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Council Member Stevens questions ACS Commissioner on Promise NYC funding and enrollment
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Council Member Althea Stevens engages in a Q&A session with ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser about the Promise NYC program, which provides affordable childcare for undocumented families. They discuss the program's funding, continuity, and current enrollment numbers across New York City boroughs.
- The executive plan includes $25 million in city funding for Promise NYC in fiscal year 2024, supporting 1,000 slots.
- ACS has requested funding for the program to continue in fiscal year 2026.
- Current enrollment in Promise NYC totals 1,190 children, with a breakdown provided for each borough.
Althea Stevens
0:42:50
The executive plan includes additional 25,000,000 in city funding for fiscal twenty twenty only the only for promise NYC, a critical program that provides access to affordable childcare for undocumented families.
0:43:02
Does this funding support the same thousand slots that are funded in the current fiscal year?
Jess Dannhauser
0:43:07
Yes.
0:43:08
It does.
Althea Stevens
0:43:09
Has ACS requested that OMB baseline funding for Promise NYC?
Jess Dannhauser
0:43:14
We've requested that the funding be available in '26 and we're very very pleased that it is.
Althea Stevens
0:43:20
Can you provide the most recent breakdown of slots utilized for Promise NYC by borough?
Jess Dannhauser
0:43:25
Yes.
0:43:27
Brooklyn is three thirty four, Queens is three thirty one, Staten Island is 62, the Bronx is 271, and Manhattan is a 92.
0:43:39
Currently there's 1,190 children enrolled.