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Better Childcare, for Fewer Children?

A city program that pays for childcare and Head Start services for low-income children is about to be redesigned in a way that may result in higher quality services , but for far fewer children. In 2011, total enrollment in city-subsidized childcare programs was about 117,000. Through the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the city [...]

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The Reinvestment Myth: Beyond the IBO Report

The idea of reinvesting savings from one part of the child welfare system into another sounded perfectly logical when it was first proposed in a city strategy paper in 2001, especially to anyone unfamiliar with the vagaries of government social services funding. More than a decade ago, before Michael Bloomberg became mayor, New York City [...]

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