Increasing Rental Access for Unhoused Youth & Young Adults
Project Background Insecurely housed youth in New York City face significant challenges in finding housing. In 2021, only 4% of youth and young adults who exited runaway homeless programs moved into an apartment. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted existing support services and exacerbated systemic inequities in housing access among unhoused youth and young adults, especially for […]
Soul Care
Project Background Young people with experience in foster care, who are primarily black and brown people of color, often experience complex trauma prior to entering foster care, while in care, and when transitioning out of care—yet many cannot access the type of culturally responsive, long-term mental health and wellness support they desire. Existing systems and providers […]
Designing Busing Services
Communities of Practice
Redesigning Federal Programs Around Key Life Experiences: Having a Child & Early Childhood
Connecting Families to Child Tax Credits
Activating Network-Sharing at Scale
Understanding the School Choice Experience
Reimagining the Role of Family Assistants
Family Pathways to Care
Project Background Family Pathways to Care is a multi-year collaboration between the Public Policy Lab, the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), and the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Funding was provided by a Collaborative Innovations Initiative grant awarded to ACS by the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYCO). ACS’ Division of Prevention […]