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A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Bill to Require Mental Health Staff at Family Shelters Spurs Worry Over ‘Unintended Effects’

Jeanmarie Evelly | September 15, 2022

Supporters of the legislation, which would require the city to fund the placement of mental health professionals on-site at all homeless shelters with children, say it would increase access to care for families experiencing the crisis of housing insecurity. But some advocates worry it could inadvertently ensnare more low-income families in the child welfare system.

In Depth

Amid Inflation and Increased Demand, Human Services Workers Struggle with Burnout

Olivia Bensimon | September 5, 2022

Citywide, workers at nonprofits under contract to provide support and essential services to New Yorkers at a time of unprecedented crisis say they feel overworked, overwhelmed and burnt out. As costs continue to increase around them, many have said their low wages make it difficult to justify staying in the sector, even with a recent pay bump from the city and state.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Do We Really Support Children? NY’s Child Support System Says Otherwise

Rachel L. Braunstein | August 30, 2022

“While states like New York emphasize supporting vulnerable women and children as a priority, there has been too little focus on the need to improve the child support system to do so—especially within family courts. Instead, these courts—which handle hundreds of thousands of cases per year—have been historically neglected.”

Health and Environment

Advocates Push to Center Youth Mental Health as New School Year Begins

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

At a virtual rally on Sunday, parents, young people and advocates in the city and across the state shared stories about the impact of the pandemic and renewed calls for elected officials to invest more in behavioral health programs and services for children and teens, which experts say have been underfunded for years and are now at a breaking point, with increased demand spurred by the coronavirus crisis.

Health and Environment

As City Health Dept. Weighs New Lead Paint Standard, a Push for Stricter Enforcement

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 16, 2022

Advocates want the city to take a more proactive approach to lead paint inspections and enforcement, saying the current system contains loopholes that allow property owners to skirt the rules. Their push comes as the Health Department considers lowering the childhood lead-level threshold that would automatically trigger an investigation.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Students head into a school in New York City

Opinion: ‘Fair Futures’ Expansion Will Change Foster Youths’ Lives

Jaylen Fitzpatrick | July 7, 2022

‘As a young woman who has been in and out of the foster care system my whole life, I’ve had to face many challenging situations alone before my Fair Futures Coach Jaime changed my life entirely.’

Education

Opinion: Summer is a Chance to Reinvest in NYC Students

Carmen Fariña | July 1, 2022

“It’s known as the summer slide, or summer setback. That period of just over two months when our children are out of school, when learning diminishes—and often disproportionately impacts youth from historically disadvantaged groups. This summer is a chance to reverse that trend.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Increased Police Presence in Schools Will Only Help Strengthen the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Amanda Fialk | June 10, 2022

“Though society is scared and grieving, we cannot allow the knee jerk reaction to the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde to ignore the systemic, policy, and evidence-based realities and root causes of gun violence.”

Housing and Homelessness

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

David Brand | March 2, 2022

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents mean the organizations—and the state and city agencies that fund them—are propping up some of the city’s worst housing.

New York State legislature

Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds

Jeanmarie Evelly | February 24, 2022

The findings, released by anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy, examined the impact of the Early Learning Child Care Act, which would institute a payroll tax to fund child care subsidies for families with children under 3 years old.

Jeanmarie Evelly | September 15, 2022

Olivia Bensimon | September 5, 2022

Rachel L. Braunstein | August 30, 2022

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 16, 2022

Jaylen Fitzpatrick | July 7, 2022

Carmen Fariña | July 1, 2022

Amanda Fialk | June 10, 2022

David Brand | March 2, 2022

Jeanmarie Evelly | February 24, 2022

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