Crystal Charles, MPA

Senior Policy Analyst focusing on #ChildWelfare #FosterCare #NYEndChildPoverty @SchuylerCenter

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Working towards justice using data and policy analysis #MyXAnniversary

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

We have: 81 yes votes, growing bipartisan support, support of medical and civil rights orgs and ZERO opposition. The NYS Division of Human Rights determined non-consensual drug testing constitutes sex and pregnancy discrimination. NY needs the Assembly to pass these protections!

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Yes, what an exciting moment, we can’t let it pass us by! Pass the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act today!

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Thank you for your leadership on this bill @LindaBRosenthal

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Yes, what an exciting moment, we can’t let it pass us by! Pass the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act today!

[NYS Senator Julia Salazar @SalazarSenate]

The Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act now has bipartisan support!

Thank you, Assemblymember Morinello, for your support on this legislation. Let’s get it over the finish line

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

Last night, Schuyler Center's President
& CEO Kate Breslin was awarded the Solidarity
Award at the Capital District Area Labor Federation's
19th annual gala. Congratulations, Kate!

@NYSAFLCIO @MelindaJPerson @nysut

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

This year the Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act is gaining real momentum after a year of setbacks. In 2026 we shouldn’t have to demand that healthcare providers are required to obtain informed consent before testing newborns and their mothers for drugs!

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Back at it again this year supporting #SolutionsNotSuspensions #SNS in NY. Suspensions should be the last resort in our education system, including Pre-K! @ftnys @CCCNewYork @childrensagenda

[Robin Hood @RobinHoodNYC]

After 6 years of advocacy, Robin Hood helped catalyze:

🔹 Largest Child Tax Credit increase in NY history
🔹 8.2% of NY children lifted out of poverty

See how we're advancing the fight to end child poverty alongside our partners at the @SchuylerCenter. https://t.co/SSyAM5AYdq

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Today we’re up the hill to talk about the Child and Family Wellbeing Fund! Only $30 million needed to invest in the communities disproportionately investigated by Child Protective Services. Many also have the state’s highest child poverty rates.

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

🚨 New Speaker Added! 🚨

Recent federal changes are impacting families across NY who rely on vital support programs.
Join us on 10/30 for a virtual conversation on
state policies to protect the health & wellbeing of
NY’s children. https://t.co/okETC1xr5g

@nysotda @CpspPoverty

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

Symptoms of poverty are often categorized as neglect during a child protective services investigation. Read our latest blog by @CrysRCharles on the solutions NYS can implement to keep families together: https://t.co/eZEmgPVhoz

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

Lifelong advocate Blue Carreker shared why she supports the Schuyler Center! We are grateful for Blue's support & invite you to join us in planting seeds of change this May by donating to our Matching Gift Challenge! Only 5 days left to double your impact: https://t.co/C9A8jJWaiA

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

Why does Head Start matter to you? We invite you to share your stories and experiences about Head Start to strengthen our advocacy efforts and ensure that Head Start is not eliminated! Take this brief survey to share your story: https://t.co/IVathBy9U1

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

🎉As advocates for policies that support children and families experiencing poverty, Schuyler Center celebrates the state budget investments that will bring opportunity to New York’s children & families!

Read our full response to the enacted NYS budget: https://t.co/dasKC99bOS

[The Children's Agenda @childrensagenda]

🗣️ Today, 200+ parents, students & advocates are in Albany calling on NY lawmakers to pass the #SNSBill #SolutionsNotSuspensionsNY bill (A.118/S.134). Our students deserve solutions and support, not punishment. #PassA118S134 #EndSchoolPushout

[Schuyler Center @SchuylerCenter]

We have exciting news! A generous donor has pledged a $20,000 Matching Gift Challenge to support the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy in planting seeds of change for New York's children and families. Double your impact and donate now! https://t.co/C9A8jJWaiA

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Today we’re also uplifting the Maternal Health, Dignity, and Consent Act, which would help protect parents and babies from nonconsensual drug tests and the biased reports to the State Central Register that come from positive results #childwelfare

[Crystal Charles, MPA @CrysRCharles]

Loving this moment during the #SolutionsNotSuspensions rally. Young people taking a seat but chanting louder than ever for change @childrensagenda @ftnys

[FPWA @FPWA]

"The most powerful tool for fighting injustice is knowledge..."

#gainknowledge #gainpower @johnjaycollege @jenniferjonesaustin

[Raising New York @Raising_NY]

Parents weigh in on how funding cuts to the child care assistance program would undermine recent investments in child care. Here are stories from parent leaders from across NY. @GovKathyHochul @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins @NYCMayor

https://t.co/y1RxYDG9Ji #FundChildCareNY

[Chapin Hall @Chapin_Hall]

~14 million children in the U.S. face food insecurity. Programs like SNAP and WIC don’t just put food on the table—they support family stability and reduce the risk of #ChildWelfare involvement.​ Our new policy bulletin puts the evidence in one resource: https://t.co/1ZI9FxfnXF