care.

Jun 16, 2016

A young boy looks at the camera, holding a pencil and writing in a notebook

Policy Report

Meeting the Educational Needs of Students in the Child Welfare System: Lessons Learned from the Field

This report evaluates the success of AFC’s Project Achieve. It describes the long-term impact on staff at the foster care agencies with whom AFC partners, the children and families they serve, and the city’s child welfare system itself.

Jul 20, 2012

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