Parents looking to access child care assistance information in New York can face an uphill battle if they’re hoping to find answers on the internet.

Parents and children’s advocates have some differing views about the Rochester City School District’s decision to return some classrooms to in-person learning while others stay…

The Governor needs to hear from people like you. It's important that she hear from you now because in less than two weeks she will…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week signed legislation to increase funding for Early Intervention services for young children with developmental delays and also pledged…

Some students with disabilities may see a boost in support this coming year as Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills into law on…

On December 1, Governor Hochul signed the Child Poverty Reduction Act into law. The bill commits New York to reducing child poverty by 50 percent…

Brigit Hurley joins Raising Rochester this week to discuss the proposed 2022 Monroe County budget. Brigit is The Children’s Agenda’s Senior Director of Advocacy and…

Katie Albitz joins Raising Rochester this week as our podcast’s first out-of-town guest to analyze the child care components of the proposed federal Build Back…

ROC the Future is gearing up to release its annual State of Our Children report. This year's document is a nine-year summary showing areas of…

School officials in Rochester, New York voted on Tuesday to station police officers outside the city’s 11 high schools when students arrive and leave their…

Now, with previously cooped-up kids back in classrooms, the number of campus fights and disruptions has grown, putting pressure on local school board officials to…

Kristen Rogers joins the show this week to reflect on her experiences as a family child care provider. She shares her motivation for opening her…

As Rochester schools see incidents of violence, children's advocates are calling for the school system to push forward, and not turn back by bringing police…

Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone fired a…

Talks between Rochester school and city officials continued on Wednesday to address violence among students at Rochester City schools.

Jessica Lewis, ROC the Future’s Communications Specialist and Urban-Suburban program graduate, joins the show this week. She and host Pete Nabozny discuss her experiences in…

Earlier this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that $21 million in federal funding will be available to bolster the state's mental health workforce. This led…

The child-care industry is down more than 126,000 workers. That's according to the Washington Post. Staff members are leaving the industry for higher-paying jobs and…

Yversha Roman, Director of CASH at Empire Justice Center, joins the show this week to discuss the CASH program, the recent temporary expansion of the…

Many parents rely on child care to help take care of their children, but lately services could be hard to find. 

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello called for new legislation that would increase early intervention resources in New York for children and students during an address…

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is calling for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to make sure kids in New York with special needs can get…

Parents in the Rochester City School District marched to the central office Thursday night asking the district to invest in mental health. They said children in…

The child-care industry is down more than 126,000 workers. That's according to the Washington Post. Staff members are leaving the industry for higher-paying jobs and…

This week’s episode is all about sleep. Raising Rochester’s Host Pete Nabozny interviews Dr. Jack Peltz, a clinical psychologist and researcher who specializes in sleep…

This week’s episode is all about sleep. Raising Rochester’s Host Pete Nabozny interviews Dr. Jack Peltz, a clinical psychologist and researcher who specializes in sleep…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, child care in New York could cost families up to $15,000 per year, per child. And then the pandemic hit,…

One of the industries that was deeply hurt by the pandemic was the child care sector in New York. Over 1,200 child care operators closed…

The first episode of Raising Rochester is a conversation with Kim Dooher. Kim is a parent of four, including Vivian, a remarkable 5 year old…

What's the show about? Here's a 5 minute preview of what's to come.

Long before COVID-19, the child care sector in New York was in a state of crisis. But now there are circumstances swirling around the issue,…

Early intervention services are required for young children with developmental disabilities and delays, but the federal government doesn’t mandate who pays the bill, so in…

The Biden administration has launched the biggest anti-poverty program in more than half a century in this country. The money started rolling out last Thursday:…

Almost every family with children in the country is expected to be eligible for direct payments from the U.S. government for the next several months.

Roughly 133,000 children in Monroe County will benefit from the new Child Tax Credit payments that began rolling out Thursday. The payments are an expansion…

The major problem, advocates say, is that the state sets reimbursement rates for Early Intervention services in each county and hasn't raised them since at least 2011. Some rates…

The New York State Legislature passed the Child Poverty Reduction Act. The goal of the legislation is to cut childhood poverty in half within ten…

The lapsing of the state’s disaster declaration will likely have immediate ramifications for the child care industry, with The Children’s Agenda Director of Policy Pete…

Pat Rivers is joined by Larry Marx, CEO of The Children’s Agenda, to discuss the importance of what they do in our community, especially in…

The Childhood Poverty Reduction Act passed overwhelmingly during the state legislative session that wrapped up this week. Now, local leaders are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo…

A bill setting the goal of halving child poverty in New York within a decade has passed the Legislature and now goes to Gov. Andrew…

New York state could soon be engaging in a new push to help reduce child poverty. The Childhood Poverty Reduction Act has passed both houses…

The crisis of child poverty has gotten even worse during the pandemic. Now the State Legislature is pushing a new plan to cut child poverty…

New York’s Legislature has voted overwhelmingly to set a goal of cutting child poverty in half in 10 years.

The two leading plans in Washington to support children and families come from President Biden and... Mitt Romney? It's true - the Republican Senator has…

Many children stayed at home during to the pandemic, leaving child care centers empty and suffering financially. At the same time, essential workers badly needed…

Earlier this week, TCA CEO, Larry Marx, sat down with Tony Infantino from WARM 101.3 to talk a bit about The Children's Agenda's role in…

The Rochester City School District’s Board of Education passed a nearly billion-dollar budget for the 2021-22 school year that is bolstered by government money from…