Blog Archive: December 2014

Voices’ 2015 Legislative Agenda

Virginia’s General Assembly faces a daunting challenge when it convenes on January 14th for the 2015 session: the Commonwealth faces a $2.4 billion shortfall in this biennium. For the last…

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Governor McAuliffe’s Budget Proposal- FY16

With a significant revenue shortfall we were anticipating a budget proposal from Governor McAuliffe that could have reduced access to children’s services. We were pleased that Governor’s budget announcement on…

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Regional Budget Hearings: Join us on January 7th

The legislative money committees will hold their regional budget hearings in five locations on January 7, 2015. This is an opportunity for citizens to have their voices heard by some…

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125 attend Community Conversation about children’s mental health in Charlottesville

On December 4th, 2014,  parents, youth, mental health professionals and advocates, school system representatives and elected officials from the Charlottesville came together for our “Community Conversation about Children’s Mental Health”….

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EC Policy Network Unified Agenda Roll Out- 12/19

Calling all stakeholders in early childhood and advocates for young children and their families…. You are invited to participate in the the roll out of the 2015 Early Childhood Policy Network…

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2015 EC Policy Network Unified Agenda- Building the Path to Virginia’s Prosperity

We would like to share the 2015 Early Childhood Policy Network Unified Agenda- Building the Path to Virginia’s Prosperity. (Download pdf of Agenda here-2015 Early Childhood Education Unified Agenda) This…

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