More than 146,000 New York City students—about one in every eight children enrolled in the public schools—experienced homelessness during the 2023–24 school year, the ninth consecutive year in which more than 100,000 students were identified as homeless.
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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。
More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
Every child in New York State has the right to a sound, basic education—and providing such an education requires adequate and equitable funding. More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.76 Results Found
This brief summarizes data on a subset of the more than 119,000 New York City students who were identified as homeless during the 2022–23 school year.
Today, AFC is testifying before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare, jointly with the New York City Council Committee on Women and Gender Equity on supporting domestic violence survivors in NYC’s shelter system.
Today, 116 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.
AFC submitted comments to the Rockefeller Institute of Government about the state Foundation Aid education funding formula. New York State must revise the formula to meet the needs of today’s schools and students, including students who need the most support.
今天,AFC 向纽约市议会公共福利委员会提交了有关第 123-2024 号法案的证词,该法案将禁止 DHS 要求在家庭申请或重新申请庇护时必须有儿童在场。
本简报重点介绍了 2022-23 年聘用的 100 名纽约市公立学校 (NYCPS) 庇护所社区协调员 (SBCC) 的影响,并呼吁亚当斯市长和市议会在 2025 财年预算中继续为这一重要举措提供资金。所有 100 个 SBCC 职位的资金将在 6 月耗尽,而市政府尚未承诺继续为他们的重要工作提供资金。
AFC 在纽约市议会教育委员会和移民委员会面前作证,讨论纽约市公立学校的新移民学生。我们的证词强调了人们的担忧,并根据我们在实地工作中为许多新移民家庭在教育相关问题上提供援助提出了建议。
本情况说明书总结了儿童权益倡导者组织从能源部获得的关于 2021-22 学年超过 88,000 名能源部无家可归学生的数据。在这些学生中,30%(超过 26,200 名儿童)住在城市避难所。
2022-23 学年,超过 119,000 名纽约市学生(大约九分之一)经历过无家可归,这是连续第八年有超过 100,000 名公立学校学生被确定为无家可归者。