Sentences with phrase «including child advocates»

More than 200 individuals, including child advocates, elected officials, judges, community and business leaders attended the event which challenged guests to follow the lead of our youth to pursue systemic change and ensure that vulnerable children around the state will have both an attorney and guardian ad litem in their dependency action.

She is a member of multiple Boards of Directors, including Child Advocates of Fort Bend (where she also serves as chairperson of the Ambassador Council) and Parks Youth Ranch (a shelter for homeless and at - risk youth).

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The Torah goes on to vilify over and over all «others» including advocating and celebrating genocide of entire peoples with their innocent children for beliefs in other gods.

Advocating for life also includes taking care of children's and others» well - being after they are born.

Our members represent a diversity of stakeholders in the local food system including: farmers, food processors, distributors, farmers» markets, retailers, restaurateurs, institutional food buyers, consumers, anti-hunger advocates, children's health advocates, faith communities, agricultural scientists, and sustainability educators.

There are multiple — and sometimes complex — issues at play in the dynamics between grandparents, parents and children, including the grandparents» shift in role from parent to grandparent, and the parents» shift in role from son or daughter to parent advocating for his or her own child.

Children Awaiting Parents provides training services for parents and child welfare professionals that include recruitment and retention of adoptive families, how to navigate the education system, managing adolescent behavior techniques and how to advocate for special needs services.

This move has been decried by many health advocates, including the American Heart Association, which said in a press release, «Children who eat high levels of sodium are about 35 percent more likely to have elevated blood pressure, which can ultimately lead to heart disease or stroke.

I was thrilled that years of hard work by food advocates around the country, maybe even including my own small efforts here on The Lunch Tray, had finally yielded strong federal competitive food rules to create a healthier school environment for my child and his fellow students.

May 9: Why My Children's Birth Mothers Will Be Part of My Mother's Day Celebration Open adoption advocate Lindsey Redfern explains how adoptive parents can expand their Mother's Day celebration by including their children's birth Children's Birth Mothers Will Be Part of My Mother's Day Celebration Open adoption advocate Lindsey Redfern explains how adoptive parents can expand their Mother's Day celebration by including their children's birth children's birth mothers.

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.

Foster Parents and the Courts: A Guide for Foster Parents on Being an Effective Advocate in Court for Children in Foster Care (PDF - 384 KB) Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association (2013) Helps foster parents understand the court process, including their rights and responsibilities, the role of key participants, and how to advocate for the best interests of children in theAdvocate in Court for Children in Foster Care (PDF - 384 KB) Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association (2013) Helps foster parents understand the court process, including their rights and responsibilities, the role of key participants, and how to advocate for the best interests of children in theChildren in Foster Care (PDF - 384 KB) Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association (2013) Helps foster parents understand the court process, including their rights and responsibilities, the role of key participants, and how to advocate for the best interests of children in theadvocate for the best interests of children in thechildren in their care.

A car seat works best when the harness has the right fit, so the Advocate ClickTight includes the Quick - Adjust, 14 - Position Harness that grows with your child at the push of a button, as well as the Click & Safe Snug Harness Indicator which takes the guesswork out of adjusting the harness to the proper tightness.

This package includes the courses: Becoming Your Child's Best Advocate, Discipline and the Adopted Child, Finding The Missing Pieces, Let's Talk Adoption, Open Adoption 101, The Journey of Attachment and Tough Starts: Treatment Matters for a total of 13 credit hours of training on topics required for Florida Adoption Center.

Advocate for the implementation of sound national infant and young child feeding policies which include the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and the timely use of appropriate complementary foods.

We also sponsor networking and training opportunities for maternity care professionals, including our annual Mother - Friendly Childbirth Symposium, The Birthing Justice Forum, Annual Maternal - Child Health Advocate Awards Recognition, and seminars to support perinatal professional collaboration and continuing education.

advocate that boxing organizations ensure that appropriate medical care is provided for children and adolescents who choose to participate in boxing, ideally including medical coverage at events, preparticipation medical examinations, and regular neurocognitive testing and ophthalmologic examinations.

As Herrick mentions in his statement, back in January the Senate managed to hammer out its own child nutrition bill in a compromise that seemed acceptable to all factions, including the School Nutrition Association, anti-hunger advocates and child health experts.

For some advocates, this includes allowing unwed fathers who have not established legal paternity the right to adopt a child if the mother gives up custody through adoption or child welfare proceedings.

«WABA believes that programmes related to food and nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on infant and young child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»

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.

The plan left out some long - sought measures advocates had pushed for, including ethics laws and new spending oversight, an extension of the statute of limitations for child sex - abuse victims and more traffic - safety cameras.

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.

Homelessness in New York City has reached its highest levels since the Great Depression, according to advocates, with shelter populations in December exceeding 59,000 people, including about 23,000 children.

Advocates have been targeting Republican senators in their districts, including Amedore, warning constituents of the lack of recourse for victims of childhood abuse, which they say allows predators to continue preying on children.

As advocates for children's rights, we have been working with other concerned charities, including the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, to ensure MPs understand the reality of what is being proposed.

A culmination of more than two decades of interagency cooperation in Niagara County, CAIP includes professionals in law enforcement and child protection; prosecutors; medical professionals; victim advocates and mental health practitioners.

The Public Advocate noted that 50,000 New Yorkers, including children, presently live in homeless shelters, while many others have been displaced by soaring rents.

These include Child and Family Services, which assigns two domestic violence advocates there; Mid-Erie Behavioral Health, which assigns two mental health and substance abuse specialists to the site; and the International Institute of Buffalo, which assigns a Safe Harbor representative at the site to address issues of human trafficking.

Advocates are more hopeful a bill can pass this year after Gov. Cuomo included the Child Victims Act in his proposed 2018 - 19 budget.

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.

Environmental Advocates of New York, which also included the Child Safe Products Act among its top priorities for this session, has not formally opposed the new version of the bill, but did email lawmakers yesterday expressing its disapproval.

At 2 p.m., Brooklyn Councilman Mathieu Eugene and advocates from Campaign for Children rally to restore funding for 31,000 summer program slots this year, in response to the failure to include funding for the programs in this year's executive budget, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

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.

ECDSS has contracted with Child & Family Services, whose programs include the domestic violence shelter Haven House, to provide two trained domestic violence advocates to assist with Child Protective Services («CPS») investigations when additional family violence is suspected.

Advocates for the Child Victims Act once again pressed their argument for the bill, emboldened by Governor Andrew Cuomo including the proposal in his budget plan.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

He said they included the Buffalo Police Department's B district officers who responded to the calls and provided assistance; Detectives Judy Walker and Natalie Perez; Criminal Investigator Mary Gugliuzza; the sexual assault nurse examiners at Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, who provided care to the traumatized victims; and District Attorney Victim Advocate, Nicole Haffa.

The task force designed a transparent and accountable award process for Invest In Kids, including a revised grant application and a community review board of youth service providers and child advocates to promote the grant, administer informational sessions for prospective applicants, and offer an objective review of the pool of applicants.

Under a gray sky, several hundred students, scientists, and children listened to speakers — including environmental consultant and clean water advocate Evan Hansen — extol science's role in keeping West Virginia's waters clean and protecting future generations.

The group includes include state and local governments, business and industry, civil rights and labor groups, housing and child advocates, and research and professional organizations «that support a complete, fair and accurate census.»

However, Lyme advocates are saying that the bacteria may also be acquired through other methods, including mosquito bites, and from mother to child.

Any health - insurance - reform bill adopted by the Congress must include provisions that specifically target the health - care needs of children and adolescents, child - health advocates said last week.

As national president, my goals include providing training opportunities and materials to help parents be effective advocates not only for their own children, but also for all children; and to provide leadership as a national organization in assisting parents and school leaders to establish comprehensive parent involvement programs in every school.

The reason I am advocating meditation and mindfulness is because I believe they are perfect, low - cost, natural tools that can be taught to children, including bright, gifted children, who may battle anxiety, perfectionism, depression and other psychological difficulties.

HDP alumni are in a range of roles including kindergarten teachers, doctoral students in clinical psychology, public television producers, admissions directors, school - based child advocates, and education policy analysts.

I have previously written about the extent to which advocates for greater public investment in center - based programs for young children, including some education researchers, misrepresent the quality and relevance of the research they cite to support their claims.

Others are involved with parent - based community groups: the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (working to create a dialogue among parents on local education issues, including assignment processes for schools), the Black Ministerial Alliance (working to improve the quality of Boston public schools), and City Life / Vida Urbana (working with a group of Latina mothers advocating for their special - needs children).

Holton has devoted her career to serving as an advocate for Virginia's families and children through a number of roles, including as a juvenile court judge, First Lady of Virginia, and Virginia's Secretary of Education.

She advocates a three - phased approach: Phase 1 involves an initial discussion of a project topic, including children's firsthand experiences related to the topic.