Child Poverty

Interview with Paul Forbes, Expanded Success Initiative

Program: Approaches to Equity

Watch our interview of Paul Forbes, Director, Expanded Success Initiative, NYC Department of Education, at the launch of the Growing Up NYC Policy Framework on November 22, 2016 at The New School.

Forbes discusses programs that focus on supporting and improving the well-being of young Black and Latino men in NYC.

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