If adults struggle to know their rights, youth will too.

Last month GoodCall hosted a conversation on early access to counsel for young people arrested in NYS. Guest speaker & Assembly sponsor Andrew Hevesi spoke on the importance of passing #Right2RemainSilent to ensure children understand their rights prior to being interrogated.

Measures like Jamaal T. Bailey's and my bill, A8923 will protect youth from falsely confessing to crimes by ensuring they have access to legal representation before questioning or waiving the right to remain silent. Thank you Kerry Kennedy for this oped. nydailynews.com/2024/07/24/you…

President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy sheds lights on the importance of reforming our CJ system by passing legislation such as #Right2RemainSilent to reduce the "size, scope, & power of mass incarceration in the U.S." Read here: nydailynews.com/2024/07/24/you…

Commentary: Young people in Albany need meaningful support timesunion.com/opinion/articl… via @TimesUnion

Last night our CEO Jonathan Monsalve was a guest on Spectrum Spectrum News NY1 News, Inside City Hall, to discuss the one-year anniversary of program cuts at Rikers alongside Stanley Richards of The Fortune Society. Watch the segment here: ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

.@CDFNY & YouthNPower: Transforming Care discussed the success of our groundbreaking guaranteed income pilot project this week at The Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) Conference in San Francisco. We’re so proud of their work to ensure family stability and economic mobility! Learn more here: YouthNPower.org

We're still thinking about the impact #CDFFreedomSchools scholars made to #ProtectTheFreedomToRead during #NationalDayOfSocialAction! Watch this story from News 8 WROC to see how Freedom Scholars Learning Center is protecting literacy freedom in New York! bit.ly/3YjgJmC

Sign the pledge & share your selfie to show you’re voting in November for lawmakers who put youth first! Join by July 29 to be a part of our Voices for Child Well-being digital album. Share your photo & take the pledge: bit.ly/4fBUtuL #ForOurChildren Children's Defense Fund

Access to counsel should be a protected right. We can do this with #right2remainsilent. Let's keep getting the word out!

Cash Transfers: An Effective Way to Curb Youth Homelessness imprintnews.org/opinion/cash-t…

Commentary: Empire State Child Credit is a powerful tool that could do so much more - by Schuyler Center's Kate Breslin, in today's Times Union timesunion.com/opinion/articl…

📢 Important progress! A stronger Empire State Child Credit is a crucial step in ending child poverty in NY. #NewYorkCanEndChildPoverty

Thanks again to Carl E. Heastie Governor Kathy Hochul and Sen. Stewart-Cousins for their leadership! These checks will be sent out automatically to qualifying families!

Families will soon receive $ payments up to $330/child—no strings attached. We are proud to work with New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Schuyler Center, & CUFFH to support Kathy Hochul #CTC expansion and help put more $ in NY families' pockets just in time for back-to-school. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/n…

See you in September! The annual YJ&O Resource & Opportunities Fair will be Saturday, Sept 7th in Lincoln Terrace Park in Brooklyn.

Take action & urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the #AdoptionSubsidyReform bill A3580-A/S08745 into law! All it takes is a couple minutes: chng.it/k4N6HbwjdH

We asked #artists what #guaranteedincome means to them. #basicincome #universalbasicincome @artsCRNY

We asked #artists what #guaranteedincome means to them. #basicincome #universalbasicincome @artsCRNY

SEE YOU ON SATURDAY for the annual YJ&O Resource & Opportunities Fair in Lincoln Terrace Park in Brooklyn from 12:00-4:30.