Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Managed by the Forum for Youth Investment

Engaging Youth on the Environment

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:06:05 -0500

Located just a few blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, the Earth Conservation Corps is far removed from the world of legislators, lobbyists and policymakers. ECC provides a striking example of a program that engages young people in protecting the environment while learning valuable lessons about life in the process. CFK intern Kate Carta profiled the organization.

Re-Connecting our Youth Conference Calls

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:06:08 -0500

Join YTFG�s Safe Passage Conference Calls
The Youth Transition Funders Group is hosting two conference calls this fall to share how funders and communities are working together to help all of America's youth connect by age 25. Panelists will discuss pathways to college and careers, reform and alternatives to incarceration, and programs that help youth become financially independent after foster care .

PTA Urges Support for Arts and Parent Centers in Schools

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:51:51 -0500

The President's budget and the House Committee on Appropriations have no more federal funding for Parent Information Resource Centers (PIRCs) and Arts in Education programs (AIE). The National PTA urg

Stop the Raid on Student Aid Campaign

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:54:36 -0500

Families paying off college loans will now know how much more they owe in interest rates, after the July 1 hike. Future students may yet face sticker shock. The higher interest rates are part of the federal budget deal cut last year.

Is the Air Healthy for Your Kids?

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:55:59 -0500

Vehicle emission controls and cleaner-burning fuels have improved air quality in urban environments but children can still be exposed to particularly dangerous levels of air contamination in schools built near busy roadways or other sources of pollution. New research reported in the July 6, 2006 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine finds that the level of carbon particles in the air is correlated with reduced function in children's developing lungs.

Youth Policy--Let's Get It Together

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:32:37 -0500

A few years ago I attended a Forum for Youth Investment luncheon with policy analysts and funders -- all agreed the U.S. was behind the times because we lack any kind of national, coordinated youth policy. In March 2005 Connect for Kids and the Forum fielded a poll that asked if coordinating services for young people made sense--of course the answer was a resounding "yes."

Who's Raining on Your Fourth of July Parade?

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:46:15 -0500

Are you going to the Fourth of July parade? Well, Congress has already rained on it. Here's how:

As of July 1 students starting out for college, and many of those still paying off those college loans, will have to pay much higher interest rates, thanks to the budget deal Congress made to cut spending for student aid while expanding tax cuts for investments.

Thank Politicians Who Voted to Increase VAWA Funding!

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:13:15 -0500

Increasing funds for programs covered by the Violence Against Women Act is a major victory in a time of budget cutbacks--the National Network to End Domestic Violence says it's an occasion to send a t

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Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:44:33 -0500

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New Medicaid Rules Can Keep Families from Getting Coverage

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:05:24 -0500

The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that since January, when Georgia began requiring families to produce documents of their income (pay stub, W-2 form, income tax return), many Hispanic children in Georgia have been denied Medicaid coverage because their parents cannot provide the required documentation.

What Congress is Up To

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:43:21 -0500

The House Republican leadership has announced it will postpone indefinitely a vote to extend critical sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 25 years. Congressional reporters say the decision was in response to intense protest from rank-and-file House Republicans at a closed-door conference meeting.

The Children's Bill of Rights Project

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:56:07 -0500

The Family and Corrections Network is seeking participants for its Children's Bill of Rights Project. Ten statewide, regional, or local collaboratives will be chosen to receive technical assistance to pursue policy reforms, as well as systematic changes that best insures the well-being of children of incarcerated parents.

June 21 Conference Call on Involving Youth Voices in Juvenile Justice

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:02:25 -0500

Update: If you want to get follow-up materials and a notice when Chiu's paper is released, email jan@connectforkids.org. A summary of this conference call is posted as a field report on Connect for Kids.

Child Advocacy Community Loses Two Fine Women

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:35:08 -0500

I have just learned of Emily Fenichel's tragic death on June 8 in a traffic accident in Washington, DC. Emily was one of the first people I met with when I moved to Washington in 1994. She was smart, passionate and dedicated to her very important work at Zero to Three -- educating parents, providers and policymakers about the developmental needs of children in their earliest years.

Holding Them to a Funding Promise

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:35:04 -0500

The National PTA is urging Sen. Thad Cochran, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee to uphold the promise they made in March to direct $7.1 billion above the president's budget request to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.