Statement on the Impact of Fiscal Cliff Law on Children
Posted by Lendsey on Jan 3, 2013 at 5:47 AMToday, Voices for America’s Children President & CEO Jacquelyn Lendsey released the following statement and summary of the impact of the new fiscal cliff law on children and their families.
Senator Mikulski and Children’s Organizations Agree: Hold Children Harmless in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Posted by Lendsey on Dec 24, 2012 at 10:11 AMWashington, DC – National children’s advocacy organizations applaud Senator Barbara A. Mikulski for her efforts to ensure children are held harmless in the ongoing budget negotiations.
Lawmakers Must Hold Children Harmless in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Posted by Lendsey on Dec 23, 2012 at 9:04 PMMaryland Senator Barbara A. Mikulski circulated a letter recently on Capitol Hill asking lawmakers to put children first and to consider the impact of the fiscal cliff on their welfare. Addressed to the House and Senate leadership, the Mikulski letter…
A Common Vision for Real Solutions
Posted by Lendsey on Dec 20, 2012 at 1:14 PMIt has been less than a week since the tragic events of Newtown, CT claimed the lives of 20 children. Voices for America’s Children shares President Obama’s belief that this is a complex issue. We also agree that real solutions…
Protecting our Children
Posted by Lendsey on Dec 18, 2012 at 12:26 PMLast Friday, we learned of the killing of more than two dozen people at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Most devastating about this horrific tragedy was that many of the victims were very young children who had their whole…
Child advocates in San Antonio speak out against abuse and neglect
Posted by rheine on Jun 1, 2012 at 11:59 AMDespite an overhaul of the state’s Child Protective Services agency, Baxter county in Texas has seen child deaths from abuse and neglect increase. Since the start of the fiscal year, 20 children there have died at the hands of caretakers.…
Report: The families separated by America’s immigration policies
Posted by Sheri Brady on Nov 4, 2011 at 3:14 PMA new report by the Applied Research Center shows how families can be broken apart by America’s immigration policies. Although both immigration law and child welfare policy aims to keep families together, that is often not how it works in…
The State of Child Welfare in Pennsylvannia
Posted by Casey_Labrack on Sep 21, 2010 at 4:10 PMVoices member Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children today released a new report, “The State of Child Welfare.” It includes comprehensive data on how Pennsylvannia’s child welfare system is performing in all 67 counties. It includes the number of first-time entries and…
Image and belonging: important to youngsters, but ingrained in alcohol ads
Posted by George Askew on May 18, 2010 at 6:22 PMAlcohol advertisers have always sought to create an alternate reality for their products. With the advent of online social spaces, they literally have created these alternate realities, full of color and far from parental supervision. Utilizing Facebook, web forums, and…
State Budget Cuts Threaten Child Welfare Programs
Posted by Lendsey on Mar 5, 2010 at 12:00 AMIn part one of a two part report, NPR examines how state budget cuts are hurting services for child abuse and child welfare across the nation. Those working in child services say that although budgets are shrinking, the need is…
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