by Liz Warden | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog
In recent years, New York State has made historic strides in expanding access to child care assistance and increasing the market rate to pay early childhood educators more. In New York City, these efforts have significantly boosted child care assistance uptake in...
by Liz Warden | May 9, 2024 | Blog
Every little New Yorker should be supported by an affordable, safe, and culturally responsive universal child care system with well-equipped and supported child care providers. Yet, child care workers are still among the lowest-paid workers in New York State and many...
by Liz Warden | May 9, 2024 | Blog
April 29, 2024 Good afternoon Acting Commissioner Guinn and members of the Child Poverty Reduction Council. Thank you for the opportunity to share testimony; my name is Lara Kyriakou and I’m from The Education Trust–New York, a statewide non-profit organization...
by Liz Warden | May 3, 2024 | Blog
The delayed release of the 2024 Child Care Availability Task Force report is a missed opportunity for action this year, but there’s still work advocates can do before the end of the legislative session By Jenn O’Connor, Director of Partnerships and Early Childhood...
by Liz Warden | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog
By Dr. Erica Webster, a participant in Ed Trust–NY and Raising NY’s Early Childhood Policy and Advocacy Lab When I made the decision to become a foster parent, I understood that challenges would accompany my journey, such as forming attachments with children who...
by Liz Warden | Feb 15, 2024 | Blog
For more than a decade, child poverty in New York State has exceeded the national rate. More than 18% of New York children live in poverty, and that rate includes one in three children of color. In Syracuse, 46% of children live in poverty; 42% in Rochester, 41% in...
