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Streamlining Child Care Assistance
December 15, 2022
New York can make quality child care more affordable by streamlining enrollment in the state’s child care assistance program.
Early Childhood Reports
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Fixing New York’s Broken Child Care Market
December 15, 2022
The child care system in New York needs greater public investment to ensure the child care workforce is paid a sustaining wage.
Solutions Not Suspensions: Ending Suspensions for Young Children
October 13, 2022
Research indicates that suspensions are ineffective and harmful and that they deepen academic inequities, especially for students of color and students with disabilities.
Children Left Out, Again
April 28, 2022
New York State has drafted a proposal that will be submitted to the US Department of Health and Human Services, requesting flexibility in how it uses Medicaid funds. Known as a “Medicaid waiver,” the proposal includes a request for $13.52 billion to be used over five years. The intent is to design innovative ways of using Medicaid funds that will promote health equity and address health disparities. Despite the fact this waiver is focused on equity, the investments in the current proposal are not aligned with the needs of the poorest and most diverse population of New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid: children.
A Better Start
April 27, 2022
Rochester’s families deserve pre-kindergarten and kindergarten placements that meet their children’s needs. This report is a first step to better understand parents’ enrollment decision-making and how they experience enrollment policies. The goal is to help the Rochester City School District improve existing policies and processes so families have a better experience with enrollment.
Family Voices: Monroe County Parent Poll
March 9, 2022
The balance between caring for children and work is a crisis or major problem for 7 out of 10 Monroe County families and 5 out of 10 parents say their stress is high as a result of the pandemic. The stress parents are experiencing has three branches: affording and accessing resources, pandemic disruptions in schools, and mental health impacts of the pandemic.
Kids Can’t Wait 2022-2023 Goals
February 7, 2022
New York State must devote more resources to strengthening the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education systems, with a particular focus on eliminating inequities and expanding timely access to services.
Testimony to the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Human Services
February 3, 2022
There are many challenges plaguing the child care sector in New York State. I will summarize a few in this testimony, and share why my organization and the Empire State Campaign for Child Care believes a $5 billion investment is needed in the 2022-23 state budget.
Barriers to Care – Improving Access to NYS’s Child Care Assistance Program
January 11, 2022
Affordable, safe, high quality, and nurturing child care is essential for the immediate and future success of New York State. Our goal as a state should be to increase the number of families receiving this critical support, and we should fund services that help us achieve that goal. Readily available child care helps parents remain in the workforce, contributes to economic growth and expands the labor force for employers. It also ensures that children get off to the best possible start to life.
