Who Cares? I Do.

New York’s working families are counting on Mayor...

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:44:53 -0400

New York’s working families are counting on Mayor Bloomberg to restore funding to childcare and afterschool programs. Here are the reasons they give:

Clients from Palladia Inc substance abuse residential program...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:19:00 -0400

Clients from Palladia Inc substance abuse residential program talk about how their lives have been turned around. Where would they be if these programs are not funded?

Listen to Scott Hess from Barrier Free Living talk about their...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:13:00 -0400

Listen to Scott Hess from Barrier Free Living talk about their programs and how beneficiaries of these programs will be adversely affected.

Listen to Kelly Beliveau from Project Renewal talk about their...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:08:17 -0400

Listen to Kelly Beliveau from Project Renewal talk about their women’s programs and how women will be affected if their programs are not funded.

50% of out of school programs in Brooklyn are not going to be...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:55:46 -0400

50% of out of school programs in Brooklyn are not going to be funded in the mayor’s current budget proposal. Barry Newmark from Brooklyn Community Services talks about this means to children and 32 percent of the parents who plan to quit their jobs.

Constance Brown from the Institute for Community living talks...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:38:31 -0400

Constance Brown from the Institute for Community living talks about how 10,000 New Yorkers that need mental health services will be affected by proposed budget cuts.

Roxana Tetenbaum talks about Henry Street Settlement’s...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:35:26 -0400

Roxana Tetenbaum talks about Henry Street Settlement’s programs and how seniors, children and working parents would be affected if programs are defunded.

Listen to Thomas Krever, executive director of Hetrick - Martin...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:27:59 -0400

Listen to Thomas Krever, executive director of Hetrick - Martin Institute talk about where the country’s oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service center talk would be without funding.

Listen to CAMBA program director Christie Hodgkins talk about...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:20:24 -0400

Listen to CAMBA program director Christie Hodgkins talk about their after school programs and and why its paramount to 2000 kids and their parents that these programs continue being funded.

Listen to a beneficiary of University Settlement Society of New...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:08:00 -0400

Listen to a beneficiary of University Settlement Society of New York sing about his program and where he would be without it for more University Settlement videos, check out their youtube channel

Listen to seniors from the University settlement talk about...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:54:00 -0400

Listen to seniors from the University settlement talk about where their lives would be without human services

Check out youth from Safe Space talk about what they get out of...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:52:09 -0400

Check out youth from Safe Space talk about what they get out of their programs, and where they would be without it.

Without human services there would be a lot less humanity. Check...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:05:25 -0400

Without human services there would be a lot less humanity. Check out Project Renewal’s photos from yesterdays virtual rally.

In this video, the Human Services Council of New York discusses...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:36:10 -0400

In this video, the Human Services Council of New York discusses the importance of human services in New York.

Yesterday Who Cares? I Do had a virtual rally, and New Yorkers...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:22:00 -0400

Yesterday Who Cares? I Do had a virtual rally, and New Yorkers got to share where they would be without human services. Here is a sample video from Safe Space NYC, youth talk about what Safe Space means to them. For more details check out our facebook pages: Who Cares? I Do. and Human Services Council of New York

Where would you be without human services?

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:03:49 -0400

On April 18th from 12-2pm, the Who Cares? I Do campaign will have a virtual rally. The aim of the rally will be to tell the Mayor to protect human services funding in his executive budget. When this time comes, post your stories about where you would be without human services. Make sure you use the hashtag #WithoutHS and tag us in your posts @Who Cares? I Do. on Facebook and @WhoCares_IDo on Twitter. Take advantage of hootsuite or tweetdeck if you cannot participate live.

For more details go to https://www.facebook.com/events/186100074841621/

See you there.

Women's Budget blues

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:06:27 -0400

This week on the Who cares? I Do. blog we talk about New York’s 1.3M working mothers’ budget blues

Dangerous Moves

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:26:01 -0400

The Human Services Council just released a report. It examines the consequences of enacted and proposed cuts to four services areas in federal, state, and city budgets - child and elder care, homeless services, domestic violence assistance and family health programs on women, their families and their communities. Check it out.

Martin Luther King died on this day 44 years ago. In remembrance...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:32:06 -0400

Martin Luther King died on this day 44 years ago. In remembrance of one of our nation’s icons, we bring you some of his quotes on display at his monument at the National Mall.

Senator Jose Serrano’s Office is covered in love for human...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:34:00 -0500

Senator Jose Serrano’s Office is covered in love for human Services!