Blog Archive: September 2012

Your Advocacy Made New Crisis Services a Reality

We have exciting news to share about children’s mental health! The funding allocated by the General Assembly last session for children’s crisis response services and child psychiatry has now been…

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Voices Honors Making Kids Count Award Winners

  *Online tickets are now SOLD OUT! If you would like to attend, please contact cathy@vakids.org for accommodations.* Here at Voices, we are so pleased and honored to announce the first-ever winners…

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Stepping Up for Kids in the 2012 Elections!

Child advocates rallied at the Children’s Museum of Richmond on Friday, September 21 to raise the profile of children’s issues in the upcoming 2012 federal elections. Voices for Virginia’s Children…

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National Voter Registration Day: Are You Ready to Vote for Kids?

Today is September 25th, which marks National Voter Registration Day, a day meant to encourage all citizens eligible in the United States to make sure they are properly registered to…

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Step Up For Kids 9/21/12

I’M VOTING FOR KIDS BECAUSE…. – “I’m a mom and grandma and I want the best opportunities for my grandkids” – “An investment in our future is worth more than…

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How far has children’s mental health treatment come? What’s still needed?

Campaign Coordinator Margaret Nimmo Crowe was asked by the Staunton News-Leader to write a commentary column about the changes in children’s mental health to run alongside a news article about…

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Hanging on to Every Word

Voices’ Senior Policy Analyst for early care and education Emily Griffey holds candidates accountable for how they talk about children’s policies, and makes suggestions about how you can, too. Surely…

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Why Are Children Expelled From Preschool?

Did you know that Virginia ranks 10th worst in the country in the number of young children kicked out of child care or preschool settings? That’s not an area in…

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Coordinator Provides Testimony to State Senators

Campaign Coordinator Margaret Nimmo Crowe was invited to provide testimony to the Virginia Senate Finance Committee’s Health and Human Resources Subcommittee on August 27, 2012 in Roanoke. The subcommittee meeting…

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