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June 13, 2025

Congresswoman Moore Questions Trump Treasury Secretary on Medicaid SNAP & ACA Cuts

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May 20, 2025

The 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazers

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April 30, 2025

NYC Council Advances Legislation to Reform City Contracting and Reduce Payments Delays that Threaten Nonprofit Organizations and Services

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April 22, 2025

Editor’s note: City & State to co-host mayoral forum

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July 1, 2025

Statement in Response to Senate Passage of Federal Budget Reconciliation

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May 6, 2025

As Americans Struggle with Rising Costs, the National True Cost of Living Coalition to Brief Congress Members on the True Cost of Economic Security Measure

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April 30, 2025

Statement: FY26 New York State Budget Agreement

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Reports & Briefs

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January 23, 2025

Key Findings | Rewriting the Story: Lived experiences of New Yorkers receiving cash assistance

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December 2, 2024

People-Centered & Trauma-Informed Approach (PCTI): A Better Way to Serve

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November 19, 2024

Measuring the True Cost of Economic Security

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FPWA Testimony

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May 5, 2025

Committee on Contracts and Committee on Children and Youth Oversight Hearing Examining Late Contract Payments

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April 21, 2025

Oversight hearing: Preparing NYC for Changes in Federal Funding

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March 25, 2025

2025 City Budget Hearing on General Welfare

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Capacity Building

FPWA offers various written resources, videos, and webinars to aid in the implementation of a trauma-informed and people-centered approach to service delivery and organizational effectiveness
December 8, 2022

Workforce Support and Well-Being: Avoiding Burnout and Vicarious Trauma

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November 10, 2022

Voice and Choice: Centering People and Communities

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October 20, 2022

Restorative Practices in Action

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September 29, 2022

Trauma-Informed Service Delivery

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September 15, 2022

Understanding Toxic Stress and Trauma: Brain, Body, and Behavior

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December 2, 2024

Taking a People-Centered & Trauma-Informed Approach to Improve Programs and Policy

Earlier this year, FPWA worked in partnership with a Capstone Team from New York University’s...
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August 28, 2024

New 2024 Data Highlights Ongoing Economic Disparities Faced By Black People Due to Systemic Discrimination

FPWA today released a data update to our comprehensive analysis “A Look At the March...
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March 19, 2024

Q&A with FPWA Policy Team on What’s at Stake in This Year’s State Budget

March 19, 2024 —Recently, Funmi Akinnawonu, Senior Policy Analyst, and Julia Casey, Policy Analyst, sat...
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Annual Reports & Financials

October 16, 2024

2023 990 Form

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July 22, 2024

2023 Annual Report

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June 27, 2024

2023 Financial Statement

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FPWA has recently been receiving claims from members of the public emailing and calling our offices that individuals posing as FPWA agents have contacted them claiming that in order for the recipient to claim grant monies from FPWA they must first send the agent personal information, a cell phone number, gift card codes or money.

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