On February 2, 2017, CPC hosted its 52nd Annual Lunar New Year Celebration at Jing Fong Restaurant with over 1,000 guests in attendance to celebrate the Year of the Rooster and honor five distinguished individuals and organizations in the community.
On February 10, 2017, Lois Lee, Director of CPC Queens School-Age Child Care Center @ PS20 and CPC Queens Corona UPK, was featured as NY1's "NYer of the Week".
Applications are now open for the 2017 DYCD Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Applications are due Friday, March 17, 2017. The application process was launched earlier this year to give New Yorkers additional time to plan for the summer.
On Saturday, January 28, 2017, Stacey Kourbanov (4th grade) and Shahrom Sayfullobekov (5th grade) represented CPC's Homecrest COMPASS @ PS153 at the 3rd Annual DYCD Chess Masters Tournament. Shahrom and Stacey joined over three hundred students from DYCD programs for the tournament.
On December 22, 2016, twenty-eight students from CPC’s Workforce Development Division Adult Literacy Program visited the National Museum of the American Indian.
On Saturday, December 3rd, CPC Youth Services partnered with the University at Buffalo to host the organization's first-ever "Instant Decision Day" at the CPC Queens Community Center.