NEW YORK, NY — Today, Robin Hood, New York City’s largest local poverty-fighting philanthropy, today announced details of its grantmaking for the first half of 2024 aimed at fostering economic mobility and stabilizing low-income households in a moment when poverty is increasing by record numbers year-over-year across the city. The grants awarded total over $35 million, keeping pace with average grantmaking totals of roughly $130 million annually. Funding supports programs that respond to the urgent needs of low-income New Yorkers – exacer ...
A horrified Brooklyn couple says their developmentally disabled daughter was manhandled by a school bus attendant in a shocking assault caught on camera. Shaheen and Alex Knox plan to sue the school bus company and the disgraced bus attendant for the shaking and jostling their child suffered during a ride to class at Manhattan Children’s Center on Oct 30. Their daughter, India Knox, 13, is dependent on 24-hour medical care and has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old. Her parents said there’s nothing the 84-pound girl could’ve done to prov ...
But these high prices don't mean that childcare providers and their employees are getting rich: A quarter of childcare workers in NYC live in poverty, according to The Robin Hood Foundation...
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Three local organizations will each receive up to $1 million to help New York City children living in poverty, according to an announcement by the Robin Hood Foundation. Chances for Children, Family Cook Productions and Forestdale were awarded the funding from the philanthropic giant on Tuesday. The awards were based on the groups’ ability to use community partnerships and innovate in an area where need has almost doubled following the end of pandemic-era aid programs. “Childhood poverty –...
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Robin Hood. We are especially grateful to all members of the Robin Hood team who provided feedback and support in the... Robin Hood. THE STATE OF POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE IN NEW YORK CITY 3...
SOONER or later, every parent has to wrestle with the thought of discussing sex with his or her children. Some eventually do, some don’t. TV parents are no different. Tonight at 8:30, comedian and actor Robert Townsend tackles the topic on his series, “The Parent ‘Hood,” which airs on the WB Network (WPIX/Ch. 11). “It’s one aspect of parenthood you have to deal with,” Townsend recently told The News. “To be true to the show, we’d have to deal with it. ” In the story line, Townsend is shocked to learn that his son is planning ...
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