On June 30, 2009, dozens of CVH members held three simultaneous, statewide press conferences in all chapters to draw attention to $100 million in economic stimulus funds that could be used to help create jobs for low-income people in New York State.

Saturday, March 28th, CVH Newburgh members led 12 of their elected officials on a tour of their neighborhoods to demonstrate how the economic crisis is playing out in their world.  The officials, including Congressman Maurice Hinchey and State Assemblyman Frank Skartados, walked on broken sidewalks down Lander St. where almost half of the buildings are abandoned, into an apartment with numerous code violations, visited a motel where Social Services pays thousands to house homeless families.  A each stop they heard testimony from the members.

On Tuesday, December 9th, the Census Bureau released statistics from the American Communities Survey that were compiled for areas with less than 65,000 residents.  

CVH members held a holiday-themed press conference to announce the poverty statistics and call on City Officials to stop ignoring the widespread poverty that they and their families live through every day.  Their message was: you can't ignore poverty anymore!

CVH members from all four chapters across the state met with Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Commissioner David Hansell on Thursday September 11th in Yonkers. Members shared there stories with Commissioner Hansell. Some of the topics of discussion at this meeting were Career Pathways and Transistional Job programs.