The State of New York’s Children 2022 data briefing, presented by the Schuyler Center for Advocacy and Analysis, will be held on January 11 at 9:30am. Register for this virtual event.
Presenters will be available for media q&a following the event. Register to attend this session for members of the media.
As one of New York’s oldest and most experienced policy nonprofits representing the interests of New York’s children and families impacted by poverty, Schuyler Center’s policy experts will present the data to explain and support 2022-23 policy priorities, focused on solutions to the systemic barriers that keep many NYS children and families from thriving.
Each year, State lawmakers, reporters, and non-profit leaders attend The State of New York’s Children event not only for the data, but also for the recommended policy solutions to address the needs of New York’s children and families, especially those impacted for poverty and inequity.
The briefing will include data on: child care availability and accessibility, child poverty, health, child and parent mental health, pandemic impact on children and families, maternal-infant supports, and child welfare. The State of New York’s Children Data Book will be available following the briefing.
Among the key data points Schuyler’s policy team will discuss:
- Efforts to address child poverty must address racial inequity head on. Black and Hispanic or Latino children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than their non-Hispanic white peers.
- New York State provides tens of thousands of children and families supportive child welfare services to prevent family separation. However, most children who are admitted to foster care are removed from their homes before their family has received these services.
- Prior to the pandemic, 64% of NY families lived in communities with insufficient child care capacity; in 2020, statewide licensed capacity shrunk by more than 9,500 spots, meaning more waitlists and hard choices for working families.
- NYS has long been a leader in providing health insurance for children, but the 22.3% of New York children aged 3-17 who have a mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral problem, have problems accessing care. Even as the pandemic’s toll on children’s mental health increases, almost half of families found obtaining mental health care for their children to be somewhat or very difficult.
- Since the pandemic began, access to the internet and devices has become an essential lifeline for participating in online school, attending appointments with doctors and social workers, and working remotely. Yet, 6% of NYS students have insufficient internet access and 8% do not have access to a dedicated computing device.
Register for the Data Briefing.
Register to attend the Q&A session for members of the media.
Back in 1872, Louisa Lee Schuyler gathered data by organizing visiting committees of citizens to inspect the almshouses and poorhouses of each of the 60 counties of NYS, and submitted reports to State representatives. Her work was the foundation for the organization that is now the Schuyler Center. While the approach to research has changed over the past 150 years, Schuyler Center has remained rooted in advocacy on behalf of New York’s children impacted by poverty.
Register for the Data Briefing.
Register to attend the Q&A session for members of the media.
The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) is a leading statewide policy analysis and advocacy organization based in Albany working to shape policies to improve health, welfare, and human services for all New Yorkers, especially those who are disenfranchised.
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