EARLY CHILDHOOD

The city has ended the public comment period for its first comprehensive plan since Bill Johnson was mayor in the 1990s.  Since Rochester 2034 was announced in…

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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As a collective, ROC the Future’s focus is to help each child reach his or her full potential. The nonprofit alliance works to promote alignment…

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…

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…

The Rochester Early Childhood Education Center attributes parent involvement to much of its success.

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…

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…

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care, from 35% to 25%.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care.

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After 2 years, how is the “First 1000 Days on Medicaid Initiative” shaping up?

New York is one of the richest states in the nation, but a new report shows the state’s children are not sharing in that wealth.…

Even as preschool special education providers began inking contracts with Monroe County this week, the county has continued to clarify what those contracts mean.

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…

Advocates for children with disabilities packed the Monroe County Legislature tonight over the funding crisis in preschool special education. 

Families and advocates confronted leaders Tuesday night over preschool special education service rates in Monroe County.

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…

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Providers of preschool special education say Monroe County went back on its promise to raise the reimbursement rate for services across the board by 15…

When Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced she was proposing a 15% "across-the-board" increase in reimbursement rates for preschool special education, providers and advocates hailed…

The Children’s Agenda is seeking stories to help to address provider shortages within the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education systems across New York State.

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This year's preparation of the budget for the Rochester City School District is particularly challenging.

The Children’s Agenda review of the Rochester City School District’s proposed budget was released Thursday. It lauds the district’s decrease in suspensions, but notes that cuts in…

The Children’s Agenda annually reviews the Rochester City School District’s budget in an effort to give parents and the public a more transparent and analytical…

When the Rochester City School District Interim Superintendent announced his proposed budget it included a number of cuts district wide. Since then, it’s a topic…

The Children's Agenda released its break down of the 2019-2020 Rochester City School District budget before Thursday's hearing. Their recommendation was transparency.

Parents and advocates for special education students in Monroe County celebrated Tuesday. That's because Monroe County lawmakers voted to increase reimbursement rates for preschool special…

Monroe County's Early Intervention services are in crisis, just as they are in counties across the state.

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Without assistance, the cost of child care can be so great that it makes little financial sense for a parent with young children to work.

The budget proposal approved Wednesday by the New York state Assembly includes a pay increase for therapists who work with the state’s youngest residents.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Tuesday proposed a 15 percent rate hike for preschool special education providers, a welcome boost that could have significant…

Legislation submitted by Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo would see a 15 percent increase - across the board - for County-set reimbursements for Preschool Special…

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo proposed an increase in pay Tuesday for special education providers who haven’t seen one in almost a decade.