"I don't think the county executive and others making these decisions about us have the ability to see the long-term hurt that can come from the short-term gain of balancing their budget on the backs of youth services," added Mr. Boyle, who is going to Albany on Monday with five other agency directors to plead their case for help from the state.
A new Social Security notch coming soon should generate interest in Congress as it presents a much stronger case for help.
Mr Drakeford said: "I don't think there's a strong taxpayer case for help being concentrated on those people who are already at the greatest advantage in the market".
In shock that it could happen again, she calls Detective Benson (Hargitay), who handled her previous rape case, for help.
When people turn to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund for help, they do not turn to it easily.
She turned to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, one of the seven agencies supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, for help.
Like all who turn to the Neediest Cases Fund for help, those whose lives were upended by the rise in subprime loans, and the ways they came to need assistance, are varied.
Her father took her to Brooklyn Community Services, one of the seven agencies supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, for help applying for benefits and vocational services.
But when the triplets needed new clothing and furniture, the family turned to Brooklyn Community Services, an organization supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, for help, and received $250.
He knocked on the doors of those he could not reach by phone and, in some cases, pleaded for help from neighbors, building superintendents and directors of after-school programs.
