Among the individuals and organizations providing oral/written testimony were:

• NYS Office of the Aging Director Michael J. Burgess;
• NYS Office of Children & Family Services Commissioner Gladys Carrion;
• NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance Executive Deputy Commissioner Elizabeth Berlin;
• Community Voices Heard Leaders Loretta Manning, Denise Bonitto, Janine Douglas, Brenda Beal and Pat Diaz
• Sojourner House Executive Director Germaine Knapp;
• NYS Association of Area Agencies on Aging Executive Director Laura Cameron;
• AARP Executive Council Member Neil Lane and NYS Legislative Representative Bill Ferris;
• Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy President & CEO Karen Schimke;
• Association of NYS Youth Bureaus Executive Director Jackie Negri;
• NYS Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs Mohawk Valley President Wayne Baron;
• Early Care & Learning Council Executive Director Carol J. Saginaw;
• New York Kincare Coalition Co-Chair/Director Jerard Wallace;
• Campaign For Summer Jobs Co-Director Gigi Li;
• NY Public Welfare Association Executive Director Sheila Harrigan;
• Children's Defense Fund NY Deputy Director Jennifer Marino Rojas;
• Families Together in NYS Executive Director Paige Pierce;
• Nutrition Consortium of NYS Advocacy & Communications Manager Casey Dinkin;
• Supportive Housing Network of NYS Executive Director Ted Houghton;
• United Way of New York State President & CEO Susan Hager;
• NYS Catholic Conference Director Earl Eichelberger;
• Catholic Charities Caregivers Support Services Caregivers Iris Williams, Donetta Graham and Mary Williams;
• NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence CEO Michele McKeon;
• Hunger Action Network Upstate Director Andreas Kriefall;
• Housing Works NYS Advocacy & Organizing Director Carmelita Cruz;
• United Tenants of Albany Co-Director Maria Markovics and Homeless & Travelers Aid Society Director Ira Mandelker;
• United Neighborhood Houses Early Childhood & Education Policy Analyst Gregory Brender; and
• Fiscal Policy Institute Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst Carolyn Boldiston.