Facts
NEW: With Mayor’s Executive Budget, NYC is Moving Backwards
A new report released by the Campaign for Children details how Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to make sweeping cuts to child care and after-school programs is defying the national imperative, laid out by the Obama Administration, to increase funding to these essential programs – especially for low-income children. NYC, where there are more children than any other city in the US, is moving backwards in terms of improving outcomes for children.
NEW: Fact Sheet on Bloomberg’s Executive Budget
On May 2, Mayor Bloomberg released his final executive budget — and, failed to restore a cent of funding for the city’s children.
Cuts to Out-of-School-Time (OST) After-School Programs Over Time
It’s not a budget dance – the City has cut slots in OST after-school programs by 35% since 2008. On top of that 27,000 more slots are slated to be cut this year.
Fact Sheet on Bloomberg’s 2014 Preliminary Budget Proposal
Read the 2014 budget proposal fact sheet released by the Campaign for Children. It outlines the deep cuts that would affect critical child care and after-school programs throughout the city.
Report on the Impact of Instability and Uncertainty on the Child Care and After-School Systems
Read a new report released by the Campaign for Children on January 16, 2013. It finds that child care and after-school programs that rely on City funding face constant uncertainty and instability, which negatively impacts programs that are meant to be a lifeline to New York City’s most vulnerable children and families. The report is based on first hand accounts of child care and after-school providers representing nearly 400 programs citywide. According to their testimony, underfunded contracts and the constant need for the City Council to save programs with one-year funding gives providers no way to plan for the future, and causes children and families to suffer.
2012 Reports and Statements
Report: “New York City Parent Voices”
Impact Brief: New York City’s Diminishing Investment in NYC Children and Working Families
Impact Brief: What the Cuts Mean for Manhattan
Impact Brief: What the Cuts Mean for Staten Island
Impact Brief: What the Cuts Mean for The Bronx
Impact Brief: What the Cuts Mean for Brooklyn
Impact Brief: What the Cuts Mean for Queens
Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus Statement on Child Care and After-School
Progressive Caucus Statement on Child Care and After-School
Women’s Caucus Statement on Child Care and After-School
Sign-On Letter from Education Faculty to Save Child Care and After-School Programs
Sign-On Letter from Principals to Save Child Care and After-School Programs
Sign-On Letter from Social Work Faculty to Save Child Care and After-School Programs
