Sentences with phrase «state child advocate»

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Children and adults are no longer required to recite prayers or pledges which may contradict their personal / religious views and are not required to advocate a government message on their personal property (e.g. they can not be forced to display a state slogan like «live free or die» on their license plate).

Oh, I think you'll find that most atheists freely admit that Stalinism and its various children advocated a state policy of atheism and killed an obscene number of people.

Both are coalitions of organizations and child welfare advocates addressing the urgent needs of waiting children throughout the United States

Circle of Moms: Get advice from thousands of other moms in an online private sharing circle for sharing family updates Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

The summit will provide afterschool program providers, anti-hunger advocates, and administrators of child nutrition programs with the knowledge and tools to effectively implement the Afterschool Meal Program in communities across the state.

Safe Haven Safe House Same Sex Marriage Sanction SCR (State Case Registry) SDNH (State Directory of New Hires) Self Incrimination Separate Property Separation Separation Agreement Sequester Service of Process SESA (State Employment Security Agency) Settlement Severance of Parental Rights Sexual Abuse Shared Parenting Slander Special Advocate Special Master Spouse Spousal Support Sole Custody Special Needs Child Split Custody SPLS (State Parent Locator Services) Spousal Maintenance Stalking Stare Decisis State Court Statute Stay of Proceedings Stay - Away Order Stepchild Stepparent Adoption Stipulation Stipulated Agreement Strike Structured Settlement Sua Sponte Subordination Subpoena Subpoena Ad Testificandum Subpoena Duces Tecum Substantive Law Success Fee Suit Summary Divorce Summary Judgment Summons Superior Court Supervised Access (Visitation) Surplusage

This is why we advocate amending our national social policy and state statutes to reflect sensitive family and child custody laws.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

As the executive director of NYSHEPA, Nancy ran an 800 member - strong coalition and advocated at the local, state and federal level for numerous nutrition and physical activity measures including school nutrition standards, calorie labeling, trans fat ban, Complete Streets, breastfeeding bill of rights, nutrition standards for fast - food kids» meals sold with toys, Safe Routes to School, nutrition standards for foods marketed to children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, state agencies, and anti-hunger, afterschool, and child advocates all have important roles to play in increasing participation.

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She has been a vocal advocate for child nutrition, influencing legislation on the community, state and federal levels.

She is an almost - native of Colorado, and continues to speak and advocate for children with food allergies at the state level and in her school district's Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.com.

Let's all be the change we wish to see, advocate for our children, and keep the momentum I see happening in so many places at the grass - roots level in different states keep going.

It also covers advocacy, providing suggestions on how to advocate successfully for your child with teachers, school boards, and even state legislators.

One way to do this is to advocate for the children and youth who have been emaciated from or «aged out» of (reached the age of 18 and are no longer able to receive assistance from their state of foster families) of foster care by:

Susan Hodges, Past President Athens, GA [email protected] Susan Hodges, a home birth mom and midwifery advocate since 1985, lives in Athens, GA, where her two children were born at home with a midwife, and where she was active locally and at the state level to increase birth options.

AAPD members interested in public policy issues in their state as well as policymakers and advocates for children's oral health at the state level should feel free to contact the PPA in your state.

Regularly communicate with state and regional Medicaid and CHIP officials to advocate for children's oral health, provide the perspective of a pediatric dentist, disseminate AAPD views and strategies, and encourage adoption of model Medicaid and SCHIP dental programs in states.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its major periodic review of the state of children's rights in the UK, and has advocated for:

For 12 years, advocates have tried to change that limit with the Child Victims Act, and for 12 years, the act has failed before reaching a vote on the state Senate floor.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

A coalition of child sex abuse survivors and advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act this week began targeting four state Senate Republicans with automated phone calls to their constituents in their home distrchild sex abuse survivors and advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act this week began targeting four state Senate Republicans with automated phone calls to their constituents in their home distrChild Victims Act this week began targeting four state Senate Republicans with automated phone calls to their constituents in their home districts.

At 2:45 p.m., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, state Sens. Brad Hoylman and Tim Kennedy, and child sex abuse survivors and advocates will deliver more than 100,000 petition signatures to the Senate Republicans, calling for inclusion of the Child Victims Act in the budget, Senate Republican conference room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Alchild sex abuse survivors and advocates will deliver more than 100,000 petition signatures to the Senate Republicans, calling for inclusion of the Child Victims Act in the budget, Senate Republican conference room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, AlChild Victims Act in the budget, Senate Republican conference room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 1:15 p.m., advocates and members of the state Senate Democratic conference call for passage of the Child Victims Act, Senate Democratic Conference Room (315), stat Capitol, Albany.

At 1:30 p.m., state Sens. Jesse Hamilton and Jose Peralta, Assemblyman Robert Carroll and advocates hold a press conference on the need for action on street safety in the wake of tragic crash that killed two children, intersection of Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn.

Advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act have begun running a digital ad campaign that largely targets those living in the district of state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who has kept the legislation from coming to the floor for a vote.

Advocates for survivors of sex abuse have urged New York's state legislature to pass the Child Victims Act.

Advocates who want the Child Victims Act passed in New York are stepping up pressure on Republicans in the state Senate.

In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 buchild sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 buChild Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.

Advocates who want the Child Victims Act passed in New York are stepping up the pressure on Republicans in the State Senate.

At 11 a.m., state Senate Democrats and child victims advocates demand «immediate passage» of the Child Victims Act, glass doors in front of the Senate chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Alchild victims advocates demand «immediate passage» of the Child Victims Act, glass doors in front of the Senate chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, AlChild Victims Act, glass doors in front of the Senate chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Meanwhile, state Senate Democrats on Tuesday will hold a press conference with advocates to again call on Republicans to keep the Child Victims Act in the final state budget that is being negotiated.

On Wednesday morning, on the day before the Mayor was to unveil his budget, advocates that included representatives from Alianza Dominicana, Children's Aid Society, the Children Arts and Sciences Workshop, ACDP, Fresh Youth Initiatives (FYI), Community League of the Heights (C.L.O.T.H.), the Police Athletic League (P.A.L.), and representatives from local New York City Councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Robert Jackson, New York State Assemblymembers Guillermo Linares and Herman D. Farrell, among others, gathered in an early morning meeting to brain - storm about strategies to ward off the cuts.

«We need more advocates like Leslie Danks Burke in the State Senate to fight for families in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes, and all across New York,» said Fighting for Children PAC founder Gary Greenberg.

In a May 9 statement, Cuomo sidestepped pointed questions from the advocates, and from the press, about his willingness to push the state Senate to pass the Child Victims Act before the current legislative session ends June 16.

At 12:30 p.m., Families Together in New York State, a lead member of the Raise the Age NY campaign, holds its annual Legislative Awareness Day and Luncheon where over 400 family members, state leaders, youth and advocates from around the state will speak on issues impacting families of children with social, emotional and behavioral needs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, AlState, a lead member of the Raise the Age NY campaign, holds its annual Legislative Awareness Day and Luncheon where over 400 family members, state leaders, youth and advocates from around the state will speak on issues impacting families of children with social, emotional and behavioral needs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Alstate leaders, youth and advocates from around the state will speak on issues impacting families of children with social, emotional and behavioral needs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Alstate will speak on issues impacting families of children with social, emotional and behavioral needs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, AlState Plaza Convention Center, Albany.

Advocates for legislation to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek legal recourse as adults will mark the Wednesday start of a new legislative session with a rally near the state Senate chambers.

Also at noon, Ama Dwimoh — former chief of the Crimes Agains t Children Bureau in the Kings County District Attorney's Office and candidate in the race for the open Brooklyn District Attorney's seat — will join advocates on Friday in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall to call for the immediate passage of the Child Victims Act in the State Legislature.

«This has been a long fight that I and many others have advocated for many years and am happy the day has come that parents do not have to choose between their child marked absent from school or their religious observance,» stated Davids.

Nieves is the former State Assemblymember for the 51st Assembly District and Valdes is a children's advocate who has never held public office before.

Advocates in Erie County often complain that the state Health Department is several years behind in releasing lead poisoning data and fails to include children who test within the federal threshold.

NEW YORK, NY — Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (D - Westchester / Bronx) and State Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) joined Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union, and Macy's employees, retail workers, and working family advocates, in front of the iconic Macy's Herald Square on Friday calling for increased funding to child care subsidies.

ALBANY — A coalition of child abuse survivors and advocates is pushing for a meeting with the head of the state Senate to discuss passing a bill designed to make it easier for victims to bring cases as adults.

Today, I find parents who can't advocate for their children to stay in NY; that has to change and Marc Molinaro is the only person running for Governor who can reclaim the mantle of Empire State.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

«In the #MeToo moment it's especially disappointing to see the governor fail to mention child victims of sexual abuse in his State of the State address, even as he correctly prioritizes the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace,» said Michael Polenberg, vice president of government affairs at Safe Horizon, and survivor and advocate Bridie Farrell said in a joint statement.

Senior citizens advocates are planning a trip to Albany this week to meet with state officials and ask Cuomo to amend a proposal that would redirect funds from adult care to child care services, removing the flexibility the city has had in the past to allocate the funds at its own discretion.

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

Gary Greenberg, the upstate investor who created a political action committee to advocate for child sex victims, is backing candidates in 12 state primaries this coming Tuesday.