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FRAC's Recommendation for Ending Child Hunger by 2015 |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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The President promised, while campaigning, to put an end to child hunger. He promised that by 2015 every child in America would have adequate access to healthy foods. The Food Research and Action Center has not forgotten this pledge and recently released a summary of key strategies that must be implemented in order to actualize a goal they say is grand but possible.
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L.A. County seeks to improve communications and protect children |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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According to an article in the LA Times this week, officials in Los Angeles County have proposed a new data sharing system meant to improve communications between local child welfare agencies. It has been discovered that communication breakdowns among various agencies played a key role in child abuse deaths that had been investigated by child welfare officials. The proposal calls for an interlinked computer system that would expand the ability of child abuse investigators to access records showing a family's criminal, educational and medical histories, including critical clues about dangers faced by children.
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Illinois Kids Have a Friend in ACLU! |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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A few days ago we posted an item about the proposed budget
cuts to Illinois’ child welfare system—cuts that would result in heavier
caseloads for child protective services workers, a huge reduction (50%) in
payment to foster parents, a cut in clinical services and other critical
supports. ACLU filed suit on behalf of the 16,000 foster children in the state since
the proposed budget cuts that might become a reality this week “violate a
21-year-old federal consent decree that gives the ACLU oversight of the well
being of children in the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services.”
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Kids and Families Cut Off at the Knees |
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
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Why do states, in their desperate attempts to balance their budgets,
make what appear to be inordinate cuts to health and human services? Do
other line items bleed as freely? Why are children and families so
vulnerable? Is it because their voices simply aren’t strong enough? Do
those items with the moneyed lobbies behind them fare any better? Are
all programs scrutinized for their short- and long-term benefits?
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Texas Governor vetoes pre-K bill |
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
Today, Governor Rick Perry has vetoed a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the quality of pre-kindergarten classes in Texas. House Bill 130 would have instated new quality standards for pre-K classes, including teacher training and class size limits. Quoted in the Austin American Stateman, the bill's author, Rep. Diane Patrick, R-Arlington, said, "It's a bad day for public education and for Texas' youngest and neediest children."
Read the full article here.
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Get Involved: Help shift the debate for health care reform towards kids! |
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
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For the next few months the overriding focus in Washington is likely
to be health care reform. Legislation is being debated in several
Congressional committees, and President Obama has called for a bill to
be on his desk before the August recess. However, the topic of children
has not received major coverage so far. At Every Child Matters, we
believe that discussion of this reform must include how children are
going to be covered, and what will change for the millions who are
covered through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance
Program. As the debate continues, we will continue to keep you updated
on how the health reform process relates to children.
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President Obama's Father's Day Message: Dads Need To Step Up |
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
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It is common for presidents to celebrate strong fatherhood, particularly heading into Father's Day weekend.
But President Obama is purposely giving the matter prominent attention,
knowing that alone might draw the kind of media coverage the topic
otherwise would not get at a time of war, economic crisis and other important news.
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Children's Health Programs Losing the Fight |
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 |
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Providers have found themselves doctoring a new
national health crisis: the budget. The exam room is no longer the
battle ground where lives are saved and lost. As Medicaid
reimbursements to providers fall, as much as 40%, the physicians are
finding their greatest battles are fought in state capitol buildings.
Places where children are out of sight, and seemingly out of mind.
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Arizona Cuts Services for Kids and Taxes! What's up with that? |
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
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Arizona’s kids’ organizations are speaking out
against a budget that would leave 25,000 children and 9,000 parents
without health insurance. Further, it would slash services for kids
with disabilities and shelter for victims of domestic violence and at
the same time cut taxes by $250 million! Timothy Schmaltz with the
Protecting Arizona’s Families Coalition rightly asks, "’Where is the
compassion in that in the middle of a recession?’" The Children’s
Action Alliance’s Dana Naimark calls upon the legislature to “go back
to work and use brain power, compassion and courage to pass a ‘fair’
budget.” To read the article, click here.
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