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It is beyond dispute that economic development can be an effective way to fight poverty. So, too, longstanding anti-poverty programs have been proven to stimulate local economies. Yet, New York State has drawn a sharp demarcation between economic development and poverty reduction efforts, investing exponentially fewer resources into poverty reduction than into economic development, not…

Hot off the press!  The Schuyler Center, together with United Hospital Fund, is pleased to release Value-Based Payment Models for Medicaid Child Health Services, a report that proposes value-based payment models for children in Medicaid.  The report notes that, “Given the increased recognition of how profoundly social determinants of health (including Adverse Childhood Experiences) affect…

Schuyler Center has created county data snapshots, Numbers Tell a Story: New York State Home Visiting County Data Snapshots, that highlight New York State’s failure to make a serious investment in home visiting despite its many proven benefits, including reducing rates of child maltreatment, and improving children’s health and educational outcomes. The snapshots show that…

Schuyler Center has issued a new report, Home Is Where the Start Is: Expanding Home Visiting to Strengthen All of New York’s Families, to highlight maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting’s effectiveness as a tool to diminish child poverty and improve health, child welfare and education outcomes.  The report makes the case that evidence-based…

Over 1.5 million low-income students in New York rely on free and reduced-priced school lunches and almost 650,000 on school breakfasts for a portion of their daily nutritional intake during the school year.  When school lets out for the summer next month, more than 68% of those children will not receive summer meals.  Read Kate…

According to a current federal review, New York State ranks near the bottom nationally on safety and permanency measures for children in the state’s child welfare system. These measures indicate that children in New York are more likely to experience a recurrence of maltreatment than children in other states, and are less likely to be…

Schuyler Center’s Last Look provides an overview of how the Enacted Budget advances priorities that improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers, especially those living in poverty.

Schuyler Center’s Next Look provides an overview of how the Assembly and Senate budget proposals compare with the Governor’s priorities on several important issues. Schuyler Center staff will spend the coming days gaining a deeper understanding of the proposed budget initiatives and advocating for a final budget that advances priorities that improve the health and…

Schuyler Center’s testimony before the Joint Fiscal Committees on Health, Mental Hygiene, and Human Services is now available on our Legislative Advocacy page.  Our testimony for each hearing focused on our priorities, including policies to strengthen families and communities, and those that ensure access to quality care and services. Find our 2016 policy priorities here.