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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本报告于 2019 年 12 月与 纽约儿童公民委员会 （CCC）报告显示，纽约州对纽约早期干预计划的投资不足，导致在服务获取方面存在严重的种族和社会经济差异。报告显示，如果生活在低收入的有色人种社区，三岁以下发育迟缓或残疾的儿童不太可能获得有助于他们充分发挥潜力的关键服务，并向纽约市和纽约州提出了一些建议，以增加早期干预服务的机会。
Today, Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the New York City Council’s vote to adopt the Fiscal Year 2020 city budget.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following statement in response to Governor Cuomo’s announcement that the State is approving only a two percent increase in rates for preschool special education programs for the 2019-2020 school year.
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.
AFC submitted comments in response to the New York State Department of Health’s proposed changes to the state Early Intervention Program regulations.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education and Committee on General Welfare about how 3-K, Pre-K, and EarlyLearn can better serve students who are homeless, Dual Language Learners, and students with disabilities.
AFC 在市议会移民委员会作证，强调了解决移民家庭在获得学前特殊教育评估和其他早期儿童教育项目方面面临的障碍的重要性。.
AFC submitted comments to the New York City Board of Health on proposed regulations regarding child care, with a focus on children who are homeless and children with developmental delays or disabilities.