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In 2024, climate disasters disrupted schooling for 242 million students worldwide, yet statewide climate education is woefully underfunded. This report examines climate education programs in WA, NJ, and CA, and shares lessons for future policy: go.tcf.org/ClimateEd

“The hardest part isn’t the work itself. It’s getting someone to believe in me enough to give me a chance.” This new report from Derrell Frazier centers the voices of 35 justice-involved young adults in Maryland to identify barriers they face in workforce re-entry, and develops policy recommendations to dismantle systemic obstacles to employment and economic stability. In Maryland, 70 percent of collateral consequences for convictions are employment-related, with 33 percent being mandatory prohibitions that bar employment and 67 percent lasting indefinitely. This analysis offers concrete policy solutions to build pathways that work. Learn more: go.tcf.org/box

This week, Next100 executive director Stefan Redding Lallinger was featured in a @nytimes piece on prospects for school integration in New York City under @ZohranKMamdani’s renewed focus on diversity and inclusion. nytimes.com/2025/12/02/nyr…

“It's unfortunate because we continue to have students languishing in high-poverty schools with less resources,” says Stefan Redding Lallinger, @TheNext100 executive director via @nytimes.

U.S. schools are more segregated by race and class today than at any point since the 1980s. Mayor-elect @ZohranKMamdani may soon address that in the country’s largest school district. nytimes.com/2025/12/02/nyr…

🎧 New podcast: Next100’s Sofie Fashana joins the Young People to the Front podcast to discuss Oregon's direct cash transfer program for youth experiencing homelessness. Hear directly from Sofie and participants on why DCT should be expanded: go.tcf.org/dctpod ⬇️

News: Next100’s own Tabitha Decker will serve on NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's Transition Subcommittee on Transportation, Climate, and Infrastructure. Tabitha has long been a proponent of policies that make buses fast, and we're proud to see her at the table!

Next100's Rudrani Ghosh is a rising photojournalist who has spent two years capturing asylum seekers' everyday lives in NYC. Catch her powerful exhibition "Seen and Unseen" at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn through Nov 30. thenext100.org/seen-and-unsee…

“I don’t think I would have been able to maintain my life if I didn't get the (direct cash transfer). It was the glue to the pieces I was picking up.” Next100 PE Sofie Fashana’s (@SFashana51083) research on Oregon’s DTC program featured in @StreetRoots.⬇️ streetroots.org/news/2025/11/1…

This Monday 11/17, join us in Brooklyn Heights for the opening reception of “Seen and Unseen,” a photo exhibition by Rudrani Ghosh chronicling the daily lives of asylum seekers in New York City. RSVP today ➡️ go.tcf.org/unseen

TLDR; temporary housing like shelters are more costly, unsustainable, and inadequate for supporting asylum seekers and all NYers experiencing homelessness. The state can implement better permanent housing pathways and employment platforms to increase housing access.

There are no streamlined job platforms in the state where people can find all information in one place, in multiple languages. Creating a uniform, easily accessible job platform is an easy and efficient way to support access to housing.

@rudranighosh_ interviewed 50 asylum seekers across New York City to understand their housing and employment experiences, and what the state can do better. Read the full report here: tinyurl.com/54p4t82f

NYC youth aging out foster care deserve so much more. They shouldn’t be placed in buildings with 200+ violations and restricted to neighborhoods with few opportunities. Next100’s @Policy_Chey interviews @jeremycv of @ChildrensVllg on housing reform: go.tcf.org/nycyouth

“Safe, supportive, resourced communities. That’s what young people in care deserve. Communities with resources have less crime—this is proven over and over. Mental health services, job pathways, education—all of this matters.” –@CMRitaJoseph 🔗 go.tcf.org/nycyouth

“Safe, supportive, resourced communities. That’s what young people in care deserve.” — @CMRitaJoseph Thank you @Policy_Chey for featuring CM Joseph & our CEO @jeremycv in The @TheNext100's latest story on building dignity through housing for youth in care.

Where do NYC foster youth end up when they age out of the system? Cheyanne Deopersaud (@Policy_Chey) has mapped and analyzed every supportive housing placement for older foster youth in New York City. What she found should alarm us all. thenext100.org/where-older-fo…