Congress Approves 2013 Budget, President Signs Into Law
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Mar 28, 2013 at 4:14 PMCongress has approved the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriation Act that funds the federal budget through FY2013 which ends in September. President Obama has signed the bill into law, locking in sequester for the remainder of the year and allowing…
All Kids Means All Kids: Sequestration Affects Communities of Color
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Mar 12, 2013 at 1:26 PMVoices for America’s Children is concerned not only about the impact of sequester for all children and families, but especially for those most vulnerable to economic and educational challenges. Sequestration will have a devastating effect on all children nationwide, but…
Texans Care for Children Celebrates 30 Years
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Mar 8, 2013 at 9:45 AMYesterday, Texans Care For Children celebrated 30 years of “Putting Kids First. Voices Board of Trustees Chair Rosie Valadez McStay delivered the keynote address at a luncheon attended by local elected officials, trustees, partner organizations and donors.
Sequester Happened, What’s Next?
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Mar 7, 2013 at 3:03 PMChildren and families across the country will be affected by sequester and by the failure of Congress and the Obama Administration to agreement on restructuring cuts that allowed $85 billion in automatic cuts to occur.
Children and Families Lose Big With Sequester
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Feb 27, 2013 at 3:45 PMThe March 1 deadline for sequester will bring across-the-board spending cuts over the next 10 years to achieve the $1.2 trillion reduction to the federal budget mandated by Congress. These automatic, but equal, cuts to defense and non-defense spending will…
Statement of President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Posted by Jacquelyn Lendsey on Feb 13, 2013 at 4:50 PMToday, Voices for America’s Children President & CEO Jacquelyn Lendsey released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Lendsey stated:
“Voices applauds the President for his vision of prosperity for America’s families and the…
How could cuts today affect the kids of tomorrow?
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Oct 22, 2012 at 1:33 PMAs the presidential campaign heats up, much of the debate has been over spending, debt and the role of government. Many budget hawks implore us to cut spending because of the debts we could leave to the next generation. We…
How schools actually make cuts
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Oct 2, 2012 at 2:07 PMTexas reduced state spending on education by more than $5 billion for 2010. At the time, everyone discussed the sheer size of the cuts, knowing that the quality of instruction in Texas public schools would suffer. But how school districts…
“Education Cuts Never Heal”
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Jul 27, 2012 at 1:26 PMVoices interns Nicole Bibel and Sarah Rogers guest blog today on a rally in Washington, DC, against budget cuts to kids, featuring members of Congress, an official in the Obama administration, and real families in need.
With all the…
More than 10,000 teaching jobs lost to budget cuts in Texas
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Apr 10, 2012 at 9:39 AMTexas lawmakers cut funding for public education by around $5.4 billion to balance its budget, and students are feeling the effects. A New York Times article on the education cuts is calling it “the year of doing without” for Texas…
