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End Childhood Hunger
The budget cuts’ impact on kids
Submitted on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 10:54
It’s the worst we’ve seen.
That’s our assessment of new cuts to state services. The across-the-board budget reductions are more severe than anything we’ve experienced recently. They’re also being made in an extremely challenging context.
The budget that was finalized this spring, during the last legislative session, did not anticipate the persistently slow economy. And, rather than our elected representatives deliberating in public over cuts, these decisions are being made by the Governor in consultation with agency secretaries and assistant secretaries. They are decisions as momentous as any made during the last legislative session, only without legislators convening to hear and represent their constituents’ concerns.
Legislative Agenda 2010
Created on: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 9:16am
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 - 12:31pm
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 - 1:06pm
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 - 9:06am
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 - 5:28pm
The Children's Alliance 2009 Legislative Agenda lays out our top priorities in this tough legislative session.
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New poll should make legislators hungry to protect State Food Assistance
Submitted on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 05:34
Last week’s national poll results on food stamps should make Washington legislators take notice.
The poll found overwhelming support from voters for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, known universally as food stamps.
Along with tens of thousands of Washington children benefitting from SNAP, more than 12,000 children in our state depend on a form of food stamps called State Food Assistance – one of the vital programs lawmakers may cut.
The poll, conducted in the second week of January, is a strong indication that cutting SFA would be enormously unpopular:
Hungry Children Need State Food Assistance
Created on: Friday, January 6, 2012 - 3:01pm
Every child needs access to good nutrition in order to learn, grow and thrive. But the number of hungry Washington households has nearly doubled since 2007. State Food Assistance ensures equal treatment of our state's hungry;eliminating SFA would further disrupt the lives of thousands of children – disproportionately children of color – all across the state.
Learn more about State Food Assistance.
Proclamation by the Children of Washington State
Created on: Monday, December 12, 2011 - 4:27pm
On Dec. 2, 2011, Children's Alliance gathered hundreds across the state on Capitol steps to issue a statement to lawmakers signed by Washington's kids.
Read our Proclamation by the Children of Washington State: For Us, By Us, For Our Future.
The State of Washington's Children
Created on: Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 10:13pm
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.
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- Serving kids in foster care equitably.
Now, kids living in foster care who turn 18 can count on transitional support to ease a rough path to adulthood. Learn more >>
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