Child Abuse

Our 2012 legislative agenda calls on lawmakers to:

• Protect Apple Health for Kids and State Food Assistance;
• Reject further budget cuts that hurt low-income families and children of color;
• Improve health with a licensed dental practitioner;
• Close the opportunity gap with early learning;
• Raise revenue to protect our future.

Download and print our 2012 legislative agenda.

The State of Washington’s Children 2012 is a broad review of how Washington’s 1.5 million kids are faring in tough times. The report is issued by KIDS COUNT in Washington, a new partnership between Children’s Alliance and the Washington State Budget & Policy Center.

Read the report.

Critical investments in foster care included in the House budget are absent from the Senate's version.