Westchester Children’s Association received a grant through the Westchester Community Foundation to teach two Teen Advocacy Leadership courses. We employed our Social Work Intern, Linnea Leger, to take the lead on this initiative. We focused the advocacy lessons around one … Read More & Comment
We have an official date! Our annual Data Bulletin will be released on April 20, 2017, just in time for this year’s Advocacy Breakfast, featuring Dr. Walter Gilliam. As we gear up to tell the story of Westchester’s children and … Read More & Comment
We’ve been paying attention to Chronic Absence since the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, and we are not alone. In addition to the ongoing national discussion, local media has also been covering this topic: the Journal News featured chronic … Read More & Comment
Will You Vote for Kids? Our children bring us together, regardless of party and ideology. Each election, our Vote for Kids initiative surveys candidates on their opinions regarding issues affecting Westchester’s children and youth. Westchester Children’s Association does not support … Read More & Comment
This post and the beautiful infographic were created by our fall intern, Sarah Aparicio. Sarah comes to us as a graduate student from the Hunter College where she studies Applied Social Research. The first national chronic absence data set was recently … Read More & Comment
The 2016 Community Snapshots are here! This year we have… Westchester County Mamaroneck – NEW this year! Mount Vernon New Rochelle Ossining Peekskill Port Chester-Rye White Plains Yonkers Each 2016 Community Snapshot includes a number of new features: Chronic Absence … Read More & Comment
We’ve looked into the first national data set on Chronic Absence to see what school attendance is like in Westchester County. Read More & Comment
The following post was written by our fabulous summer intern, Sarah Halperin. Sarah was with WCA for 10 weeks this summer through Cornell University’s Blumenthal Internship Program. She will certainly be missed and we wish her all the best as she … Read More & Comment
