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Opinion: Did you ever think child support services could serve as an anti-poverty tool?

Meet “Mr D,” who said a child support-led work training program was a “life saver.”

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OPINION: The fight for bodily autonomy is bigger than abortion

Providing young people the sex education they need to understand that their rights are under attack is more important than ever after the overturning of Roe v. Wade

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Opinion: A greater society begins by properly caring for the overlooked

Greater funding is needed to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the providers who help care for them.

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Opinion: Here’s how we can end the chaos at our curbs

Albany must give New York City home rule to pursue automated enforcement

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Opinion: Human services workers remain unseen and unheard in NYC budget

In the fiscal year 2024 budget, only $40 million was invested into the city’s human services workforce, failing to provide the sector’s call for a 6.5% cost-of-living increase.

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Opinion: Coming together to build a safe pathway for youth at risk

How a coalition of providers are stepping up to help with seed funding from New York state to help members of the LGBTQ and BIPOC communities

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Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe

Here are the facts that debunk myths about these dwellings

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Opinion: Jails cannot fix our mental health care crisis

Here’s a list of proven solutions that offer more effective results through community-based resources

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Opinion: Pride is reproductive freedom

Celebrate this month by affirming services and intersectional movements for reproductive health, rights, and justice that center LGBTQ+ communities.

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Student Essay: What makes an effective political ad campaign

A look at advertisements used by Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Hubert Humphrey.