New Mexico Voices for Children: Putting policy and advocacy to work for kids

Posted by Marlo Nash on Feb 18, 2011 at 1:13 PM

The annual report for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation contains a great feature on one of our members, New Mexico Voices for Children. The Foundation, known for its focus on child well-being and racial equity, included a video…

RI KIDS COUNT: Using data to improve children’s lives

Posted by Marlo Nash on Feb 10, 2011 at 12:15 PM

A great article shows how gathering data on children is the first step to making better child policy. That seems pretty simple, but often child advocates are the only ones collecting all the raw data about children’s well-being —…

Looking for the Florida Candidate Briefing Webinar?

Posted by Marlo Nash on Aug 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Voices for America’s Children and our Florida member, Children’s Campaign, Inc., are hosting a Florida candidate briefing webinar today at 10:00 a.m.

Visit: http://www.iamforkids.org/webinar to join the webinar. And dial 1-866-519-2800 with passcode 999634 for the audio. If…

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Study: Solutions Storytelling – Messaging to Mobilize Support for Children’s Issues

Posted by Marlo Nash on Jul 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM

Did you know that communicating child advocacy successes is a more effective way to rally support around an issue than simply reporting on it?

According to a study conducted by Douglas Gould & Company and The Topos Partnership, changing the…

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Texas member hosts call-in for juvenile justice reform

Posted by Marlo Nash on Jul 7, 2010 at 5:58 PM

Congress has stalled for years on the renewal of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, and one of our Texas members is doing something about it.  Today Texans Care for Children hosts a call-in campaign to raise