Building community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy. The New York Office of @ChildDefender. #UnleashingTheJoy
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30 Mar 2025
This account will close March 31! Stay connected with CDF-NY by following CDF’s national accounts & signing up for emails on our local efforts in NY: bit.ly/3CLp6PA. We’ll continue sharing updates and highlights of our work! Follow @youthnpowertc on FB, IG, and X too!
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CDF-NY retweeted
3 Apr 2025
CDF-NY and its partners urge lawmakers in New York State to invest in a Child and Family Well-being Fund. The group's recent op-ed, via @CenterNYC, highlights why this investment is crucial for youth. Read their column about this important budget priority: bit.ly/3FUuotl
11 Mar 2025
It’s time for New York to invest in families with its state budget! Check out what CDF-NY and its partners in the Child and Family Wellbeing Fund working group have to say about how New York can support grassroots groups to help families thrive: bit.ly/4ipGoRm
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28 Mar 2025
👉🏿The NYC Bar Association is endorsing the Child & Family Wellbeing Fund sponsored by Assembly Member Hevesi (A.63-A) and Senator Brisport (S.6431) in the NYS Budget!
Read more here: nycbar.org/reports/fy25-26-b……
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28 Mar 2025
👉🏿The NYC Bar Association is endorsing the Youth Justice Innovation Fund A.767 (A.M. Solages) and S.643 (Sen. Cleare) in the NYS Budget!
Read more here: nycbar.org/reports/fy25-26-b…
@NYCBarAssn @NYCBarPolicy
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CDF-NY retweeted
28 Mar 2025
"30 years of research shows that reductions in violent crime involving young people are best achieved with community-based resources."
MUST READ op-ed on how to transform the lives of NY youth and build stronger neighborhoods. 👇
28 Mar 2025
👉🏿Powerful OpEd from former NYC Probation leader Clint Lacey @CredibleMsngr3 on how investments in community-based organizations, not more probation, is what we need in the #NYSbudget to support young people and neighborhood safety.
Read it here: bit.ly/4j8m8nV
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28 Mar 2025
👉🏿Powerful OpEd from former NYC Probation leader Clint Lacey @CredibleMsngr3 on how investments in community-based organizations, not more probation, is what we need in the #NYSbudget to support young people and neighborhood safety.
Read it here: bit.ly/4j8m8nV
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26 Mar 2025
This account will close March 31! Stay connected with CDF-NY by following CDF’s national accounts & signing up for emails on our local efforts in NY: bit.ly/3CLp6PA. We’ll continue sharing updates and highlights of our work! Follow @youthnpowertc on FB, IG, and X too!
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CDF-NY retweeted
🚨Moments ago #Right2RemainSilent (A2620) passed the Assembly Children and Families Committee!
Thank you to our Sponsor and Chair of C&F,
@AndrewHevesi for prioritizing this bill and moving it forward!
Next up...CODES.
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23 Mar 2025
This account will close March 31! Stay connected with CDF-NY by following CDF’s national accounts & signing up for emails on our local efforts in NY: bit.ly/3CLp6PA. We’ll continue sharing updates and highlights of our work! Follow @youthnpowertc on FB, IG, and X too!
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20 Mar 2025
This account will close March 31! Stay connected with CDF-NY by following CDF’s national accounts & signing up for emails on our local efforts in NY: bit.ly/3CLp6PA. We’ll continue sharing updates and highlights of our work! Follow @youthnpowertc on FB, IG, and X too!
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CDF-NY retweeted
17 Mar 2025
We support youth voice, leadership, and action. That’s why we’re helping to make the Youth in Focus Mayoral Forum happen. NYC’s young people are asking the tough questions, and candidates need to listen. Join us 4/17, 6-8 PM on Zoom.
RSVP: youthinfocus.eventbrite.com #NYCYouthForum
ALT Collage of logos of youth justice organizations, including Ali Forney Good Shephard Services, Teens Take Chargs, and others, for the NYC Youth Forum on April 17 from 6-8 p.m.
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14 Mar 2025
CDF-NY commends the Senate and Assembly for prioritizing children and families in their One-House Budget proposals. Including the Working Families Tax Credit and universal free school meals are significant strides in reducing child poverty.
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14 Mar 2025
We urge Governor Hochul and the Legislature to build on these investments for a future free from poverty. #EndChildPovertyNY
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12 Mar 2025
Our @YouthNPowerTC team was excited to be part of the Advocacy yesterday!
11 Mar 2025
New Yorkers are smart, capable, and can be trusted to make the best economic decisions for themselves. Today, the NYS Cash Alliance is in Albany calling on leaders to get cash into the hands of New Yorkers most in need. #PowerofCash #Cashforall #GI4NY
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CDF-NY retweeted
11 Mar 2025
New Yorkers are smart, capable, and can be trusted to make the best economic decisions for themselves. Today, the NYS Cash Alliance is in Albany calling on leaders to get cash into the hands of New Yorkers most in need. #PowerofCash #Cashforall #GI4NY
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CDF-NY retweeted
Youth Justice champions, Jose Perez (CDF-NY), Aaliyah Guillory-Nickens (YR), and Samaya (YR) facilitated a captivating workshop on #Right2RemainSilent and #YJOA. Political and community education is key!
👉🏻take action: p2a.co/Zn4LG41
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9 Mar 2025
CDF-New York Senior Policy Associate Sabah Merchant recently testified before NY lawmakers on the need to advance health care affordability, ensure equity, and expand insurance access for all New Yorkers.
Read her full testimony here: bit.ly/3XyHFNY
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9 Mar 2025
We are about to start our workshop. If you are at the Beyond the Bars Conference today, come by!
Attending Beyond the Bars this year?
Come check out our “Fighting for Youth Justice” workshop at 2:15 today! #Right2RemainSilent #YJOA
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