Press Coverage

Press articles and opinions on this page covers many of the initiatives guiding SCAA's efforts. Press specific to early care and learning can be found here.

Schuyler Center names new CEO

The Business Review (June 16, 2010) - The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, a nonprofit working to shape health, welfare and human services policies in New York, has named a new president and CEO. - download story

Breslin Succeeds Schimke at Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy

New York Nonprofit Press (June 17, 2010) - Kate Breslin has been named as the new President and CEO of the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA), a statewide nonprofit working to shape policies to improve health, welfare and human services in New York State. -download story

Juvenile justice in need of reform

timesunion.com (June 11, 2010) Letter to the Editor By Diane Mastin - The June 2 editorial, "Juvenile prisons need adult eyes," raised important issues related to New York's juvenile justice system and the latest incident at Goshen Secure Center. -see letter

Lack of budget impacts needy

timesunion.com (May 27, 2010) Letter to the Editor By Karen Schimke - The May 20 article, "Crisis grinds state work," about the impact on state government operations caused by the lack of an approved budget, is just the tip of the iceberg. -see letter

Families critical to child's welfare

timesunion.com (March 27, 2010) Letter to the Editor By Karen Schimke - I read with disappointment the March 19 response from the New York Public Welfare Association to a March 10 opinion piece on kinship guardianship by Gladys CarriOn, commissioner of the state Office of Children and Family Services. -see letter

Mental health patients await housing decision

Legislativegazette.com (March 15, 2010) By Emily Claire Atkin - Mental health advocates are continuing their push for state officials to comply with a federal court's order to integrate New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities who are living in institutionalized housing back into their communities. -see story

State leaders, advocates lauded for supporting youth with special needs

Legislativegazette.com (February 16, 2010) By Sara A. Emmert- Families Together in New York State presented legislators and advocates with awards Jan. 9 in Albany at an event conducted to honor their work in helping pass pro-special needs legislation and ensuring the state is better able to assist children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges. -see story

Save youths from prison horror

timesunion.com (January 31, 2010) Perspective/OpEd By Karen Schimke - The Governor's Task Force on Transforming Juvenile Justice recently released its report with recommendation for reforming the state's badly broken juvenile justice system. -see OpEd

NYS Trails the Nation in GED Success

WAMC Northeast Public Radio (January 11, 2010) By Susan Barnett - New York State is the leader in the nation offering access to the high school equivalency exam, but it's dead last in the percentage of people who actually pass it. That's the results of a new study released today, and Hudson Valley bureau chief Susan Barnett reports that it appears the difference between success and failure is preparation. -hear audio

N.Y. last in GED pass rate; poor preparation cited

poughkeepsiejournal.com (January 11, 2010) By Cara Matthews - ALBANY — New York provides the most access to the GED exam in the country but suffers from the lowest passage rate of any state, signaling the need for better test-preparation programs, a report released Monday recommends. -see story

Group: N.Y. GED program needs help

stargazette.com (January 10, 2010) By Cara Matthews - ALBANY -- New York provides the most access to the GED exam in the country but suffers from the lowest passage rate of any state, signaling the need for better test-preparation programs, a report released Monday recommends. -see story

Mentally ill protest state housing plan
Advocates await court's decision

Legislativegazette.com (December 7, 2009) By Bob Bennett - While a protest by hundreds of mentally ill residents seeking community housing raged on outside the governor's midtown Manhattan office, their advocates held a press conference Nov. 24 in Albany on the same issue. -see story

Save home visits from budget cuts

timesunion.com (November 18, 2009) Letter to the editor - As a business leader who cares about the end game in terms of the state's work force, I question the governor's across-the-board budget cuts ("Paterson argues for swift deficit action," Nov. 9) especially when they threaten programs like voluntary home visiting that are proven to give back to people and the economy. - see letter

N.Y. can't compromise children's futures

Times Union (November 16, 2009) Op-Ed by Karen Schimke - Childhood matters more than you might think. It's the time when the brain and the body are developing most intensely. It's when children learn to trust. It's when they are most in need of nurturing relationships to lay the foundation for healthy behavior and a successful future.
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Programs helping youths need funding, group says

pressconnects.com (July 25, 2009) ALBANY - A children's advocacy group is calling on state lawmakers to increase funding for programs to get disconnected youths integrated back into society and help them live successful lives. Almost 200,000 youths between the ages of 16 and 24 in New York are unemployed, not enrolled in school and lack caring adults to help them, the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy said in a report released Friday. -see story

Report: How to Save New York's “Disconnected Youth”

Public News Service (July 23, 2009) By Mark Scheerer - Albany, NY - More than 200,000 young New Yorkers, between the ages of 16 and 24, considered "disconnected" by family advocates, need education, jobs and housing, according to a new report being unveiled today. They are identified as outside the work force, at risk of losing a job, or already headed into trouble. -see story