February 2021 Federal COVID Relief – What it Means for Children House & Senate to Take Action on “Once In A Lifetime” Legislation in Coming…
Read More »The Biden Administration and Congress have targeted early March as the completion date for the next round of federal COVID relief funding. The Children’s Agenda…
Read More »Governor Andrew Cuomo released his 2022 Executive Budget on January 19th. The Children’s Agenda has conducted an initial review of the proposed budget, as we…
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Read More »Equity means ensuring additional supports for the students falling the farthest behind. One positive trend in reopening plans has been the prioritization of young children,…
Read More »Childcare advocates rallied Thursday, calling on the state to release funding from the federal CARES Act to providers across New York.
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Read More »Parents who have been at home with their young children for months are looking forward to getting back to work. Unfortunately, they may come to…
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Read More »The Children’s Agenda is pleased to help lead Raising NY, a diverse statewide coalition of parent, early childhood, education, civil rights, business, and health organizations.…
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Read More »Local child care leaders say they're feeling the strain, saying that Monroe County and the City of Rochester face a lack of affordable care options…
Read More »We all want quality child care but it is a struggle to hire and retain quality staff when you offer low wages. Therefore, the turnover.…
Read More »On Thursday afternoon, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced three new enhancements to the county’s childcare subsidy program. The enhancements include a reduction in the…
Read More »Monroe County has made enhancements to the child care subsidy program in an effort to ensure working parents have access to vital programs.
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Read More »Over 60% of New Yorkers live in a child care desert, meaning more than 50 children under age five with no child care providers or…
Read More »The Children’s Agenda is organizing an Early Childhood Advocacy Day trip to Albany for parents and providers to urge legislators for more support of affordable…
Read More »ROC the Future has released its annual "State of Our Children" report card, which tracks key measures of wellbeing of children and youth in the Rochester area.
Read More »The Children’s Agenda, a local youth advocacy group, says there is a growing shortage of available child care in New York and the rest of…
Read More »A new report from The Children’s Agenda said the city is in the midst of a childcare crisis. According to the report, Rochester has approximately…
Read More »Advocates for children are calling the lack of childcare in Monroe County a crisis. The problem is especially acute for newborns to age three. According…
Read More »A new report from The Children’s Agenda finds a deficiency in care for infants in toddlers across Monroe County, particularly in the City of Rochester.
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Read More »Many people will say that New York State is an expensive place to live, and a new study on the cost of child care supports…
Read More »A Rochester non-profit, dedicated to speaking for some of Monroe County's most vulnerable residents, went before the legislature Thursday evening to present a "report card"…
Read More »A new statewide coalition that launched Thursday, Raising New York, seeks to tackle the social, emotional, economic and educational inequities among the state's youngest residents.
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Read More »Heartbreak still lingers in the community after last week’s tragic accident at Tim Hortons on University Avenue where a little boy died after he fell…
Read More »While a child's death has focused attention on the lack of regulations for outdoor grease traps, it has also generated discussion about a continuing problem…
Read More »How will Monroe County’s decision to lower child care co-pays change what working families will have to pay for child care? Pete Nabozny, Director of…
Read More »Reducing the County’s requirement to pay 35% of income above poverty down to 25% is an important step in the right direction of affordability and…
Read More »Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care, from 35% to 25%.
Read More »Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care.
Read More »Advocates are demanding Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to keep her promise to thousands of children in the county in need of Pre-school Special Education…
Read More »Advocates for children with disabilities packed the Monroe County Legislature tonight over the funding crisis in preschool special education.
Read More »Families and advocates confronted leaders Tuesday night over preschool special education service rates in Monroe County.
Read More »We call on County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to instruct the Monroe County Department of Health to publish a new Preschool Special Education rate structure that…
Read More »The Children’s Agenda advocates for effective policies and drives evidenced-based solutions for the health, education and success of children. We are especially committed to children who are vulnerable because of poverty, racism, health disparities and trauma.