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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纽约儿童权益倡导者 (AFC) 执行董事金·斯威特 (Kim Sweet) 针对该市 2024 财政年度初步预算的发布发表了以下声明。
AFC submitted comments to the New York State Department of Health in response to proposed changes to the Early Intervention Program regulations, and concerns about proposed amendments that do not comport with legal requirements and would be harmful to children and families.
AFC 向市议会教育委员会作证，表达了我们对截至 2022 年 6 月 800 名患有严重残疾的学龄前儿童的担忧，这些儿童正在等待法定的学前特殊教育班的席位。
AFC submitted testimony for the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2022-2023 Executive Budget Health Proposal urging the State to increase payment rates for Early Intervention (EI) providers to help more infants and toddlers receive timely evaluations and services.
2022 年 1 月的数据简报发现，3-K 和 Pre-K for All 为残疾学龄前学生提供的服务不足，并且无法获得他们有权享受的特殊教育计划和服务——存在基于种族、学区、住房状况和教学语言的差异。
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the NYC Department of Education’s posting of new data showing a need for more than 900 additional seats in preschool special education classes in the spring of 2022.
AFC 联合 100 多个组织致信敦促霍楚尔州长签署法案 A.8013（Benedetto）/ S.6516-A（Mannion），该法案已获参议院和议会一致通过，旨在确保学前特殊教育项目以及州政府批准的针对有严重残疾的学龄学生的非公立学校能够获得与学区相同的支付率增长。
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging the Governor to sign into law A. 8013 (Benedetto) / S. 6516-A (Mannion), a bill passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly to ensure that preschool special education programs, as well as state-approved non-public schools for school-age students with significant disabilities, receive the same increase in payment rates as school districts.
AFC joined 90+ organizations to call on Mayor de Blasio to address the shortage of preschool special education classes and provide salary parity to teachers of preschool special education classes at community-based organizations (CBOs) this year.
纽约儿童倡导者对纽约市教育局根据 2020 年第 21 号地方法律首次发布学前特殊教育数据做出了以下回应。