What We Think

Richard Buery Reacts to Brookings Institution Report
July 29, 2010

Richard R. Buery, Jr., The Children’s Aid Society’s President and CEO, offers this reaction to the report by the Brookings Institution “The Harlem Children’s Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education.”
Children's Aid Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Subject of NPR
June 7, 2010

The broadcast explored the history of the proven-effective 25-year old program, jumping off from the Obama administration’s decision to fund an “evidence-based approach” to reducing teen pregnancy.
Testimony of Katherine Eckstein, Director of Public Policy, The Children’s Aid Society
March 15, 2010

The demand for our collective services is increasing just as public and private funding is decreasing. This testimony focuses on Out-of-School Time programs and Summer Youth Employment.
Testimony Before the New York State Senate and Assembly
May 28, 2009

Issues Regarding the Impact of the ACS Plan to Move Five-year-old Children from ACS Child Care Centers to NYC Department of Education Kindergarten Classes as of September, 2009
Testimony Prepared for the Assembly Standing Committee on Education: Governance of the New York City School District
March 13, 2009
Testimony of Laura Colin Klein, Director, The Children’s Aid Society’s Rhinelander Children’s Center
March 10, 2009
Testimony Before the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families, Subcommittee on Foster Care
November 12, 2008

Addressing two areas of Foster Care Services: 1) ensuring that high quality services are being delivered under the Improved Outcomes for Children Model and; 2) providing appropriate oversight of foster care services?
Testimony Before New York City Council Hearing on Chronic Absenteeism in New City Public Schools
November 12, 2008

A focus on community schools, one comprehensive, strategic solution to address the shocking number of young children who are chronically absent.
Testimony Before New York City Council Committee on Consumer Affairs In Support of Green Carts Bill
January 31, 2008

Green Carts -- new sidewalk fruit and vegetable vendors -- would make fresh produce much more available in low-income communities throughout New York City.
Direct Troubled Youth to Community-based Supports and Programming
January 14, 2008

It makes sense to direct troubled youth to community-based supports and programming rather than detention centers, where the likelihood of recidivism is much greater, according to Children’s Aid’s letter to the editor of the New York Times. Click to read the letter