Sentences with phrase «makes child advocacy»

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

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«When there are other children in the school system who are different, when Naia isn't the only one, it makes it easier in terms of advocacy.»

Regular donations are made to organizations that help women and children, including: New Beginnings (they provide shelter, advocacy and support for women and children affected by domestic violence); GAPPS (Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth); Open Arms Perinatal Services (they provide community - based support for women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum).

The support, encouragement, and advocacy you provide your child when they begin to struggle in school can make a huge difference in your child being able to get back on track.

Advocacy When a child suffers a stroke, the support of family and medical specialists can make all the difference.

The advocacy manager of Challenging Heights, David Kofi Awusi in an interview with the media said, the organisation was established to rescue children from such activities and make sure they receive adequate education.

«The Child Fatality Review Team seeks to make sense out of terrible tragedy,» said Child Advocacy Center Executive Director Ann Marie Tucker.

State leaders and advocacy groups have accused the board of making decisions that favor private school students at the expense of public school children, many of whom are low - income, have disabilities or are immigrants who don't speak English.

We look forward to working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high - quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.

Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) are child - focused, facility - based programs in which representatives from many disciplines work together to conduct interviews and make team decisions on cases of child abuse.

The New York State Office of Victim Services, who obtained the two - year grant, is making the funding available to some state - approved Child Advocacy Centers.

While ED in ’08 has been widely dismissed, Russo makes a strong case that it set the stage for a new style of education advocacy — think Stand for Children, DFER, 50CAN, and StudentsFirst — and had a lasting impact on the Obama administration reform agenda.

An exception may be the recent viral explosion amongst the young following the YouTube film on Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army, made by the advocacy group Invisible Children (Kony, 2012).

They learn the importance of all six parent involvement standards — communicating, parenting, student learning, volunteering, school decision making and advocacy, and collaborating with community — and the importance of sending their children to school healthy, fed, with completed homework, and ready to learn.

Many of Bellwether's comments reiterated criticisms that California student advocacy groups, including Education Trust - West and Children Now, have previously made to the board.

Because of her advocacy for school choice, her presence alongside Trump (as well as Bannon and Sessions) makes it even harder for Black, Latino, and Asian reformers who champion choice to continue doing so without risk of damaging their work with the men, women, and children who look like them.

From where they sit, DeVos» advocacy for advancing school choice, both as Chairman of American Federation for Children as well as in her philanthropy, should more than make up for such concerns.

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

They have made the whole child approach a core pillar of their professional learning and advocacy activities, and passage of the resolution is the latest example of these efforts and of their growing influence in the great state of Texas.»

«Today's NAEP results make it clear that Connecticut has the tools — and the instances of true progress — to upend steady habits, but we need to make these gains greater, more urgent and possible for every child in the state,» said Marc Porter Magee, interim executive director of ConnCAN, an education advocacy nonprofit.

It also discusses advocacy strategies that parents can use with their schools or districts to make sure teacher professional development will help their children thrive.

Along with the updates to SecondStep.org, you'll also find that we've made some updates to the Committee for Children website, which is dedicated to all the work we do in policy and advocacy, research, and other avenues to support and advance social - emotional learning, bullying prevention, child protection, and mindfulness.

Myrna and I want to say a special thank you for your commitment to advocacy in the last year and for making your voices heard time and time again, sending a clear message to California's legislature and beyond that educational innovation and choice for California's children is a top priority for each of us.

Tom Vitaglione, a senior fellow with the child advocacy group N.C. Child, said the state had been making progress in reducing infant mortality, building up early education programs and increasing high school graduation rchild advocacy group N.C. Child, said the state had been making progress in reducing infant mortality, building up early education programs and increasing high school graduation rChild, said the state had been making progress in reducing infant mortality, building up early education programs and increasing high school graduation rates.

«[LCFF] represented a massive equity investment — we were talking about actually making sure that the resources were generated [for] high - needs kids,» said Samantha Tran of Children Now, a nonprofit advocacy group in California.

NECSN's Western New York Advocacy Manager Duncan Kirkwood said, «There is no time to wait if we are serious about making sure our children are better suited for college than prison.

He has made audio analyses for legal investigations at the UK asylum Tribunal and advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International.

The Berlin - based artist has made audio analyses for legal investigations at the UK asylum Tribunal and advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International, forensic audio investigations are conducted as part of his research at Goldsmiths College London where Abu Hamdan is also a PhD candidate.

He continues to make sonic analyses for legal investigations and advocacy — most recently his work was prominently part the No More Forgo en Lives campaign for Defence for Children International.

Whether the issues are related to children, support or property division, Toni's attention to detail, advocacy skills and sharp sense of justice make her an excellent advocate.

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of an educational advocacy group seeking access to reports of settlements and programs made available to other disabled children.

Whether dealing with post-separation issues related to children, support or property division, Toni's, advocacy skills, attention to detail and sharp sense of justice make her an excellent advocate.

«It's intended for professionals who work in legal and administrative decision - making, who want to better understand and implement a child rights» based approach in practice, and strengthen, basically, their advocacy for children.»

«It is truly inspiring and empowering to see that our advocacy efforts and the efforts of every ECE who has joined our campaign really are making a difference for ECEs, children and families.»

This article discusses four reasons for advocacy activities related to early childhood education and child care: preserving existing programs; increasing capacity and quality of service; making early education more accessible, affordable, and equitable; and educating the public.

A HISTORY OF HELPING FAMILIES Since 1971, ITAO has made a difference in the lives of thousands of children in Hawaii by offering resources and information to those in the community concerned with protecting the interests of children and youth in out - of - home care, while providing responsible advocacy.

Advocacy for families when social workers make plans for their children

Dr. Richard Warshak's groundbreaking studies, trenchant challenges to gender stereotypes, and passionate advocacy for children have made him one the world's most respected authorities on divorce and child custody.

Elizabeth Burke Bryant, who is the executive director of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, a local advocacy group, told NBC 10 that DCYF and the Office of the Child Advocate need to work together to make wholesale changes.

42 U.S. Code § 13001b (a) Establishment of regional children's advocacy program The Administrator, in coordination with the Director and with the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime, shall establish a children's advocacy program to --(1) focus attention on child victims by assisting communities in developing child - focused, community - oriented, facility - based programs designed to improve the resources available to children and families; (2) provide support for nonoffending family members; (2) Grant recipients A grant recipient under this section shall --(A) assist communities --(i) in developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary response to child abuse that is designed to meet the needs of child victims and their families; (iii) in preventing or reducing trauma to children caused by multiple contacts with community professionals; (iv) in providing families with needed services and assisting them in regaining maximum functioning; Where: — «families» is always defined as «nonoffending» in the system and making the system «all powerful» and parents and children in to lifetime «victims» to be exploited.

There are even «advocacy» groups, Justice for Children (JFC) being among them, that vociferously reject the very existence of PA and even go to lengths of making such wild claims that the use of the PA allegation is nothing but than an act of retaliation by a child sexually abusing man (father) toward a «protective» woman (mother).

For more information see advice sheet 10: Advocacy for families when social workers make plans for their children.

Montclair State University Child Advocacy and Policy program empowers graduates to make a difference in the lives of children.