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Protect children and families in the next COVID billEvery child who is hungry, falling behind in school, in need of child care while their parents work, eligible for therapy and accommodations for a…
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Read More » - Connections: Is this the time for a national UBI program?
Congress returns later this month to work on the next round of help for struggling Americans during the pandemic. Is this the time for a…
Read More » - June 2020 E-News
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Read More » - “Essential”. . . But Unfunded? Why Child Care is Collapsing
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…
Read More » - May 2020 E-News
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Read More » - RACF grants for online learning
The Rochester Area Community Foundation has established a COVID Education Fund to urgently support the purchase of technology and home internet access for students who…
Read More » - Rochester has $7.5 million in CARES cash — and hears lots of ideas on how to spend it
Nearly two dozen people voiced their ideas on how Rochester should spend $7.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds at a City Council committee meeting…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing how the digital divide is affecting local students during the pandemic
When schools closed in March and teachers and students were pushed to online learning settings, the transition proved difficult for students who lack internet access…
Read More » - Missing meals: Coronavirus has 1 in 3 parents of infants and preschoolers skipping food
A survey conducted the week of April 22 of New York parents found that 1 in 3 of of the parents surveyed had their hours…
Read More » - April 2020 E-News
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Read More » - Child Care In Wake of COVID-19 Crisis Focus of New Poll
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.…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the impact of the coronavirus on low-income families
Low-income families are in a particularly vulnerable spot as the coronavirus spreads. If schools close, where can kids get meals? What happens for families that…
Read More » - January 2020 E-News
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Read More » - Improve Child Outcomes & Reduce Poverty by Expanding Tax Credits for Low-Income Families
A growing body of research shows that tax credits targeted to low-income families lead to better lifetime outcomes for poor children. The Children’s Agenda has…
Read More » - CAPITOL WATCH: Budget wrangling already under way in Albany
The second floor of the New York State Capitol is bustling as the governor works on his budget proposal, due in January.
Read More » - Let’s fix the Earned Income Tax Credit
Progressives and conservatives can agree that self-sufficiency is a worthy goal of social policy. That’s why policy wonks of all stripes support the Earned Income…
Read More » - September 2019 E-News
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Read More » - Concentrations Of Child Poverty Persist In New York
A new report says the percentage of children living in areas of concentrated poverty has dropped in 29 states, but here in New York the…
Read More » - August 2019 E-News
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Read More » - Community members rally against proposed SNAP cuts
Tuesday. community members rallied against proposed cuts to SNAP benefits.
Read More » - SNAP changes could impact 80K New Yorkers
President Donald Trump wants to make major changes to SNAP, the federal food stamp program that thousands of local families rely on to feed themselves and…
Read More » - Comment to oppose changes to SNAP
Proud to join Congressman Joe Morelle, Julia Tedesco from Foodlink, Jerome Underwood from RMAPI and many other community leaders calling upon President Trump to rescind…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the impact of an overhaul of the SNAP program
Our policy director, Pete Nabozny, discusses the impact of possible Trump administration changes to the SNAP benefit program. The result, according to the administration, will…
Read More » - Black, Latina women: How to fix NY’s wage gap that pays them cents to each dollar a man makes
Women of color make significantly less than white, non-Latino men over the course of their careers
Read More » - Rochester’s plan for future is ‘evolving’ as public weighs in
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…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing the impact of pay disparities for African American women
In New York State, black women earn 65 cents for every dollar a non-Hispanic white male makes doing similar work. A local group is trying…
Read More » - Statewide ed coalition: State should invest in formative years
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.
Read More » - Proposed SNAP cuts will harm working families in Monroe County
The Trump administration recently issued a proposed rule that would remove food assistance from millions of Americans by making them ineligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition…
Read More » - July 2019 E-News
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Read More » - ROC the Future aims to help each child succeed
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…
Read More » - RCSD pre-K is a national triumph, so why can’t that success continue in older grades?
The Rochester Early Childhood Education Center attributes parent involvement to much of its success.
Read More » - 2019 Kid’s Count Data Book – WBAI Living for the City
TCA Director of Policy, Pete Nabozny, guests on the WBAI radio show, Living for the City, to discuss the release of the 2019 Kid’s Count…
Read More » - Why Monroe County’s child care co-pay improvements are so important to working families in our community
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 » - Food Left on Table as Fewer Students Take Advantage of Free Summer Meals
With only about one in four youngsters in the Rochester City School District who participated in the lunch program during the school year taking advantage…
Read More » - CONNECT NY 506: The First 1000 Days: Conception to Pre-K
After 2 years, how is the “First 1000 Days on Medicaid Initiative” shaping up?
Read More » - Report: New York State Near Bottom For Children’s Economic Well-Being
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.…
Read More » - Connections: Discussing Universal Basic Income
Pete Nabozny, policy director at The Children’s Agenda, joins a panel on Connections, discussing Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's call for a UBI, a Universal…
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