Mayor Michael Bloomberg launches EarlyLearn NYC, operated under the Administration for Children’s Services (NYC ACS). …
Category: Leaps and Hurdles
2011
New York State cuts funding to Advantage rental subsidy with no replacement.…
2008
SuperStart is discontinued. Homebase, the zip-code based homelessness prevention program, opens city-wide. …
2004
Prevention Assistance Temporary Housing Center (PATH) family intake center opens in the South Bronx, replacing borough-based Emergency Assistance Units. …
2002
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is signed.…
2000
“Cluster site” shelter program begins under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, intended as a temporary initiative.73 …
1997
New York State introduces its universal pre-K program, with classes beginning in the 1998–1999 school year and phased in over the next four school years.72 …
1996
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) is signed; Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is replaced by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). …
1990
Project Giant Step is discontinued under Mayor David Dinkins, with certain classrooms integrated into SuperStart.…
1987
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is signed. The act is renamed McKinney– Vento Homeless Assistance Act in 2000. …
1986
Koch administration announces Project Giant Step, an initiative to provide early education to all four-year-olds in New York City.71 Service-rich, non-congregate transitional shelters for families with children known as “Tier IIs” begin to open. …
1983
McCain v. Koch is filed to determine whether homeless families with children have the right to shelter. A preliminary ruling is issued in 1986.70 …