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Engaging Youth in Community Change

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:34:18 -0500

This Making Connections Peer Technical Assistance Match report summarizes the learnings from a meeting of two Making Connections sites -- Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island -- when ke

Family Economic Success Newsletter

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:51:00 -0500

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s quarterly Family Economic Success (FES) Newsletter provides updates on activities, developments, and resources in the three major areas of FES—workforce development, family economic supports, and asset building.

The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book Launched on Tuesday, July 28

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:47:03 -0500

The “Counting What Counts” Media Webinar, hosted by Laura Beavers, coordinator of the national KIDS COUNT project and Patrick McCarthy, senior vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, covered the latest state-by-state indicators of child well being, why data-driven decision making is critical for improving the futures of those children and families most in need, and the features of the new KIDS COUNT Data Center.

Health Reform in Jeopardy!

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:39:04 -0500

After weeks of debate, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee just passed legislation to transform our broken health care system. And the House of Representatives recently introduced a similar bill which will be debated in three key committees.

These are major steps forward for health care reform.

Both the Senate HELP Committee and House bills propose significant health care advances that would:

(1) End discriminatory practices by insurance companies that deny coverage to people based on pre-existing conditions, or charge higher rates because of gender or health status;
(2) Help make coverage more affordable by capping families' out-of-pocket costs and providing subsidies for low-income families; and
(3) Keep costs under control by getting more for our health care dollars, for example by rewarding doctors for quality (not quantity) of services provided.

We applaud this progress, but the fight continues. There is still a long way to go in both the Senate and the House!

Sign-on Letter: Children in Health Reform

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:29:12 -0500

The House is preparing to mark-up health reform legislation in all three committees with oversight over the issue and the Senate Finance Committee is releasing their draft this week or next. We are very concerned about the possibility of children being left worse off in the legislation and need to keep raising awareness about the important issues for children in health reform. We have drafted the following sign-on letter to the House and Senate.

If your organization would like to sign-on to this letter to the House and Senate, please reply to signon@firstfocus.net or contact Cate Hodgetts at catherineh@firstfocus.net if you have any questions or need additional information. Thanks so much for your consideration!!!

Nonprofit Risk and Finance Issues Addressed

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:14:20 -0500

The Nonprofit Risk Management Center's 2009 Risk Management and Finance Summit is an educational event that draws nonprofit leaders from across the country who assist and support nonprofits.

Act Introduced to Reform Section 8

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:33 -0500

Last month the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act was introduced in the House. H.R. 3045 would streamline and make improvements to the Housing Choice Voucher program and authorize 150,000 new vouchers in fiscal year (FY) 2010.

Recovery Bill Likely to Prevent Medicaid Cutbacks

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:01:45 -0500

By providing state Medicaid programs with $87 billion in fiscal relief, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is likely to be effective in preventing many large Medicaid cutbacks. Targ

Youth Service America Service Project Planning Webinars

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:11:41 -0600

Anyone planning a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project is invited to register for these calls, all at 2:00 pm EST. February 17, 2009 will cover partnerships and volunteer recruitment, March 3 will discuss fundraising and grantwriting and the March 17 webinar will address media and web communications.

Semester of Service 2009

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:46:22 -0600

Join Youth Service America in mobilizing young people to improve their communities during the Semester of Service that kicks off on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2009. Semester of Service p

Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:56:04 -0600

Mayors across the country are taking part in an initiative to set at least one locally relevant, measurable goal in each of the following areas to ensure that every child has:MAYORS

* Opportunities to learn and grow;

Run to Vote: High School Students Leading a 48 State Voting Drive

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:57:05 -0500

Run to Vote combines the sport of track and field with your pledge to vote in 2008.

Video: The Power of Partnership Turning Promise into Progress

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:57:40 -0500

The National Partnership has an inspirational new video highlighting victories such as the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991. "We're maki

Federal Dollars, Local Impact

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:06:58 -0500

President Bush and Congressional leaders have warned that domestic spending will be taking a hit in the federal budget for FY 2006. Connect for Kids advocacy director Jan Richter says we all need to learn more about how federal dollars work for kids and families in our communities, and what the proposed cuts will mean.

The State of Health Care Spending on Children

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:05:10 -0600

CFK reports from: The State of Health Care Spending on Children
Event: Release of survey results, research, & panel discussion
Organized by: Health Affairs journal
Where/When: Washington, D.C., June 9, 2004

�People aren�t aware of how many children get short shrift in the American health care system,� according to Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. Wyden spoke at a briefing hosted by the journal Health Affairs. The journal released new research and public opinion data on public health spending on children and the elderly.