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December 20, 2025

Op-Ed | Listen to voters: raise the wage floor

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December 3, 2025

Opinion: Universal Childcare — A Caution

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November 5, 2025

FPWA Statement on 2025 NYC Mayoral Election

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October 31, 2025

FPWA Condemns SNAP Benefits Pause

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October 7, 2025

Landmark Report Finds Nearly Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Classified as Low and Middle Income Can’t Make Ends Meet

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September 16, 2025

Jennifer Jones Austin on fighting poverty and its impact on communities of color

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September 10, 2025

FPWA Statement: U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 National Poverty Statistics

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September 5, 2025

Measuring what it takes for children to thrive, not just survive

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August 28, 2025

Opinion: A Dream for Economic Justice, Deferred by Design

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August 26, 2025

MSNBC PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton and Jennifer Jones Austin | March on Wall Street

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Stay alert to Grant Scams & Fraud

Have you or someone you know been contacted by someone posing to be an “FPWA Agent” or staff person requesting money to release a grant?

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Landmark Report Finds Nearly Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Classified as Low and Middle Income Can’t Make Ends Meet and Urges City and State to be Guided by Mandated Measure of True Cost of Living Based in Dignity and Economic Security

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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.

FPWA does not use social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), text messages or direct phone contact to solicit, review, or make awards. FPWA staff will not call or message you requesting money in order to be eligible for an award.

Further, FPWA does not make grants directly to individuals. FPWA works with its member agency partners and other reputable community-based organizations to direct support to families and individuals in our community.

If you or someone you know has been contacted by someone posing to be an “FPWA Agent” or staff person requesting money to release a grant, please do the following:

If you have questions prior to reporting your incident, view the IC3 FAQs for more information.

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