Citizens' Committee for Children of New York
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✔️Know the facts. ✔️Share the facts. ✔️Be part of the solution.
https://linktr.ee/cccnewyork
For 80 years, CCC has been an independent voice for children, turning data into action & fact-based advocacy into impact. With your support, CCC will continue to drive real solutions for NY children & families. Will you support us for #GivingTuesday? bit.ly/CCCGTD
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For 80 years, CCC has been an independent voice for children, turning data into action & fact-based advocacy into impact. With your support, CCC will continue to drive real solutions for NY children & families. Will you support us for #GivingTuesday? bit.ly/CCCGTD
We’re proud to share the recent appointment of CCC’s ED Raysa S. Rodriguez to Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition Committee on Youth & Education. Read the transition committees announcement: mailchi.mp/zohranfornyc... (🧵)
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We’re proud to share the recent appointment of CCC’s ED Raysa S. Rodriguez to Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's transition Committee on Youth & Education. Read the transition committees announcement: mailchi.mp/zohranfornyc... (🧵)
A recent @chalkbeat.org article speaks about how NYC communities are coming together amidst federal threats to vital food supports. Our new analysis shows over 1 million NYC households rely on #SNAP -- view CCC’s data for a breakdown of SNAP use by neighborhood: bit.ly/KTSNAP25
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A recent @chalkbeat.org article speaks about how NYC communities are coming together amidst federal threats to vital food supports. Our new analysis shows over 1 million NYC households rely on #SNAP -- view CCC’s data for a breakdown of SNAP use by neighborhood: bit.ly/KTSNAP25
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More than 154,000 NYC students were homeless last school year, marking a decade-long trend and highlighting barriers to education.
Read more: http://specne.ws/bEvhxA
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More than 150,000 NYC students were homeless during last school year
For the tenth year, more than 100,000 students were identified as homeless.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More than 154,000 NYC students were homeless last school year, marking a decade-long trend and highlighting barriers to education.
Read more: http://specne.ws/bEvhxA
Read more: http://specne.ws/bEvhxA
📣 YOUTH JUSTICE RALLY ALERT 📣 Next week YJ&O and #Right2Remain Silent campaigns are hosting a speakout and march for #YouthJustice Action Month! Join CCC & partners as we march for youth justice, supportive action, & a system rooted in healing.
🗓️ Tues, 10/21
🕑 2pm
📍 560 Brook Ave (Bronx)
🗓️ Tues, 10/21
🕑 2pm
📍 560 Brook Ave (Bronx)
October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
📣 YOUTH JUSTICE RALLY ALERT 📣 Next week YJ&O and #Right2Remain Silent campaigns are hosting a speakout and march for #YouthJustice Action Month! Join CCC & partners as we march for youth justice, supportive action, & a system rooted in healing.
🗓️ Tues, 10/21
🕑 2pm
📍 560 Brook Ave (Bronx)
🗓️ Tues, 10/21
🕑 2pm
📍 560 Brook Ave (Bronx)
As NYC heads toward a mayoral election, the stakes could not be higher for children & families. One of the most pressing issues? Child care. Join us on 10/23 for a free, informative webinar featuring leaders in critical child care advocacy including CCC's own ED Raysa S. Rodriguez: bit.ly/wwccnyc
A Win-Win: The Path to Universal Child Care | CCC New York
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October 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As NYC heads toward a mayoral election, the stakes could not be higher for children & families. One of the most pressing issues? Child care. Join us on 10/23 for a free, informative webinar featuring leaders in critical child care advocacy including CCC's own ED Raysa S. Rodriguez: bit.ly/wwccnyc
Federal budget cuts are slashing $4.5 billion from housing programs in NYC, threatening support for over 1 million residents through NYCHA & Section 8. Losing this funding means more evictions & more homelessness during an already serious homelessness crisis. #StopTheFederalCuts
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Federal budget cuts are slashing $4.5 billion from housing programs in NYC, threatening support for over 1 million residents through NYCHA & Section 8. Losing this funding means more evictions & more homelessness during an already serious homelessness crisis. #StopTheFederalCuts
Mayor Adams has launched a Commission on Universal After-School to design a sustainable, citywide system reaching 184,000 students by 2027. We’re proud to share the appointment of CCC Executive Director Raysa S. Rodriguez on the commission! 📖 Read the announcement: www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2025/09/mayor-adams-signs-executive-order-to-establish-new-c…
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Mayor Adams has launched a Commission on Universal After-School to design a sustainable, citywide system reaching 184,000 students by 2027. We’re proud to share the appointment of CCC Executive Director Raysa S. Rodriguez on the commission! 📖 Read the announcement: www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are you invested in a future where every child is healthy, housed, educated, & safe?
Join our E-Action Network to get impactful content on child well-being & advocacy in your inbox. Plus, learn ways to get involved to advance policies & investments that support NY's children: bit.ly/ccceasub
Join our E-Action Network to get impactful content on child well-being & advocacy in your inbox. Plus, learn ways to get involved to advance policies & investments that support NY's children: bit.ly/ccceasub
TOMORROW: Join elected officials, advocates, & families for a rally to urge NY leaders to champion children's #mentalhealth in the face of federal cuts!
📅Thursday, July 24
🕘11:00am
📍109 East 115th St
We must protect access to essential services like therapy, peer support, & meds.
📅Thursday, July 24
🕘11:00am
📍109 East 115th St
We must protect access to essential services like therapy, peer support, & meds.
July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TOMORROW: Join elected officials, advocates, & families for a rally to urge NY leaders to champion children's #mentalhealth in the face of federal cuts!
📅Thursday, July 24
🕘11:00am
📍109 East 115th St
We must protect access to essential services like therapy, peer support, & meds.
📅Thursday, July 24
🕘11:00am
📍109 East 115th St
We must protect access to essential services like therapy, peer support, & meds.
Over 600 NYC children are waiting for seats in preschool special ed classes & more than 7k preschoolers are waiting for at least 1 of their legally mandated part-time services, like speech therapy or counseling. Special ed services are NOT optional. Act now: bit.ly/4mGYeCm
Tell City Leaders: Preschool Special Education Services Are Not Optional
On April 16th, Mayor Adams announced that he will continue current funding for 3-K classes and preschool special education classes next year and beyond after first leaving the funding out of his budge...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Over 600 NYC children are waiting for seats in preschool special ed classes & more than 7k preschoolers are waiting for at least 1 of their legally mandated part-time services, like speech therapy or counseling. Special ed services are NOT optional. Act now: bit.ly/4mGYeCm
We must ensure that our city’s youth receive the ESSENTIAL programming they deserve! We are calling on
@mayoradams.bsky.social to increase funding to afterschool programs this year. To join this fight, click here: tinyurl.com/ymxp4ahw
#InvestAfter3pm #FundAfterschool
@mayoradams.bsky.social to increase funding to afterschool programs this year. To join this fight, click here: tinyurl.com/ymxp4ahw
#InvestAfter3pm #FundAfterschool
Afterschool Day of Action Toolkit (3/21/24)
March 21st - Afterschool Day of Action Toolkit Join us to stand up for afterschool and tell the Mayor no cuts to youth programs! The Comprehensive After School System of New York City (COMPASS) provi...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We must ensure that our city’s youth receive the ESSENTIAL programming they deserve! We are calling on
@mayoradams.bsky.social to increase funding to afterschool programs this year. To join this fight, click here: tinyurl.com/ymxp4ahw
#InvestAfter3pm #FundAfterschool
@mayoradams.bsky.social to increase funding to afterschool programs this year. To join this fight, click here: tinyurl.com/ymxp4ahw
#InvestAfter3pm #FundAfterschool
📣 Join us this Friday to rally against a #CityFHEPS rent increase!
📅Friday, May 30
🕘10:30am
📍Steps of City Hall
The Adams administration is proposing to ⬆️ the income contribution from 30% to 40% for some CityFHEPS recipients. Let's fight this threat to #housing stability.
📅Friday, May 30
🕘10:30am
📍Steps of City Hall
The Adams administration is proposing to ⬆️ the income contribution from 30% to 40% for some CityFHEPS recipients. Let's fight this threat to #housing stability.
May 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
📣 Join us this Friday to rally against a #CityFHEPS rent increase!
📅Friday, May 30
🕘10:30am
📍Steps of City Hall
The Adams administration is proposing to ⬆️ the income contribution from 30% to 40% for some CityFHEPS recipients. Let's fight this threat to #housing stability.
📅Friday, May 30
🕘10:30am
📍Steps of City Hall
The Adams administration is proposing to ⬆️ the income contribution from 30% to 40% for some CityFHEPS recipients. Let's fight this threat to #housing stability.
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Nearly Half of US Kids—34 Million—Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/republi...
Nearly Half of US Kids—34 Million—Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP | Common Dreams
Republicans' megabill threatens to harm millions of American children by cutting Medicaid and SNAP.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Nearly Half of US Kids—34 Million—Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/republi...
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While we were sleeping, harmful cuts to children and families were passed in the House by one vote. It's shameful to cut the healthcare and food assistance that New Yorkers rely on to give tax cuts to the wealthy. See how your rep voted here:
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
Roll Call 145 Roll Call 145, Bill Number: H. R. 1, 119th Congress, 1st Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Passage, DESCRIPTION: One Big Beautiful Act, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
clerk.house.gov
May 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
While we were sleeping, harmful cuts to children and families were passed in the House by one vote. It's shameful to cut the healthcare and food assistance that New Yorkers rely on to give tax cuts to the wealthy. See how your rep voted here:
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
Half of all lifetime cases of mental disorders begin by age 14. By funding school-based & CBO-based service options we can significantly impact the long-term health of our young New Yorkers. @mayoradams.bsky.social, NYC Council read our priorities: bit.ly/BH26NYC
May 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Half of all lifetime cases of mental disorders begin by age 14. By funding school-based & CBO-based service options we can significantly impact the long-term health of our young New Yorkers. @mayoradams.bsky.social, NYC Council read our priorities: bit.ly/BH26NYC
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In NY, 33% (2.4 million) of children under 19 rely on #Medicaid & about 37% (468,000) of households with children rely on #SNAP. We must fight cuts to these programs to protect millions of NY children: bit.ly/3YnSt28 #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
Tell New York’s Representatives Not To Cut Medicaid and SNAP | CCC New York
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May 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In NY, 33% (2.4 million) of children under 19 rely on #Medicaid & about 37% (468,000) of households with children rely on #SNAP. We must fight cuts to these programs to protect millions of NY children: bit.ly/3YnSt28 #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
In NY, 33% (2.4 million) of children under 19 rely on #Medicaid & about 37% (468,000) of households with children rely on #SNAP. We must fight cuts to these programs to protect millions of NY children: bit.ly/3YnSt28 #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
Tell New York’s Representatives Not To Cut Medicaid and SNAP | CCC New York
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May 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In NY, 33% (2.4 million) of children under 19 rely on #Medicaid & about 37% (468,000) of households with children rely on #SNAP. We must fight cuts to these programs to protect millions of NY children: bit.ly/3YnSt28 #HandsOffSNAP #HandsOffMedicaid
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NYC's broken procurement system forces nonprofits to rely on “mere promises of payment, rather than prompt and predictable funding,” write @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social and @justinbrannan.bsky.social in a new op-ed.
🗞️ Learn why we need solutions to #PayNonprofitsOnTime: www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-n...
🗞️ Learn why we need solutions to #PayNonprofitsOnTime: www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-n...
Op-ed | NYC’s nonprofits can’t survive on promises — they need reliable payments now | amNewYork
Our city’s nonprofits deserve leadership and real solutions that can finally move the needle so they can finally get paid on time, and the Council is ready to
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May 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NYC's broken procurement system forces nonprofits to rely on “mere promises of payment, rather than prompt and predictable funding,” write @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social and @justinbrannan.bsky.social in a new op-ed.
🗞️ Learn why we need solutions to #PayNonprofitsOnTime: www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-n...
🗞️ Learn why we need solutions to #PayNonprofitsOnTime: www.amny.com/oped/op-ed-n...
NY Gov @kathyhochul.bsky.social's Budget proposes changes to the formula used to decide how much funding school districts get per student. While the formula is out-of-date the proposed changes would result in NYC Public Schools getting $350M less. Help us fight this cut with CEEF: bit.ly/3GUA5I1
Tell State Leaders: Don’t Shortchange NYC Schools
Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget proposes changes to the formula used to decide how much education funding, or Foundation Aid, school districts get from the State for each student. While the Foundat...
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May 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NY Gov @kathyhochul.bsky.social's Budget proposes changes to the formula used to decide how much funding school districts get per student. While the formula is out-of-date the proposed changes would result in NYC Public Schools getting $350M less. Help us fight this cut with CEEF: bit.ly/3GUA5I1
Now is a critical moment for NYC leaders to demonstrate their commitment to protecting & expanding supports that children & families urgently need. 1.67 million children live in NYC, almost 20% of the total pop., & their well-being must be a top priority: bit.ly/4jvjNnw
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Now is a critical moment for NYC leaders to demonstrate their commitment to protecting & expanding supports that children & families urgently need. 1.67 million children live in NYC, almost 20% of the total pop., & their well-being must be a top priority: bit.ly/4jvjNnw
Putting #HAVP in the budget is a crucial step in the right direction for NYS. We applaud Gov. @kathyhochul.bsky.social, Sen. Kavanagh, AM Rosenthal, Sen. Stewart-Cousins, AM Heastie, & the Legislature for including funding for a pilot in the budget. gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...
Gov. Hochul says NY budget will create $50M rental aid program championed by tenant groups
Tenant activists and landlords alike had pushed for the program for years. Hochul ultimately agreed to about a fifth of the funding its legislative sponsors originally sought
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May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Putting #HAVP in the budget is a crucial step in the right direction for NYS. We applaud Gov. @kathyhochul.bsky.social, Sen. Kavanagh, AM Rosenthal, Sen. Stewart-Cousins, AM Heastie, & the Legislature for including funding for a pilot in the budget. gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...
#DYK every $1 in #SNAP benefits generates up to $1.80 in economic impact during downturns. In NY, SNAP brings $650 million into local economies monthly & supports ~37% of households w/ children. Let's #ProtectSNAP: bit.ly/3YnSt28
Tell New York’s Representatives Not To Cut Medicaid and SNAP | CCC New York
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April 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#DYK every $1 in #SNAP benefits generates up to $1.80 in economic impact during downturns. In NY, SNAP brings $650 million into local economies monthly & supports ~37% of households w/ children. Let's #ProtectSNAP: bit.ly/3YnSt28
🚑 #Medicaid & 🥕 #SNAP are critical programs supporting child well-being in NY as 33% of children under 19 rely on Medicaid & 37% of households with children rely on SNAP.
🆕 Use our new tool to find out how federal cuts to both would impact YOUR specific NY district: bit.ly/MSCCC25 #advocacy
🆕 Use our new tool to find out how federal cuts to both would impact YOUR specific NY district: bit.ly/MSCCC25 #advocacy
Medicaid and SNAP Cuts | CCC New York
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April 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🚑 #Medicaid & 🥕 #SNAP are critical programs supporting child well-being in NY as 33% of children under 19 rely on Medicaid & 37% of households with children rely on SNAP.
🆕 Use our new tool to find out how federal cuts to both would impact YOUR specific NY district: bit.ly/MSCCC25 #advocacy
🆕 Use our new tool to find out how federal cuts to both would impact YOUR specific NY district: bit.ly/MSCCC25 #advocacy
✨ Now is a pivotal moment for child & family advocacy! Will you support our work?
✨ Join us for CCC Celebrates on Tuesday, May 20, as we recognize CCC's influential advocacy & enjoy art, while supporting our mission to lead with facts & ensure every NY child is healthy, housed, educated, & safe.
✨ Join us for CCC Celebrates on Tuesday, May 20, as we recognize CCC's influential advocacy & enjoy art, while supporting our mission to lead with facts & ensure every NY child is healthy, housed, educated, & safe.
CCC Celebrates 2025: A Gala Art Party | CCC New York
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April 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
✨ Now is a pivotal moment for child & family advocacy! Will you support our work?
✨ Join us for CCC Celebrates on Tuesday, May 20, as we recognize CCC's influential advocacy & enjoy art, while supporting our mission to lead with facts & ensure every NY child is healthy, housed, educated, & safe.
✨ Join us for CCC Celebrates on Tuesday, May 20, as we recognize CCC's influential advocacy & enjoy art, while supporting our mission to lead with facts & ensure every NY child is healthy, housed, educated, & safe.