We look forward to embarking on this important work with Adrienne Adams and the New York City Council to address the needs of newly arrived youth and unaccompanied minors in NYC.

“After today, the government cannot claim it did not know of the gaps,” Avilés said. “We must do better.” documentedny.com/2024/04/16/bla…

Governor Kathy Hochul Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins HAVP must be included in the State's Housing Plan to help New Yorkers experiencing homelessness statewide! Without this crirical program, households will not be able secure and keep their housing.

The incredible, unprecedented turnout for today's New York City Council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants is inspiring.

For far too long, your stories have fallen on deaf ears, and today, you are being seen and heard.

Your voices ensure the need for action cannot be ignored.

Today’s hearing centers the experiences of Black immigrants in NYC and has turned out over 1000 people

We must uproot the anti-Blackness that plagues our systems of care - this work requires dedication, creativity, and a city willing to fund our short, mid, and long term needs

New York’s youth are suffering and housing vouchers are an essential tool to combat youth homeless. Coalition for Homeless Youth is making a powerful statement of the need for Governor Kathy Hochul to get behind #havp

Mayor Adams has proposed slashing 100 shelter-based coordinator positions that help homeless students navigate New York City's school system, even as 14,500 migrant families with children are living in city shelters. gothamist.com/news/program-h…

🆕 AFC brief highlights the impact of the 100 NYC Public Schools shelter-based community coordinators (SBCCs) hired in 2022–23 & calls on Mayor Eric Adams New York City Council to sustain funding for this initiative in the FY 2025 budget. advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resourc…

1,300 young people are facing street homelessness simply because Mayor Eric Adams has deemed them less deserving of the most basic human right of shelter. This is wrong and unforgivable as is, and the numbers will only continue to grow.

Daniel Parra Mejía City Limits

Thank you Adrienne Adams Diana Ayala Justin Brannan Althea Stevens & the New York City Council for your support of Runaway & Homeless Youth(RHY) in your Budget Response, including echoing our asks for:
-Housing & Peer Navigators
-RHY Shelter contract increases
-More RHY shelter beds

“They don’t have work authorization. The funds for English courses have been cut. There’s only so much a person can do to comply with the city’s request. And then if they’re doing that, they should get to stay,”

- Josh Goldfein, Staff Attorney, LAS. amny.com/politics/nyc-m…

“The city hasn’t taken any steps to deal with the changes that the City Council made, and there’s clearly a role for the City Council to play in providing for the welfare of people in the city,” said Robert Desir of The Legal Aid Society.

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🚨Moments ago #Right2RemainSilent passed the Senate Children and Families Committee!

Thank you Jabari Brisport for putting the bill on the agenda, and thank you Jamaal T. Bailey for championing this legislation!

💥 ACT by Wed! Urge your U.S. Rep to sign on to bipartisan House “Dear Colleague” letter calling for $800M for the McKinney-Vento Act's Education for Homeless Children and Youth & $304M for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act programs in FY25 budget. bit.ly/43vWm6g

Newly arrived youth who want to learn and build a future are being left behind. A new @citylimitsnews article explores the challenges immigrant youth face enrolling in NYC public schools. citylimits.org/2024/03/18/new…

The Council passed CityFHEPS reforms that for the first time would make the program’s housing vouchers available to young people in DYCD shelters.

Zulaki Reid, who was once homeless, shares how these laws would have helped him find permanent housing sooner.

“For newly arrived migrant youth of that age group—17 to 20—it’s rare that somebody will identify them...as a youth who needs to be in school,” said Rita Rodriguez-Engberg Advocates for Children of New York. “They’re looked at as like adults, or they’re overlooked, period.”

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'I cannot sleep in a church, or sleep in a mosque, and then wake in the morning and go to school and come back tired.'

Daniel Parra Mejía also got this stat that I haven't seen elsewhere: over 850 single migrants ages 17-20 in shelter as of March 3

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We’re so grateful Adrienne Adams is prioritizing making housing more accessible to New Yorkers.

City FHEPS is law — Mayor Eric Adams must implement it, and we’re excited about these proposed changes to make it more accessible!