{"id":15176,"date":"2026-04-30T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&p=15176"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:29:11","slug":"advocates-call-for-3-million-fix-for-school-transportation-hurdles-faced-by-students-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/advocates-call-for-3-million-fix-for-school-transportation-hurdles-faced-by-students-in-foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates call for $3 million fix for school transportation hurdles faced by students in foster care"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15176","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-transportation"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"\u9605\u8bfb\u6587\u7ae0","url":"http:\/\/chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2026\/04\/30\/foster-care-students-bus-service-still-lacking-advocates-say\/","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":15177,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Chalkbeat\u00a0<\/strong>| It took\u00a0years of advocacy<\/a>\u00a0to secure guaranteed school bus service for New York City students in foster care.\r\n

But now, advocates say it can take weeks or more to get that bus service up and running, leaving kids who are already among the most vulnerable in the city with few good options to get to school while they wait.<\/p>\r\n

That\u2019s why they\u2019re calling on city officials to invest $3 million in this year\u2019s budget to come up with a better system to transport kids in foster care while they await bus service.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAt this challenging time in their lives, students should be able to rely on continuous, consistent access to school as a critical source of stability,\u201d the nonprofit Advocates for Children, along with 24 other groups who work with foster youth, wrote in a Tuesday letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>","":null,"settings":""}}],"relationships":{"":null,"article_type":[83],"topics":false,"misc_topics":[189]},"misc":{"search_results":{"":null,"excerpt":"","featured_image":15177}}},"yoast_head":"\nAdvocates call for $3 million fix for school transportation hurdles faced by students in foster care - Advocates for Children of New York<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/zh\/articles\/advocates-call-for-3-million-fix-for-school-transportation-hurdles-faced-by-students-in-foster-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advocates call for $3 million fix for school transportation hurdles faced by students in foster care - 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