Select Research & Investigations
POLICY BRIEF: New York’s Tale of Two Child Care Cities
As demand for infant care in centers has increased in the City, so have the number of slots available for children younger than 2 years old. But most are in centers that serve affluent families.
Social Workers at the Kitchen Table
Can therapies rooted in juvenile justice keep teens out of foster care?
REPORT: Bringing It All Home— Problems and Possibilities Facing New York’s Family Child Care
This influential report continues to shape NYC’s approach to family child care.
REPORT: Big Dreams for NYs Youngest Children
The 2012 reform of New York City’s subsidized child care system was big on vision, but low on funding.
Cradle and All
With homeless babies and toddlers at record-high levels, new ways to help them emerge.
REPORT: Child Care During a Pandemic
What we learned from the emergency child care programs and how we can safely reopen our early education system.
Other Reports
Homelessness/Housing
Adrift in NYC: Family homelessness and the struggle to stay together
In need of shelter: Protecting the city's youngest children from the traumas of homelessness
Creating a solution to homelessness for young men and women
Child Welfare System/Justice
Brushes with the law: Young New Yorkers and the criminal justice system
Private institutions, public costs
NYC Pre-K & Subsidized Child Care