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Our students have been exposed to an inconceivable amount of trauma, social isolation, death and illness, food insecurity and economic precarity resulting from familial job loss. In one study conducted in June 2020, around 30% of teens reported increased depression...

Thousands of Children in Brooklyn Have Not Seen a Dentist in More Than a Year Nearly a year into the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, school-based dental clinics across New York remain closed based on state guidance to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This...

School-based health clinics have become a community lifeline for many local families amid the coronavirus pandemic, but nearly a year after widespread shutdowns began, some school-based health services still remain unavailable. While physical and mental health...

  There have been fewer than 250 children who have died from the coronavirus. More than three-quarters of the deaths were in children of color. Overall, kids make up about 13% of the coronavirus cases in the US.   Continue reading here. Continue reading...

his report outlines six key components for a preschool program that will also support a strong, equitable birth to age 5 system, including: Design a system for preschool to be delivered in multiple settings, including family child care. Support Head Start to continue...

New York School-Based Health Foundation Intern, Sarah Bacio, speaks to Foundation’s newest board member, Christina Fuentes, a former educator with the NYC Department of Education and the driving force behind Sunset Park's homegrown community school P.S. 24. When the...

Original article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. As scores of school buildings shutter each week due to positive coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this month that the two-case closure threshold is “being reevaluated.” This past school year,...

Original article written by Annalise Knudson for State Island Advance.   Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City will work to support youth and young adults — including both current students and those who are out of school and unemployed...

Original Article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. Health care access is a major concern in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx, where coronavirus positivity rates have outpaced citywide numbers. Nearly three-quarters of the neighborhood’s elementary school,...

Sites Will Vaccinate 3,850 People This Week and Bolster State's Commitment to Ensuring Fairness and Equity in Vaccine Distribution Process Community-Based 'Pop Up' Vaccination Sites Have Enabled Approximately 42,500 New Yorkers to Receive First Dosage of Vaccine...

Our students have been exposed to an inconceivable amount of trauma, social isolation, death and illness, food insecurity and economic precarity resulting from familial job loss. In one study conducted in June 2020, around 30% of teens reported increased depression...

Thousands of Children in Brooklyn Have Not Seen a Dentist in More Than a Year Nearly a year into the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, school-based dental clinics across New York remain closed based on state guidance to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This...

School-based health clinics have become a community lifeline for many local families amid the coronavirus pandemic, but nearly a year after widespread shutdowns began, some school-based health services still remain unavailable. While physical and mental health...

  There have been fewer than 250 children who have died from the coronavirus. More than three-quarters of the deaths were in children of color. Overall, kids make up about 13% of the coronavirus cases in the US.   Continue reading here. Continue reading...

his report outlines six key components for a preschool program that will also support a strong, equitable birth to age 5 system, including: Design a system for preschool to be delivered in multiple settings, including family child care. Support Head Start to continue...

New York School-Based Health Foundation Intern, Sarah Bacio, speaks to Foundation’s newest board member, Christina Fuentes, a former educator with the NYC Department of Education and the driving force behind Sunset Park's homegrown community school P.S. 24. When the...

Original article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. As scores of school buildings shutter each week due to positive coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this month that the two-case closure threshold is “being reevaluated.” This past school year,...

Original article written by Annalise Knudson for State Island Advance.   Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City will work to support youth and young adults — including both current students and those who are out of school and unemployed...

Original Article written by Reema Amin for Chalkbeat. Health care access is a major concern in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx, where coronavirus positivity rates have outpaced citywide numbers. Nearly three-quarters of the neighborhood’s elementary school,...

Sites Will Vaccinate 3,850 People This Week and Bolster State's Commitment to Ensuring Fairness and Equity in Vaccine Distribution Process Community-Based 'Pop Up' Vaccination Sites Have Enabled Approximately 42,500 New Yorkers to Receive First Dosage of Vaccine...