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Advocates and comptroller staff: Newcomer youth face barriers to transfer‑school access; family welcome centers need clearer processes
Summary
Advocates and city officials told the Council that newly arrived and unaccompanied youth face barriers enrolling in transfer schools because family welcome centers are unevenly prepared and transfer seats for newcomers are limited.
Advocates, the comptroller’s office and representatives from the International Network for Public Schools urged the council to remove enrollment barriers for newly arrived and unaccompanied youth and to increase specialized transfer seats for newcomers.
Laura Lai, senior policy analyst in the New York City Comptroller’s office, noted that the city’s youth‑in‑crisis population increased sharply during the asylum‑seeker wave and that an often‑overlooked group is unaccompanied youth aged roughly 16 to 24. Lai told the committee that family welcome centers can be difficult to navigate for youth without parents or counselors to guide them and said she…
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