As the Debate on Federal Nutrition Programs Heats Up, Voices’ Staff Take the SNAP Challenge
Posted by Matthew Wright on Jun 17, 2013 at 11:41 AMWith the Senate approving its farm policy bill last week, the U.S. House is expected this week to take up its version, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. It currently proposes cutting the food stamps program…
Texans Care for Children Celebrates 30 Years
Posted by 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.
“A Place At The Table” Looks at Hunger in the U.S.
Posted by Joanna Shoffner Scott on Mar 4, 2013 at 4:26 PMAn estimated 50 million people in this country do not know where their next meal will come from, and one in four of the hungry are children. The documentary film, “A Place at the Table,” chronicles the economic, social and…
Children and Families Lose Big With Sequester
Posted by 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 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…
Voices for America’s Children Celebrates the 4th Anniversary of CHIP Reauthorization Act
Posted by Lendsey on Feb 7, 2013 at 9:26 PMWASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children and its members celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) today with a call to action for local, state and federal stakeholders to enroll even more children in…
Falling Short on Dental Care for Children
Posted by Terrylynn Tyrell on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:20 PMIn the past 50 years, dental care has improved significantly transforming oral health in America. Rarely do we see individuals with rows of missing teeth that once were commonplace. However, millions of children are still afflicted with oral health problems,…
The “fiscal cliff”: Are kids teetering on the edge?
Posted by Joe Theissen on Dec 10, 2012 at 3:39 PMWhat is this “fiscal cliff,” and are American kids teetering on the edge? As Congress scrambles to enact a deal before year’s end, what do we need to do to keep children from going over?
Next year, federal spending will…
Differences spotted in the brains of affluent and less affluent children
Posted by Roberta Heine on Oct 24, 2012 at 11:27 AMEven though this week’s presidential debate was supposed to be on foreign policy, we warned you to be on the look out for vague promises to cut funding for social programs. Sure enough, discussion veered a few times in the…
“The state of kids: Poor, and poorer”
Posted by Roberta Heine on Oct 16, 2012 at 10:30 AMThe uptick in poverty recently is not a minor problem, and not something that will get fixed easily. The slow economic recovery promises that job growth will remain sluggish and many more families will experience deprivation. Worst of all, the…
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