FPWA Policy Documents

CATEGORIES:

• New York City and State Budget
  
• Child Welfare
  
• Early Childhood Education
  
• Elderly Welfare
  
• HIV & AIDS
  
• Income Security
  
• Workforce Development
  
• Youth Services

NEW YORK CITY AND STATE BUDGET
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• View FPWA's FPWA 2009-2010 NYC Adopted Budget Table pdf (91868 bytes)
  
• Statement Prepared for the December 19, 2008 Public Forum pdf (81416 bytes) Regarding Budget Issues in Health, Education, Higher Education and Social Services, including Proposed Cuts to 2008-09 budget and 2009-10 Budget Priorities, Convened by the Senate Standing Committees on Education, Finance, Higher Education, Health and Social Services, Children and Families

• View Email to Member Executive Directors pdf (15461 bytes)
  
• Testimony Before NYCHA 2009 Draft Plan Meeting pdf (71006 bytes), August 13, 2008
  
• Statement to NYC City Council Public Housing Commitee pdf (34761 bytes), Hearing on NYCHA's Payments to the City, June 18, 2008
  
• Call to Action: Save Human Services for Public Housing Residents pdf (85305 bytes)

FPWA’s CITY and STATE Legislative and Budget Agendas:

• View FPWA 2009-2010 State Budget Agenda pdf (97831 bytes)
  
• View FPWA 2009-2010 City Budget Agenda pdf (78544 bytes)
  
• View 2008-2009 NYC Adopted Budget Table pdf (80819 bytes)
  
• View FPWA State Outcomes 2008-09 pdf (75465 bytes)
• View FPWA 2008-2009 City Budget Agenda pdf (62686 bytes)
  
• View FPWA 2008-2009 State Budget Agenda pdf (75462 bytes)

NY State and City Budget Testimony:

• View Testimony - February 2, 2009 Executive Budget Proposal for Health and Medicaid pdf (39695 bytes)
  
• View Testimony - January 14, 2009 Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services pdf (88497 bytes)
  
• View Testimony - December 19, 2008 Statement Prepared for the Public Forum pdf (94138 bytes) Regarding Budget Issues in Health, Education, Higher Education and Social Services, including Proposed Cuts to 2008-09 budget and 2009-10 Budget Priorities
  
• View Testimony - July 31, 2008 WRN Testimony to the NYS Economic Security Cabinet pdf (50058 bytes)
  
• View FPWA 2008-2009 City Budget Agenda pdf (62686 bytes)
  
• View FPWA 2008-2009 State Budget Agenda pdf (75462 bytes)
  
• View testimony - NYC Council, General Welfare and Women’s Issues Comm. pdf (49037 bytes)
  
• View testimony - 2008 - 09 Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services pdf (64676 bytes)
  
• View testimony - 2008 - 09 Executive Budget Proposal for Health and Medicaid pdf (34619 bytes)

CHILD WELFARE
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• FPWA Responds to ACS’ Child Welfare Concept Paper pdf (80438 bytes) March 19, 2008
• Op-ed by Fatima Goldman and Donna Butts - View Families Need Federal Support for Guardianships pdf (61011 bytes), Published in the Buffalo News
  
• FPWA Memo of Support for Automatically Extending Medicaid Eligibility to Foster Youth until Age 21.
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• FPWA Testimony for the Public Hearing on The Needs of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care, before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Children & Families and the Subcommittee on Foster Care, December 14, 2007.
  Testimony - Needs of Foster Youth 12-07 pdf (47800 bytes)

• Op-ed by Fatima Goldman - View Rescind the Child Support Requirement pdf (76315 bytes), Published in The Capitol
  
• FPWA’s Policy Recommendations for Eliminating the Child Support Requirement for Families Seeking Subsidized Child Care Child support recommendations pdf (95769 bytes)
  
• FPWA’s Policy Brief, “Enrollment in New York City’s Publicly-Funded Child Care Centers: The Need for Collaboration”
  Child care underenrollment pdf (71646 bytes)
  
• FPWA Testimony for the Public Hearing on Access to Quality Child Care for Working Families, before the New York State Assembly Committees on Labor, Children & Families, and Social Services – November 7, 2007.
  Testimony - Child Care for Working Parents 11-07 pdf (55894 bytes)

• Testimony to the New York City Council’s Aging Committee on the 2010 Executive Budget pdf (228727 bytes) (Delivered at May 18, 2009 Hearing)
  
• Testimony to the New York City Council’s Aging Committee on the 2009-2010 Budget pdf (51848 bytes)
  
• Testimony to the New York Senate’s Aging Committee on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pdf (18694 bytes)
  
• FPWA responds to Request for Information (RFI) issued by the New York Academy of Medicine on the Age Friendly New York City Initiative pdf (17854 bytes) - February, 2008
  
• FPWA responds to NYC Department for the Aging's Concept Paper for the Provision of Case Management Services to the Elderly - July 9, 2007.
  DFTA Concept Paper 7-07 pdf (51084 bytes)

HIV & AIDS
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• Testimony to the New York City Council’s General Welfare Committee on Resolution 2145, which calls upon the New York State (NYS) Assembly to pass A.2565, a proposed legislation which is intended to limit the amount of income that persons living with clinical/symptomatic HIV or AIDS who are receiving monetary assistance for their shelter are required to contribute towards the cost of shelter. View Testimony on Resolution 2145 pdf (35237 bytes)
  
• Special Report: HIV Prevention For Women and Girls in Communities of Color, Reframing HIV Prevention Strategies. View report
  
• Testimony for the Hearing of the New York City Council’s Health Committee, March 8, 2007.
  Testimony on AIDS to Health Comm. 3-07 pdf (83226 bytes)

INCOME SECURITY
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• FPWA Testimony to the New York City Council General Welfare Committee & Community Development Committee: Examining the Progress on the Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO) Program - October 30, 2008. CEO Testimony pdf (58682 bytes)
  
• The Adequacy of the Public Assistance Grant in New York State - September 6, 2007.
  Testimony-Pubilc Assistance Grant Increase 9-07 pdf (36702 bytes)
  
• View Facts About Income Security pdf (16912 bytes)
  
• View Poverty Day Press Release 8-29-07 pdf (40708 bytes)
  

View the latest editions of WRN News:

• WRN News January 2009 pdf (510148 bytes)
  
• WRN News October 2008 pdf (668944 bytes)
  
• WRN News July/August 2008 pdf (263930 bytes)
  
• WRN News May/June 2008 pdf (206572 bytes)
  
• WRN News March/April 2008 pdf (456668 bytes)
  
• WRN News January/February 2008 pdf (384637 bytes)

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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• Testimony before New York City Council, Education Committee & Youth Services Committee, View GED Preparation and Testing Procedures pdf (66671 bytes), January 14, 2009
• FPWA Statement Prepared for the NYS Assembly Social Services Committee, Public Hearing: New York State’s TANF-Funded Welfare-to-Work Programs, November 20, 2008, TANF Hearing Statement pdf (69029 bytes)
  
• View GED to College Transition Policy Proposal - Overview pdf (39567 bytes)
• Testimony to NYS Assembly Higher Education Committee on The State Commission on Higher Education Preliminary Report, February 8, 2008
  Testimony - NYS Assembly Higher Education Committee pdf (48520 bytes)

YOUTH SERVICES
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• Testimony to the New York City Council’s Youth Services Committee on the 2009-2010 Budget pdf (22372 bytes)
  
• Testimony for the Hearing of the New York City Council’s Youth Services Committee - March 8, 2007.
  NYC Youth Testimony 3-07 pdf (94578 bytes)

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