Sentences with phrase «advocacy on behalf of family»

He also undertakes a substantive amount of courtroom advocacy on behalf of family clients.

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The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

Democrats also question if big money pumped into Senate races on behalf of Republican candidates will be there given a recent scandal that is causing the deep - pocketed Families for Excellent Schools - Advocacy to shut down.

It provides advocacy, education, research and patient services on behalf of rare disease patients, families, and patient organizations.

The Institute for Justice, the Washington - based legal - advocacy group that helped defend the Cleveland program, filed suit Sept. 18 in the Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland, Maine, on behalf of six families from three towns in the state.

TED provides leadership and support for teacher education on behalf of students with exceptional needs and their families through research, professional and leadership development, and advocacy.

CCSA has recently joined forces with Families That Can (FTC) to harness that power, helping parents understand their latent advocacy potential and converting that potential energy into kinetic, sustainable momentum for charter school advocacy goals on behalf of their children.

When I am not with my family or fighting the good fight on behalf of my clients, you'll find me at one of the local law schools where I teach a class called «Advanced Trial Advocacy.»

It was during this time that she developed a passion for advocacy on behalf of injured persons and their families.

WESNET is a national women's peak advocacy body which works on behalf of women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic or family violence.

Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized chiAdvocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized chiadvocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health is the only national organization working on behalf of the reproductive health and justice of the 20 million Latinas, their families and communities in the United States through public education, community mobilization and policy advocacy.

Planned Parenthood Illinois Action engages in educational and electoral activity, including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy, on behalf of commonsense policies that protect the reproductive health and rights of women, teens, and families.

She is an appointed member of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission and enjoys being active in advocacy work on behalf of children and families.

A big thank you to CAMFT's Grassroots Advocacy Team for proudly lobbying Representatives in Washington, DC on behalf of California's Marriage and Family Therapists!

The $ 2 Per Child Campaign will raise the funds needed to support advocacy by the Illinois and National Head Start Associations, on behalf of at risk children and families.