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Published on Jun 10, 2025
Summer EBT is a federally funded program that provides a one-time benefit of $120 to purchase food for each eligible child in a household. A household will receive a Common Benefits Identification (CBIC) card for each eligible child with the benefit encoded. Households will have 122 days from the date of issuance to spend the $120 benefit.NYS Office [...]
Published on May 30, 2025 by BPLC
As of May 5, 2025, The NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is no longer issuing child care vouchers to newly applying families who are not in receipt of Cash Assistance. This change is due to reduced funding from New York State compared to previous levels.We hope the guidance below is helpful as you work with [...]
Published on Dec 29, 2022 by Leslie Bailey
Promise NYC is a new NYC-administered program, set to launch in January 2023, that will increase access to subsidized childcare for children without documentation, as well as for other children who are ineligible for existing programs due to federal citizenship/immigration rules.To help launch the program, the NYC Administration for Children Services (ACS) has contracted with four [...]
Published on Dec 21, 2022
New York City’s Department of Education (DOE) announced applications are open for children applying for a kindergarten seat for Fall 2023. The deadline to submit an application is January 20, 2023, https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grad....To sign up for update emails go to https://www.schools.nyc.gov/sign-up.

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