Advocacy Camp is a three-day, highly interactive training that will equip you with the leadership skills to be an effective child advocate and local leader.
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Fostering Fairness For Kids
Legislative Agenda 2010
Created on: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 10:16am
In 2010 our legislative agenda outlines strategies to protect kids and families through the economic recession.
We're in the News: Learning for Life (King 5 TV)
Posted on: Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 1:31pm
The Children's Alliance Advocacy Camp is a feature of King 5 TV's Learning for Life series. Watch this great video of camp and an interview with Jon Gould, Deputy Director.
We're in the News: DSHS warns clients of budget cuts
Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 2:06pm
Programs for elderly, children likely to be eliminated The Olympian January 12, 2009 By Adam Wilson The state Department of Social and Health Services has been working to inform those its serves about $370 million in cuts to its budget by June. The agency sent out notice to families who signed up for state health insurance and make between 250 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level, telling them that the program was canceled because of cuts in this year's budget.
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Action: Join the Virtual Rally
Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 10:06am
Proposed cuts in the state budget slash entire programs that kids’ need to be safe, healthy and succeed. Take action! The I'm Counting On You! Virtual Rally is happening now.
You can print and share this flyer - also available in spanish.
There are three ways you can join the rally:
Option 1: Add your picture
Take a photo of yourself – or take a photo of your kid(s) (with or without you in it) holding a sign that says “I’m counting on you”. You can make your own sign or download and print this one.
E-mail your picture to us. In your e-mail include the following: Your name and the city or town you live in, if you want that information included. By sending in your picture you are agreeing that we can post it on our website as part of the “I’m Counting On You” virtual rally.
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2009 Legislative Agenda
Created on: Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 6:28pm
The Children's Alliance 2009 Legislative Agenda lays out our top priorities in this tough legislative session.
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What is essential for kids and families? Safe, loving homes
We have been foster parents for 13 years. Two years ago we became the forever family for two children.
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Initiative 1107 would worsen state deficit
Created on: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:10am
Children's Alliance opposes Initiative 1107, an initiative to the state ballot in 2010. 1107 rolls back revenue that is supporting critical health and education services in Washington State. The campaign to oppose Initiative 1107 released this statement in response to the State's analysis of the financial implications of Iniative 1107.
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Kids are Always Essential Stories
Created on: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 4:55pm
In July 2010 Washington state Governor Gregoire posed 8 questions - including "What services are essential?" Children's Alliance members responded with these stories about why kids are always essential. Click to zoom in on the storybook. You can browse a story – and you can still add your own.
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Advocacy Camp 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 11:00am
Advocacy Camp is a three-day, highly interactive training that will equip you with the leadership skills to be an effective child advocate and local leader.
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Tough times, tougher advocacy for kids
Submitted on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 09:40
Many critical support systems for kids in our state faced potentially devastating cuts when the 2010 legislative session started. We knew that protecting vital services for children and families was not going to be easy.
But we’ve never been ones to shy away from a challenge.
Day in and day out, we worked to make sure that lawmakers did right by kids. In the end, the Children’s Alliance played a pivotal role in the successful push for:
- Nearly $800 million in new state revenue.
- Full protection of Apple Health for Kids.
- A stronger commitment to early learning for infants and toddlers and a path toward preschool for all.
- Meals for kids in child care, schools and during summertime.
- Continued support for the work of a committee studying how to remedy racial disproportionality in the state’s child welfare system.
Read our 2010 Legislative Session Review for an in-depth look at all we accomplished for kids, setbacks we fought hard to prevent, and the next steps we’re taking to keep children and families at the top of our lawmakers’ priority lists.
– Liz Gillespie
- Fighting childhood hunger.
The Children's Alliance worked to achieve passage of the Act for Hungry Families - connecting more people in Washington to food stamps and more kids to healthy meals. Learn more >>
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