Voices, HHS Secretary redouble efforts to insure children

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius renews challenge to improve enrollment, Voices accepts

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children, the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy groups, announced today that it has accepted U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s…

Voices to Congress: Don’t raid hunger programs!

This week Voices for America’s Children issued two statements concerning use of funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to fund other initiatives:

Child Advocates Pleased with More Federal Funds for Health Care and Education, But Object to Cuts to…

Child Advocates Pleased with More Federal Funds for Health Care and Education, But Object to Cuts to Child Food Programs

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children (Voices), the nation’s largest multi-issue child advocacy network, reluctantly supports U.S. Senate action (H.R. 1586)  to provide additional federal dollars for health care and education services for children but objects to using child food…

Child advocates welcome progress on child nutrition program renewal

But concerned that some costs to be offset with funding from food stamps

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children, the nation’s largest multi-issue child advocacy network, welcomed passage of child nutrition reauthorization in the U.S. Senate, which could help millions…

Voices for America’s Children Accepts “Connecting Kids to Coverage” Challenge

Works with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to get health care for millions of uninsured children

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children, the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy groups, announced today that it has accepted U.S. Health and Human…

Nutrition advocates: Now not the time to raid hunger programs

Coalition of nutrition advocates urges Congress not to divert food funding for needy families

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children, the nation’s largest multi-issue child advocacy network, together with AARP and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), today called…

Voices and My College Options Partner to Uncover the Opinions of High School Students on Current Events

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children and My College Options, the nation’s largest college planning program, today announced that they have partnered to bring to light the opinions of American high school students on the issues of the day, including…

VOICES FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN PRAISES NUTRITION LEGISLATION

Child group encouraged by progress on child nutrition program renewal

WASHINGTON – Legislation passed by the House Education and Labor Committee today could ensure that more children get adequate nutrition in a time of need, according to Voices for America’s…

STATE READING SCORES: ARE ALL AMERICA’S CHILDREN REALLY ABOVE AVERAGE?

Analysis by child advocates shows wildly varying state assessments distort true condition of education

WASHINGTON – State-level school reading tests vary so greatly with each other and the findings of the U.S. Department of Education national assessment that it is…

CHILD GROUP TO DEBT COMMISSION: “DON’T BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF CHILDREN”

Nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy groups testifies to importance of investment in young

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children (Voices), the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy groups, testified today before the president’s National Commission on Fiscal…