For school-aged children living in temporary housing--homeless shelters, doubled up, or other transitory situations--getting to and succeeding in school can be a greater challenge than for their classmates. This report explores those challenges, with a particular focus on the high absentee rate among students living in shelters and some of the factors contributing to their low attendance. In addition to IBO's usual quantitative emphasis, this report includes the perceptions and insights of homeless families; teachers, principals, and other school staff; and central and district education department administrators captured through roughly 100 interviews and 10 focus groups.
This is the tenth annual report of the New York City Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee (FRC). The FRC was established in 2005 through Local Law 61, which requires the FRC to summarize information pertaining to family-related homicides in aggregate to develop recommendations for the coordination and improvement of services for family-related violence victims.
DOI's review of DFTA's oversight program highlights breakdowns in the agency's auditing practices and recommends specific ways to improve fraud detection and limit future fraud
This report summarizes methods and findings of a supplemental youth count conducted in conjunction with the 2015 point-in-time count of homeless individuals and families.
This report examines foster care in New York City through the lens of children who have struggled within the system, and is based on first-hand accounts from Public Advocate James' foster care hotline and publicly available data.
This report describes the outcomes of 28,703 youth who were discharged from foster care, justice systems, or were dually involved. Outcomes were measured in five domains (foster care, justice, hospital use, public benefits, and homeless shelters) via administrative data for six years after discharge.
This report is a result of a partnership between CIDI and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Capstone program from January 2015 through May 2015. The report describes SIPA's literature review and methodology utilized to develop a neighborhood-level well-being index in six domains: Education, Health & Well-Being, Housing, Economic Security & Mobility, Core Infrastructure & Services, and Personal & Community Safety. The report presents the outcome analysis and mapped results. The full report includes a detailed description of the methodology.
This is an executive summary of a partnership between CIDI and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Capstone program from January 2015 through May 2015. The executive summary provides a high-level overview of SIPA's methodology and outcomes of a neighborhood-level well-being index in six domains: Education, Health & Well-Being, Housing, Economic Security & Mobility, Core Infrastructure & Services, and Personal & Community Safety.
An alarmingly high number of New Yorkers are unprepared for retirement. This report highlights the issues retirement crisis in New York City and proposes a solution.
The Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence (OCDV) Programs and Initiatives One Pager Provides an overview of the programs and initiatives of the OCDV.