Due to severe City and State budget cuts, many of CPC's youth programs are being cut this year, increasing the number of school-age children left without a place to go once school is out. Please help support our cause and keep our youths off the streets! Our Walk-a-thon's goal this year is to help raise awareness and funding for the children.
We encourage everyone to please help fund-raise for this cause.
Show your love and support for the youth of tomorrow, come walk with us!
If you cannot attend this event, you can help by donating here.
For Fund-raising:
Walkers:
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"The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), is one of the largest Asian-American non-profit organizations in the United States. We provide a multitude of social services, such as day care, workforce development, youth and senior citizen services. Our services are crucial to the wellbeing of New York City's residents who use our services. However, due to budget cuts from federal, state and local governments, we find ourselves in a position where we cannot serve our clients at the levels they expect from us.
Our youth services division has suffered the brunt of the budget cuts. For example, in the past, CPC has been able to secure 2,000 jobs through the Summer Youth Employment Program. This year, we are only able to provide 500 positions. Also, Beacons, school-based community centers that provide after-school and other educational services, are facing 17% cuts. [The Department of Youth and Community Development is closing 33 free after-school programs ] To help alleviate the budgetary squeeze, we are dedicating our biennial walk-a-thon to raise funds for the youth and to bring attention to the budget cuts and their effects on our community. Although we are based in Chinatown, we serve all of New York City's youth. Our walkathon, 'Community Walks Today for Youth of Tomorrow,' will be held on July 31, 2010 at Columbus Park in Chinatown. Our goal is to fund-raise $200,000 and have over 5000 participants." - Johnson Lin
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Facts and Figures
$12.2 million How much is being cut from Out of School Time (OST) programs
$8.55 million How much is being cut from Beacon programs city wide
$6 million How much is being cut from programs that support at risk, runaway and homeless youth
139,597 Number of youth who applied for SYEP jobs in 2009
52,255 Number of youth chosen for SYEP in 2009
24,292 Jobs available through SYEP in 2010 (less than half from '09)
66 out of 80 Beacon programs will have their funding reduce by at least 7%
$12.2 million How much is being cut from Out of School Time (OST) programs
$8.55 million How much is being cut from Beacon programs city wide
$6 million How much is being cut from programs that support at risk, runaway and homeless youth
139,597 Number of youth who applied for SYEP jobs in 2009
52,255 Number of youth chosen for SYEP in 2009
24,292 Jobs available through SYEP in 2010 (less than half from '09)
66 out of 80 Beacon programs will have their funding reduce by at least 7%
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