The Monroe County’s Department of Human Services estimates that it’ll field more than 8,900 reports of child abuse and neglect in 2016. The number has been rising since at least 2008, when the county received 7,453 such reports, according to budget documents. Typically, around 90 percent of the reports involve neglect allegations, while fewer than […]
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10 stories the media missed
From the illegal dumping of fracking waste water to popular resistance to corporate water-grabbing.
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Advocates again push for boost in indigent burial assistance
Wanda Peterkin died October 4 in a house fire. Not even a month later, her mother, Vera Hooks, died, too. Their grieving family was left to figure out how it was going to cover the $10,000 in funeral and burial expenses. Monroe County provides $1,250 toward burials for poor people, but the assistance only makes […]
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Religious leaders call for increased child care investment
Child day care subsidies are widely viewed as one of the most effective ways to help struggling parents work and build better lives for their families. And a group of Rochester-area faith leaders is calling on the next Monroe County executive to restore cuts to and boost the county’s investment in child care programs. The […]
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Frankel unveils anti-violence plan
Democratic county executive candidate Sandy Frankel’s proposals include a joint city-county anti-violence task force.
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State board recommends $15-an-hour minimum for fast-food workers
A state wage board has recommended that the minimum wage for some fast-food workers increase to $15 an hour, eventually. The board, which was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, approved a package of resolutions this afternoon calling for the wage increase. The state labor department commissioner will ultimately decide whether to order a higher minimum […]
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CGR updates child care subsidy report
The number of Monroe County children receiving subsidized day care decreased between 2007 and 2013, and the incomes of families receiving the subsidies are also trending downward, according to an updated analysis from the Center for Governmental Research. CGR released its initial analysis of Monroe County child care subsidies in November, and the report identified several […]
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Wage wars
Donating food to a food cupboard is obviously a good thing, says longtime community organizer Alison Clarke, but it doesn’t do anything to address the root causes of poverty and hunger. “People want to do things for people who are poor,” Clarke says, “but they don’t really understand the depth of the issues, where the […]
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Coalition: State should consider poverty when awarding money for child care
Late last week, a group of local government, business, and labor leaders known as the Rochester Community Coalition released its annual Community Agenda. The list spells out what the leaders want from Albany. Much of it should be familiar: a change in the state aid formula for municipalities, money for the Hillside Work-Scholarship program, and […]
