Update: Helping Rosa and Other Homeless Students Posted on February 10, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE Our campaign to help Rosa Bracero and thousands of other homeless students has won national attention — and generated hundreds of letters to Mayor Bloomberg urging him to change misguided rules that force homeless kids to miss school and exams. As we not ..Read More
Citywide campaign to overhaul treatment of children in shelter system Posted on February 10, 2010 by Meredith Kolodner in New York Daily News ..Read More
Rosa Deserves to Graduate Posted on February 9, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Rosa Bracero is a 17 year-old high school senior at Brooklyn’s High School for Civil Rights. As the Daily News reported, she finished all of her credits to graduate last week – a semester early – and was on track to attend Lincoln Technical ..Read More
Countdown: Steiner Worst Person in the World – Rosa’s Story Posted on February 9, 2010 by Countdown with Keith Olbermann ..Read More
NY Bureaucrats Block Homeless Teen’s High School Graduation Posted on February 5, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE Rosa Bracero, a homeless high school student, was prevented from taking her graduation exams by New York City and State bureaucrats. Yesterday’s New York Daily News featured a remarkable article by reporter Meredith Kolodner, telling the story of Ros ..Read More
Officials are not buying Rosa Bracero’s reason for missing Regents exam – she was homeless Posted on February 4, 2012 by Meredith Kolodner in New York Daily News ..Read More
The Next Wave of Homeless Families Posted on February 2, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER In continuation of yesterday’s blog and stories in the Daily News, I’d like to highlight another serious flaw of the Work Advantage program–it lasts for just two years. The first 1000 families were put on the subsidy around the fall of 200 ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless – the 16,000 Posted on February 1, 2010 In 2010 there were 16,000 children residing in New York City emergency shelters – enough to form a line from one end of Manhattan to the other. (Note: as of 2014, the number reached a record 23,000 kids) ..Read More
Taking Advantage of Homeless Families Posted on February 1, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE An alarming news report documents the growing problems with Mayor Bloomberg’s flawed “Work Advantage” program — including children and families placed into hazardous homes. The New York Daily News has, over the past two days, publishe ..Read More
