NCLEJ Report Influences New York City Mayor’s 2005 Child Care Proposals

In 2004 we published Lost in the Maze: A Look at New York City’s Fragmented Child Care Delivery System, which described a system in crisis and set out needed reforms. In October 2005 Mayor Bloomberg outlined his vision…

Testimony Regarding the Role of Education in Helping Low-Income Families Become Economically Self-Sufficient

NCLEJ Promoted Child Care for Working Parents

As advocates for improved child care for low-income families, we were involved in a variety of reform efforts to address the problems caused by byzantine, woefully inadequate child care systems that leave tens of thousands of children without…

Testimony Regarding Child Support Requirements in New York State’s Proposed Child Care Development Fund Plan

NCLEJ and Colleagues Protect Medicaid for Working Parents in Texas

We won a federal court order that saved Medicaid for more than 2,200 low-income Texas parents, many of whom would have lost their jobs without health care for chronic conditions. The policy we challenged under federal law would…

NCLEJ and Colleagues Supported Access to Education and Training in New York City

We and our colleagues achieved significant improvements in policy and practice through the settlement we negotiated in our groundbreaking class action against the City and State of New York. This 2003 settlement – the first in the nation…