Sentences with phrase «child advocacy organization»

National Parent Teacher Assocation (PTA) the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States

More than 1,000 public school students in Rhode Island were considered homeless during the 2015 - 16 school year, according to the most recent available data provided to Rhode Island Kids Count, the state's leading child advocacy organization.

Give the National PTA Life Achievement Award — the highest honor from the nation's largest child advocacy organization — to the person who daily lives out his or her commitment to children.

As the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the nation, National PTA is the conscience of the country for children and youth issues.

MONTPELIER — The independent child advocacy organization Voices for Vermont's Children is highlighting the release of the new KIDS COUNT ® Data Snapshot, Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States.

Official Poverty Measure Fails to Provide an Accurate Assessment of Anti-Poverty Programs The Supplemental Poverty Measure Shows U.S. Child Poverty Rate Cut Nearly in Half by Safety Net Programs and Tax Policies MONTPELIER — The independent child advocacy organization Voices for Vermont's Children is highlighting the release of the new KIDS COUNT ® Data Snapshot, Measuring Access to Opportunity... Continue Reading

In celebration of International Women's Day, please support the work of Leading Women for Shared Parenting, an international child advocacy organization working to benefit millions of children across the globe.

Dancing Classrooms is a project of the American Ballroom Theater Company provided by the Whistle Stop, a non-profit child advocacy organization.

The survey's release coincided with the Monday release of a national report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a nonprofit child advocacy organization, that compared the early childhood experiences of children across the nation.

Rhode Island Kids Count is one of several child advocacy organizations dedicated to helping to understand and prevent bullying in schools.

From the vantage point of a national child advocacy organization, it is a real tragedy when adoptive parents are first encouraged to adopt the foster children in their homes, and then penalized for doing so.

According to statistics compiled by child advocacy organization Rhode Island Kids Count, 26 % of high school students said they had consumed alcohol within the last 30 days during the 2015 - 16 school year and 13 % admitted to binge drinking.

Terry is also a co-founder of Leading Women for Shared Parenting (LW4SP), an international child advocacy organization supporting a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in family law.

More than 3,300 Rhode Island teenagers from nearly every city and town gave birth to a child between 2011 and 2015, according to Rhode Island Kids Count, the state's leading child advocacy organization.

Based in San Francisco, Safe and Sound is a child advocacy organization that's on a mission to prevent child abuse and reduce its devastating impact.

Jennifer March - Joly, executive director of the Citizens» Committee for Children, a child advocacy organization present at the meeting, also said she supports Bloomberg's plan.

KIDS COUNT is working with experts across the country to document what makes a child advocacy organization effective.

A recent report by Connecticut Voices for Child, the state's premier research and child advocacy organization, revealed that the number of Connecticut residents living below the Federal Poverty Level has increased from 10.1 percent in 2010 to 10.9 percent in 2011.

Previously she led a child advocacy organization and a NAEYC - accredited early childhood program.

I have always been an advocate for early childhood education — first in college, then working on political campaigns and in child advocacy organizations and nonprofits.

Justice For Children is a child advocacy organization that operates at the national level with headquarters in Houston, Texas.

In addition, the Licensing Branch works closely with elected officials, other state and local government agencies, the caregiver community, child advocacy organizations, and child care consumers on issues related to protecting the health and safety of children in care.

According to the Center for Law and Social Policy, a child advocacy organization, «Most researchers now agree... studies support the notion that, on average, children do best when raised by their two married biological parents.»

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director of the child advocacy organization Kids Count, said the impact of state health care programs has been noticeable.

Look for organizations that support children, such as adoption agencies, state / provincial, or local foster / adoptive parent associations, child advocacy organizations, adoptive or foster parent support groups, school or community groups, faith - based organizations, state / provincial or local kinship or grandparent groups, children's mental health advocacy groups, and associations supporting children with special needs.