Advocacy Resources

RAP creates handy, easy-to-use resources and tools designed to help individuals working with low-income youth understand and effectively advocate within the relevant legal and administrative systems.

Legal Reference Guides

RAP’s Legal Reference Guides provide an overview of specific statutes, regulations and agency policies on specific legal issues.

Legal Reference Guide: Child Care — This document outlines New York State and New York City child care related statutes, regulations and agency policies.

Legal Reference Guide: Special Child Care Programs — This document outlines the New York State and New York City statutes, regulations and agency policies concerning two special child care programs: Transitional Child Care and Child Care In Lieu of Cash Assistance.

Legal Reference Guide: Teens and Temporary Assistance — This document outlines New York State and New York City agency directives pertaining to the rights of adolescents in the cash assistance system.

Fact Sheets

RAP’s Youth Advocacy Fact Sheets will give you step-by-step information on the law and how various systems work. Click on the links below to view the information you need.

Looking for Child Care?

Need Help Finding a Job?

Understanding Child Support

Father Involvement Tools

RAP’s Father Involvement Tools are designed to help program and policy staff working with children, families and fathers themselves, reduce barriers to father involvement in the lives of their children.

10 Key Strategies For Engaging And Supporting Teen Fathers

5 Key Points To Remember About Teen Fathers

Featured Happenings

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!

RAP’s New Online Advocacy Document Library

RAP’s online Document Library serves as clearinghouses for advocacy information about low-income teen parents. Check it out!

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.