POLICY ADVOCACY IN THE NEWS

• Media Coverage of release of FPWA’s report The State of NY's Social Safety Net for Today's Hard Times - View NY Safety Net 2009 pdf (9989107 bytes)
  
• Media Coverage of release of FPWA’s report HIV Prevention for Women and Girls in Communities of Color, Reframing HIV Prevention Strategies - View HIV Prevention for Women and Girls of Color pdf (14737912 bytes)
  
• Op-ed by Fatima Goldman and Donna Butts - View Families Need Federal Support for Guardianships pdf (61011 bytes), Published in the Buffalo News
  
• Op-ed by Fatima Goldman - Rescind the Child Support Requirement pdf (76315 bytes) Published in The Capitol

Press Releases

• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day pdf (112859 bytes): FPWA Urges Leaders in NYC and NYS to Sufficiently Fund HIV/AIDS Services, 3-13-13
  
• International Day of Older Persons pdf (129793 bytes): International Day of Older Persons Calls for Examination of Issues Impacting Seniors'Lives in NYC, 10-01-10
  
• View Governor's Vetoes pdf (30663 bytes): Hundreds Fight Governor’s Vetoes that Hurt New York’s Social Services, 7-27-10
  
• View Child Care Cuts pdf (95655 bytes): Mayor Announces Largest Cut to Early Childhood Services in Decades 7-17-11
  
• View Youth Education & Employment pdf (13823 bytes): Faith Leaders Urge the State to Invest in Jobs for Low-Income New Yorkers, Disconnected Youth, 3-7-11
  
• View Senior Centers Funding 2010 pdf (36870 bytes): Harlem: "Don't Be Fooled -- Senior Services Cuts Are Not A Joke" 4-1-10
  
• View Jobs Programs 2010 pdf (14209 bytes): Anti-Poverty Advocates Urge State Lawmakers to Use Federal Welfare Dollars for Job Creation 3-31-10
  
• View World AIDS Day 2009 pdf (29843 bytes): FPWA Recognizes World AIDS Day: A Time for National HIV/AIDS Policy Calls for development of National AIDS Strategy to focus on prevention 12-1-09
  
• View FPWA Report pdf (57297 bytes): HIV/AIDS Prevention Message Goes Largely Unheard In Asian/Pacific Communities 11-02-09
  
• View National HIV/AIDS pdf (34250 bytes): and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) on Press Release 9-18-09
  
• View FPWA Report pdf (42578 bytes): Weakened Social Safety Net, Barriers To Access To Services For Unemployed And Impoverished 4-27-09
  
• View FPWA Report pdf (29716 bytes): Reframing HIV Prevention Strategies for Women and Girls in Communities of Color Press Release10-6-08
  
• View -Poverty Day Press Release 8-29-07 pdf (40708 bytes)

• FPWA senior Policy Analysts pdf (27572 bytes) Available for Media Interviews on Hunger, Poverty and other Service Areas Impacting Vulnerable New Yorkers
  
• 70+ Organizations Sign Letter to Governor Paterson pdf (47606 bytes): “Don’t Let the Poor get Scrooged Again this Year, Governor. Increase the Basic Welfare Grant in the 2009-10 Executive Budget!” 12-1-08

• Concern Regarding Proposals to cut NYS Medicaid Spending pdf (27409 bytes), 2-17-11
  
• Hopes Dashed For Stable Housing For Low-Income New Yorkers Living With HIV/AIDS Media Statement 9-19-10 pdf (44207 bytes)
  
• View HIV/AIDS Advocates Applaud New York State Senate pdf (29795 bytes) for Passing Important Legislation to Promote Stable Housing for Low-income New Yorkers Living with HIV 4-29-10
  
• Regarding 2008 Federal Poverty Data pdf (26376 bytes)
  
• Regarding Mayor’s Proposed Cuts to Human Services Programs pdf (27138 bytes) 11-24-08
  
• Regarding Governor’s Safety Net pdf (27706 bytes) Initiatives for Vulnerable Populations 12-15-08