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New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced a $7 million expansion of the "Fatherhood Initiative," which helps fathers reconnect with their children, provide financial support, and develop parenting skills.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the appointment of Ahsia Badi as the executive director of the New York City Children's Cabinet.
As part of the street homelessness plan, Mayor Adams announces a dramatic expansion of the city's capacity to serve people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by adding 900 Safe Haven shelter beds and 100 Runaway and Homeless Youth Beds, which offer intensive wraparound services and specialized resources that drastically increase success rates.
New York City Children's Cabinet
Established in 2014 and reimagined under the Adams administration, The NYC Children’s Cabinet seeks to drive coordination and efficiency across city departments; mobilize resources around the Mayor’s priorities for children; strengthen partnerships with the non-profit and private sectors; and facilitate a holistic approach to serving children by aligning agency policies that affect children’s health, safety, and well-being.
The Children’s Cabinet goals are to:
- Strengthen partnerships across agencies to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families
- Engage in collaborative problem solving and share and leverage each other’s resources
- Enhance communication between and among agencies
- Inform children’s policies and programs by utilizing linked administrative data from multiple agency systems.
- Set protocols for access to information, resolving policy conflicts, engaging in joint training and program development and coordinating service delivery.
For more information on Children’s Cabinet’s Initiatives visit here.