CEO's fifth annual report highlights recent accomplishments including CEO's receipt of the Harvard University's Innovations in American Government Award, the expansion of programs through the Young Men's Initiative and the federal Social Innovation Fund, and CEO's work to help inform the Census Bureau's new Supplemental Poverty Measure.
This qualitative report focuses on Family Rewards'
educational incentives and the variety of ways that parents and children interacted
with each other in relation to these incentives.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
The $aveNYC Account program offers New Yorkers with lower incomes a
50 percent match if they direct deposit part of their tax refund into a branded "$aveNYC
Account" and maintain the initial deposit for at least one year.
Aimed at low-income families in six of New York City's highest-poverty communities,
Family Rewards ties cash rewards to a pre-specified set of activities and outcomes in the areas
of children's education, family preventive health care, and parents' employment.
This overview of the Office of the Food Policy Coordinator (OFPC) is based on an internal program review conducted
by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO).