Nonprofit staffers head to D.C. for Supreme Court hearing on census

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

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By Zach Williams

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Staff moves at The Door and the New York Community Trust result in promotions. Kaavya Viswanathan moved up from pro bono managing attorney to director of legal services at The Door after Eve Stotland became the program officer for education and human justice grantmaking at the Trust. That position opened after Shawn Morehead became the vice president for grants, replacing the retired Patricia Jenny, according to a spokeswoman.

 

Sister Paulette LoMonaco was the guest of honor at an April 11 event in Manhattan. More than $200,000 was raised at the event honoring LoMonaco for her longtime service on the board at SCO Family of Services, which she joined in 1979, according to a post on the nonprofit’s website. LoMonaco announced earlier this year that she would retire as the executive director of Good Shepherd Services by the end of the year.

 

New York nonprofit folks made sure to get to Washington, D.C. early to get prime seats at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The case being heard will decide whether or not a citizenship question can be added to the 2020 U.S. Census. Advocates from the New York Immigration Coalition and Make the Road New York evidently did not want to miss out.

 

Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs has received a $14.49 million contract from the New York City Department of Social Services. The money will fund a homeless shelter for single adults at 1154 DeKalb Ave. in Brooklyn, according to the City Record.

 

A new $2.3 million homeless shelter is getting built in Oneida County. Catholic Charities of Oneida and Madison Counties is renovating a building in Utica to accommodate an 11-bed emergency shelter for teenage boys and three units of supportive housing for young adult men, according to an April 23 press release. Funding is coming through the state Homeless Housing and Assistance Program, which is administered by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties is chipping in $25,000.

“Grady’s Way is named after Grady Faulkner, a longtime parent liaison at the Utica City School District who recognized homelessness among teens in the community and approached Catholic Charities about establishing a shelter to help them,” reads the press release. “In addition to housing, the facility will provide life skills and job training, counseling, and academic assistance. The emergency shelter will serve male youth between the ages of 12 and 18. The facility also includes permanent supportive housing for young men between the ages of 18 and 24.”

 

A new report from the New York City Independent Budget Office examines after-school programs. The aim is to examine the expansion of such programs at the elementary and middle school levels. Since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, enrollment in such programs has increased from 123,000 to 196,000 last year.

Here are a few verbatim takeaways from the report:

  • Much of the growth in the after-school programs has been aimed at middle school students, with the biggest boost in funding and slots in 2015 and 2016. Growth has continued but at a slower rate for both elementary and middle school programs since then.
  • Initially, the expansion of the programs was primarily funded with an infusion of state dollars. But as the after-school initiative has grown, the share of funding that comes from the city has grown as well, from 48 percent of the $264.0 million set of programs in 2015 to 54 percent of the $334.5 million budgeted this year.
  • Enrollment in nearly all of the programs has continued to be strong and frequently exceeds the number of budgeted slots; more than one student can be served by each slot because students do not always participate every day.
  • In contrast, enrollment in the summer program for middle school students has lagged behind available slots.

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