School-Based Child Care And Resilience: RAP’s New Policy Brief

RAP has released its first Policy Brief in our new Resilience In Practice Issue Brief Series.  This brief explores the critical importance of access to child care in helping teen mothers stay in school and in building resilience across generations. With the release of this brief, we call upon the Department of Education to strengthen services for young mothers and their children.

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Join the #MakingTeenDadsVisible Social Media Campaign!

The #MakingTeenDadsVsible Campaign is a month-long social media effort aimed at increasing awareness about the unique experiences, needs and strengths of teen dads, and about the unique public policy issues impacting them. Visit #MakingTeenDadsVisible to learn more!

Choice or Chance!

RAP has joined forces with the Center for Urban Pedagogy on an exciting arts and media project exploring the way our City’s school system actually works! We’ve selected 9 teens to explore questions like: Who decides where we go to school? What rights to teens have in school? How do charter schools work? The teens [...]

RAP’s Executive Director Brooke Richie talks about report on disconnected youth in City Limits

Read the article here: “Report: Young NYers Face Higher Barriers to Public Assistance”  

MISSED OPPORTUNITY: NYC’s Welfare Agency Squanders Educational Opportunies For Youth

The Resilience Advocacy Project released a report in June exposing flaws in the New York City Human Resources Administration’s (HRA) one-size-fits-all work-first model. The report, entitled “Missed Opportunity: How New York City Can Do a Better Job of Reconnecting Youth on Public Assistance to Education and Jobs,” and released in partnership with the Community Service [...]