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Capitol Pressroom – Parents largely in the dark about child care assistanceParents 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.
Read More »- Parents and children’s advocates respond to RCSD return to in-person learning
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…
Read More » - Tell the Governor: Children Must Be Our Highest Priority
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…
Read More » - NY Gov. Hochul signs bill for $40M Early Intervention fund but sidesteps formula change
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…
Read More » - Hochul signs special education bills into law; $240M in state funding to private schools
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…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the Child Poverty Reduction Act
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 8 – Brigit Hurley on the Proposed 2022 Monroe County Budget
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 7 – Katie Albitz on Build Back Better
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…
Read More » - Connections: ROC the Future’s 2021 State of Our Children report
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…
Read More » - Rochester School District Stations Police Outside Schools
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…
Read More » - As Students Struggle in Rochester, New York, Schools Consider Bringing Back Campus Police
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 6 – Kristen Rogers on Operating a Family Child Care Program
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…
Read More » - Children’s Agenda calling for more resources for students amid increase in violent incidents
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…
Read More » - Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk
Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone fired a…
Read More » - Parents, children’s organizations question RCSD’s plan to address violence at schools
Talks between Rochester school and city officials continued on Wednesday to address violence among students at Rochester City schools.
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 5 – Jessica Lewis on Experiences in Urban-Suburban Program
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…
Read More » - Talk focuses on supporting mental health needs of children in Rochester
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…
Read More » - Connections: How to increase access to mental health services for children in need
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 4 – Yversha Roman on the CASH Program and the Child Tax Credit
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…
Read More » - ‘The industry is hurting for staff’: Worker shortages leave local daycares, child care centers in crisis
Many parents rely on child care to help take care of their children, but lately services could be hard to find.
Read More » - Bello proposes new agenda to boost early intervention resources across NY
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…
Read More » - Monroe County Executive Bello calls on Gov. Hochul to expand coverage for early intervention support
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…
Read More » - RCSD parents push for district to invest more in mental health
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…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the staffing crisis in the child care industry
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 3 – Carmen Torres on Violence & Youth Mental Health
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 2 – Jack Peltz on Adolescent Sleep and School Start Times
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…
Read More » - Re-imagining New York’s child care system post-pandemic
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,…
Read More » - OCFS commissioner: Child care is ‘superhighway to economic recovery’
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Podcast – Episode 1 – Kim Dooher on Special Needs Parenting and Early Intervention Advocacy
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…
Read More » - Raising Rochester Trailer
What's the show about? Here's a 5 minute preview of what's to come.
Read More » - New York’s child care crisis: Could the sector be turning a corner?
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,…
Read More » - Capitol Pressroom – Lawmakers hope to shift more early intervention costs to insurers
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…
Read More » - Connections: Understanding the federal child tax credit
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:…
Read More » - Extra monthly checks heading to millions of families
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.
Read More » - Experts say 86% of Monroe County families will benefit from Child Tax Credit payments
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…
Read More » - NY bill would force insurers to pay more to help kids who need Early Intervention
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…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the Child Poverty Reduction Act
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…
Read More » - Capitol Pressroom – Expanded child care benefits enter precarious pandemic transition
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…
Read More » - Rochester Speaks – The Children’s Agenda
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…
Read More » - Lawmakers, advocates urge Cuomo to sign Child Poverty Reduction Act
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…
Read More » - Bronson, New York State Legislature pass measure with goal of halving child poverty
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…
Read More » - Advocates praise passage of Childhood Poverty Reduction Act in State Legislature
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…
Read More » - New York Legislature aiming to cut child poverty in half over 10 years
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…
Read More » - Child Poverty Reduction Act passes, goal to cut child poverty in half by 10 years
New York’s Legislature has voted overwhelmingly to set a goal of cutting child poverty in half in 10 years.
Read More » - Connections: Members of Rochester City Council on the city’s proposed budget
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…
Read More » - Child care centers closed as New York spent relief funds slowly
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…
Read More » - Sharing the WARMTH – The Children’s Agenda
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…
Read More » - Stimulus Money in RCSD Budget is ‘Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
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…
Read More » - Children’s Agenda says 21-22 RCSD budget needs ‘more specific plans to tackle big issues’
Local advocates at the Children’s Agenda said they believe more changes should be made after the Rochester City School District released its 2021-2022 budget Monday…
Read More » - Expanded child tax credit will have impact, but some may miss out without knowing
Congress passed the expanded federal child tax credit as part of the latest stimulus package. While eligible families can get the credit, some may miss out because…
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