Blog Archive: February 2015

Children’s Mental Health, House and Senate Budget Items

This past Sunday, February 8th, the House and Senate money committees released their budgets. The great news is that both the House and Senate prioritized funding for children’s mental health…

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House and Senate Budget Items!

This past Sunday, February 8th, the House and Senate money committees released their budgets. The great news is that both the House and Senate prioritized funding for children’s mental health…

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A Comparison of House and Senate Action on Child Care Safety

Both the House and Senate have acted on child care safety legislation and passed versions of their version of the bills on to the other body. We can celebrate that…

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A Roller-coaster Ride Through the VPI Budget Amendments

Hold on to your seat because I’m about to take you on a wild ride through the proposed budget amendments related to the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI). As VPI is…

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Update on Foster Care, Senate/House Budget Results

This year we find ourselves in a remarkably similar position to where we were last year, with regard to our advocacy around extending foster care supports and adoption assistance for…

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Next steps in Charlottesville?

Voices for Virginia’s Children is pleased to update the Charlottesville community and others with the notes from the Community Conversation about Children’s Mental Health we hosted in December, as well…

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Close the child care safety loophole

Excuse me while I veer into “mom blog” territory but this topic is one where my personal life and professional life intersect. This past August I had my first child…

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