Robyn Schwartz
@trofiewife.bsky.social
Extra set of hands@ICPH_homeless/Fmr. Admin. Ed. Jrnl of Children & Poverty/accidental nonprofit techie/failed microbaker. 🐶🐕🐩. RTs/❤️s =personal curiosities
One thing not mentioned in this article: according to the US DOE definition, school-age children living in these situations are considered homeless. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/n...
@schoolhouseconn.bsky.social #familyhomelessness
@schoolhouseconn.bsky.social #familyhomelessness
The Hidden Victims of New York’s Worsening Housing Crisis
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One thing not mentioned in this article: according to the US DOE definition, school-age children living in these situations are considered homeless. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/n...
@schoolhouseconn.bsky.social #familyhomelessness
@schoolhouseconn.bsky.social #familyhomelessness
“Ms. Hansen said about one-third of those were surrendered after their owners lost their housing or were forced to move into shelters or other places that did not allow pets. For other people, the cost of caring for an animal simply outpaced their ability to pay.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
As Cost-Burdened New Yorkers Give Up Pets, Shelters Turn Them Away
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“Ms. Hansen said about one-third of those were surrendered after their owners lost their housing or were forced to move into shelters or other places that did not allow pets. For other people, the cost of caring for an animal simply outpaced their ability to pay.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
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Jasmine Stradford’s family turned to New York’s emergency shelter system when they became homeless.
It was supposed to provide food and help finding permanent housing. Instead, they stayed in hotels for three months, mostly fending for themselves.
With @nysfocus.bsky.social
It was supposed to provide food and help finding permanent housing. Instead, they stayed in hotels for three months, mostly fending for themselves.
With @nysfocus.bsky.social
Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.
Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
www.propublica.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Jasmine Stradford’s family turned to New York’s emergency shelter system when they became homeless.
It was supposed to provide food and help finding permanent housing. Instead, they stayed in hotels for three months, mostly fending for themselves.
With @nysfocus.bsky.social
It was supposed to provide food and help finding permanent housing. Instead, they stayed in hotels for three months, mostly fending for themselves.
With @nysfocus.bsky.social
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Mrs Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, deserves as much praise for today as the holiday itself.
Turning 99 later this year in October, she successfully launched the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
She was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year
Turning 99 later this year in October, she successfully launched the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
She was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year
June 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Mrs Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, deserves as much praise for today as the holiday itself.
Turning 99 later this year in October, she successfully launched the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
She was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year
Turning 99 later this year in October, she successfully launched the campaign to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
She was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year
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We’ve received lots of comm about this today and partners are working on seeing what they can get secured. As an individual researcher please grab your own information and keep a copy.
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
ALT: a cartoon of a man holding a frying pan and a spoon with red alert written above him
media.tenor.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We’ve received lots of comm about this today and partners are working on seeing what they can get secured. As an individual researcher please grab your own information and keep a copy.
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The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
“New York is the only major American city that has never elected a woman as mayor.”
Yup. Still can’t believe that Annise Parker was mayor when I lived in Houston nearly 15 years ago and we still haven’t hit this milestone in NYC.
Yup. Still can’t believe that Annise Parker was mayor when I lived in Houston nearly 15 years ago and we still haven’t hit this milestone in NYC.
Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker vying to become the first female mayor of New York City, will announce two major endorsements from Letitia James, the state attorney general, and from District Council 37, the city’s largest municipal union. It could provide momentum in the crowded race.
Adrienne Adams Lands Two Major Endorsements for N.Y.C. Mayor
Ms. Adams, the City Council speaker, will receive endorsements from Letitia James, the state attorney general, and from District Council 37, the largest municipal union.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“New York is the only major American city that has never elected a woman as mayor.”
Yup. Still can’t believe that Annise Parker was mayor when I lived in Houston nearly 15 years ago and we still haven’t hit this milestone in NYC.
Yup. Still can’t believe that Annise Parker was mayor when I lived in Houston nearly 15 years ago and we still haven’t hit this milestone in NYC.
Because life gets busy I have a habit of reading periodicals very belatedly, and it is just absolutely soul-crushing to read hopeful things from late 2020-early 2021 in light of where we are now. The only glimmer of hope is how seemingly quickly things can turn around.
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Because life gets busy I have a habit of reading periodicals very belatedly, and it is just absolutely soul-crushing to read hopeful things from late 2020-early 2021 in light of where we are now. The only glimmer of hope is how seemingly quickly things can turn around.
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Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
www.nbcnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
“This is the time for action. How many of the tens of millions of Americans donating to, employed by, volunteering for, or benefiting from nonprofits will rise to the challenge?”https://www.cityandstateny.com/nyn-media/2025/02/opinion-nonprofits-must-prepare-de-tocquevilles-last-stand/403029/
Opinion: Nonprofits must prepare for De Tocqueville’s last stand
A look at how the Trump administration is an existential threat to the entire sector.
www.cityandstateny.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“This is the time for action. How many of the tens of millions of Americans donating to, employed by, volunteering for, or benefiting from nonprofits will rise to the challenge?”https://www.cityandstateny.com/nyn-media/2025/02/opinion-nonprofits-must-prepare-de-tocquevilles-last-stand/403029/
“[Those] who are asked to trim government budgets need to have the knowledge and experience needed to come up with common sense and realistic reforms. They can't have conflicts of interest and hidden political, financial or personal motives.” www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: The problem with Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to government
Broad cost-cutting strategies that might work at private companies can cause serious harm when applied to government institutions that average citizens rely on.
www.cityandstateny.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“[Those] who are asked to trim government budgets need to have the knowledge and experience needed to come up with common sense and realistic reforms. They can't have conflicts of interest and hidden political, financial or personal motives.” www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
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(1/4) Recent layoffs of federal workers has a disproportionate impact on Native Americans, but is receiving almost no media attention. In Indian Health Services, which provides healthcare to 2.8 mil NAs, 2,200 people were laid off, including 1,400 who provide direct patient care.
‘Life or Death Consequences’: Layoffs throw Indian Country into turmoil
Thousands of workers are losing their jobs in health, education and other key tribal programs and agencies
ictnews.org
February 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(1/4) Recent layoffs of federal workers has a disproportionate impact on Native Americans, but is receiving almost no media attention. In Indian Health Services, which provides healthcare to 2.8 mil NAs, 2,200 people were laid off, including 1,400 who provide direct patient care.
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Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
Parenting In the Age of Trump
Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com