AFC 致力于改变教育政策，以便公立学校系统能够服务于 全部 儿童有效。我们发布政策报告和数据分析，在市和州两级作证，在媒体上发声，让人们关注我们所服务的学生和家庭面临的挑战，并与其他倡导者、家长、青少年和教育工作者一起呼吁改变。
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本报告探讨了警方对 12,000 多项“儿童危机”干预措施的响应数据，在干预措施中，情绪困扰的学生被带离课堂并送往医院进行心理评估。这些干预措施中，黑人学生、就读 75 区学校的学生和就读位于低收入有色人种社区学校的学生占了很大比例。我们呼吁市政府通过取消学校警察并投资于行为和心理健康支持和服务来结束对情绪危机学生的定罪。
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety at a hearing on the Mayor’s New York City Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Draft Plan.
With the federal government having approved the largest one-time investment in education in our nation’s history, NYC needs an ambitious education initiative to pave the way to hope and opportunity for this generation of students. Such a plan must invest resources in academic support, mental health support, and outreach and engagement. It must be targeted to assist students disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, including the provision of specialized instruction and support where needed. This plan outlines our recommendations for steps the City should take.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education in support of proposed legislation regulating the New York City Police Department’s response to students in emotional crisis within public schools, significantly limiting the use of handcuffs on students in emotional crisis, and to express concern about the need for a new vision of school safety, beyond merely transferring the School Safety Division from the NYPD to the Department of Education.
AFC 在纽约市议会教育委员会的听证会上作证说，学生迫切需要社会情感和心理健康支持，并且纽约市承诺将警察撤出学校，并制定新的学校安全愿景，确保所有学生真正安全并得到支持。
纽约儿童倡导者（AFC）对纽约市教育局（DOE）发布的 2019-20 学年停学数据报告做出了以下回应。
AFC joined more than 60 organizations to call on New York State to issue a moratorium on suspensions for the 2020-2021 school year to ensure every child has the best possible chance to makeup for lost classroom time, and for schools to reopen after a traumatic year in a manner that promotes equity and healing.
Advocates for Children and Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) shared recommendations with Chancellor Carranza for a developing reopening plans are trauma-informed, culturally-responsive, grounded in restorative practices, and geared towards developing healing-centered school communities.
纽约儿童权益倡导组织 (AFC) 执行主任金·斯威特 (Kim Sweet) 发表以下声明，回应市议会成员和当地 237 卡车司机联盟主席最近关于将警察撤出学校的声明。
Advocates for Children joined 40 other organizations in calling on Mayor de Blasio to prioritize and fund necessary mental health services for all students.