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Long Island University
Master of Public Administration
January 2021
Eligibility Specialist II NYC Human Resources Administration
Research Assistant
Published Author
"I am thrilled to collaborate with like-minded individuals who share my passion for ensuring the well-being of every child, especially those from underrepresented families. With my extensive experience, education, and demonstrated skills such as conducting literature reviews, learning all aspects of early childhood research, and compiling results, I am confident in my ability to make a significant contribution to this noble cause. My attention to detail, diplomatic approach, and empathetic nature towards ending child poverty further strengthen my resolve to make a positive impact."
- Tracey Robinson
This bill replaces the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit with a universal child assistance program. The program establishes a set monthly assistance payment for each child of a taxpayer less than 19 years of age.
The bill establishes an Office of Universal Child Assistance in the Social Security Administration for purposes of administering the assistance program.
The bill also allows a $600 refundable tax credit for adult dependents and certain family members.
New York has for too long allowed hundreds of thousands of children endure the hardships of poverty – in times of recession, and in times of plenty. New York’s child poverty rate has hovered just above and just below 20% for decades, with Black and Latino children significantly more likely to live in poverty than their white peers.
We work with partners in government, academia, and advocacy to fund research and advance evidence-based solutions that address the drivers of poverty.
This is the person who inspired me to believe one person can make a difference in making all children's lives better.
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.
This is someone I find inspirational as to what can be done in my community of Jamaica, Queens- New York.
President
An innovator in the field of education and place-based work, Geoffrey Canada has made it his life’s mission to help young people from under-resourced communities succeed through education.
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia University School of Social Work produces cutting-edge research to advance our understanding of poverty and the role of social policy in reducing poverty and promoting opportunity, economic security, and individual and family wellbeing in New York City and the United States
“We must develop an appreciation of the potential of poor Americans. That the United States refuses to raise those in poverty to a decent life reflects a mean-spirited and destructive prejudice against the poor, underlined by racism and a sense of class superiority. It’s time to reeducate ourselves. As one of Amartya Sen’s acolytes has put it, Sen believes ‘poverty is unfreedom.’”
Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn’s gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tight-knit family from shelter to shelter, this story goes back to trace the passage of Dasani’s ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis is exploding as the chasm deepens between rich and poor.
A revelatory investigation into how America is failing its children, and an urgent manifesto on why helping them is the best way to improve all of our lives—from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice
Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common root problem: racism. But not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?
State of the Union 3/7/2024 - Remarks of President Joe Biden
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