Press Releases
Every Child Matters Launches Digital Dialogue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — December 5th, 2019 CONTACT: Bri Steirer; 515-237-0339; [email protected] Des Moines, IOWA (December 4, 2019) – Today, Every Child Matters and the Iowa Children’s Policy Coalition are launching their Digital Dialogue, a new feature aimed at promoting more robust discussion of children’s issues among presidential candidates throughout the 2020 presidential election. Digital […]
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Minnesota Congressional Candidates Share Views on Children and Family Issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ursula Ellis, 703-477-6709 [email protected] Saint Paul, MN – A group of Minnesota children’s advocacy organizations today released the responses of major-party candidates for congressional seats representing Minnesota to questions on important child and family policy issues. Every Child Matters, Children’s Defense Fund–Minnesota, Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children, Minnesota School-Age Care Alliance, and […]
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Gubernatorial Candidates Share Views on Iowa’s Children and Families
The Children’s Policy Coalition today released responses of the two major-party candidates for governor in Iowa – Republican incumbent Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic retired businessman Fred Hubbell – to questions posed on important child and family policy issues. Staffed by the Child and Family Policy Center and Every Child Matters in Iowa, the Children’s […]
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Workshop: “Winning on Child Care through Elections”
America’s child care movement increasingly is utilizing electoral engagement as a tool to build power and make policy progress. Examples from across the country were on display last month when Every Child Matters organized and led a popular workshop on Electoral Engagement at the Grassroots Assembly for Child Care and Early Education in Washington, DC. […]
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Long Island Women’s Diversity Summit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Long Island Women’s Diversity Summit Brings Together Women Across Long Island to Educate, Empower and Celebrate our Diversity across a Wide Array of Social and Political Issues Followed by SUNY Old Westbury Student Run “March For Our Lives Long Island, March 24 – The newly-formed Long Island Women’s Diversity Network (LIWDN) held […]
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Invitation: NCECAD Congressional Briefing
You are invited to a Congressional Briefing on Innovations & Opportunities to End Child Maltreatment Fatalities Every day in the U.S., 4-8 children, mostly infants and toddlers, die as a result of child abuse and neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers. Each child’s death has a profound and devastating impact on families […]
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Grassley signals hope for 5-year CHIP deal
In a positive sign for children’s health, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) offered hope last week in Iowa that the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) might receive bipartisan support for a 5-year reauthorization. Grassley offered what he called “indications” of a possible long-term CHIP extension when asked about the program by Every Child Matters organizer Jill […]
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Bill to address toll of opioid crisis on children passes New Hampshire Senate
Child advocates and community members supported Senate Bill 148, which would establish a commission to study grandfamilies CONCORD, FEBRUARY 09, 2017 — As part of its continued efforts to address the opioid crisis, the New Hampshire Senate passed SB 148 establishing a commission to study grandfamilies. Introduced by Senator Martha Hennessey of District 5, the […]
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More than 1300 groups tell Congress and Trump: Don’t take America backwards. Reject efforts to cut and strait-jacket human needs programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: David Elliot, [email protected] More than 1,300 groups, representing millions of people of faith, service providers, and human needs advocates nationwide, today delivered a warning to Congress and to President Trump: don’t harm low-income and other vulnerable people and don’t harm the economy by slashing basic safety-net programs such as Medicaid, SNAP […]
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Thousands turn out for New Hampshire Women’s Day of Action & Unity in Concord
Concord, NH– More than 5,000 men and women from across New Hampshire converged in Concord today to be a part of the New Hampshire Women’s Day of Action & Unity. They rallied in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington DC and with more than 100 Women’s Marches across America. Those in attendance stood together to listen […]
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