For a third year in a row, Allison Lake has been listed as one of City & State’s “2022 Westchester Power 100”. City & State’s Westchester Power 100 highlights county leaders, including government officials, business executives, health care leaders, nonprofit heads, union chiefs, advocates, activists and more, across all sectors. Congratulations Allison! Read More »
Quilts Made by Hundreds of Adults and Children to Be Unveiled on September 28 for Westchester Children’s Association’s Early Childhood Support Awareness Campaign Over the past year, the Westchester Children’s Association (WCA) has collected hundreds of quilt squares from Westchester … Read More »
Allison Lake, WCA Executive Director, testified on February 3rd before the New York State Westchester Delegation on the 2022-23 Executive Budget. Written testimony was also submitted. Read More »
Since Raise The Age laws went into full effect in 2018, arrests of 16 and 17-year-olds in Westchester County declined by 48%. This mirrored the rates around State, while crime rates remained the lowest they have been in New York … Read More »
Many aspects of Governor Kathy Hochul’s historic 2022 State of the State address delivered on January 4th highlighted aspects of her administration’s plan for New York State that WCA finds encouraging. This plan has the potential to address all of … Read More »
WCA was featured on Lohud’s front page on December 15, 2021 in an article written by Gary Stern about our child and youth homelessness data dashboard and advocacy for a universal definition of homelessness. Read More »
NY Metro Parents Magazine published a feature of WCA’s Westchester County Child & Youth Homelessness Data (WCCYHD) Dashboard and laid out the barriers “preventing them from getting much-needed help” on October 13, 2021. Read More »
“One school district says yes, it can offer a remote learning option for students North Rockland is starting to get inquiries from other districts about how their remote option works.” Gary Stern | Twitter @garysternNY Rockland/Westchester Journal News | Published … Read More »