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Budget Cap Will Cap Dad’s and Daughter’s Futures

October 19, 2015
This is a somewhat abbreviated version of a post published on Poverty & Policy. You can read it here: http://wp.me/pobp0-289 I first met Peter* on a street corner in my neighborhood, where he was selling Street Sense , the newspaper for homeless people in the District of Columbia. He now does...
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Kathryn Baer
Families & The Federal Budget

Six Things You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling

October 19, 2015
The U.S. is expected to reach the debt ceiling in just 18 days, on November 3. And then the trouble starts.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
Food!

Join your Local Wellness Committee!

October 19, 2015
A local school Wellness Policy is a "written document of official policies that guide a local educational agency (LEA) or school district's efforts to establish a school environment that promotes students' health, well-being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity...
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Karen Showalter
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Five Reasons We Can’t Wait for Universal Preschool

October 19, 2015
All at once, I changed jobs and our part-time babysitter moved on after three terrific years: the scramble was on for loving, enriching child care at a price that didn’t break our family’s budget. Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe it was 30 years ago, or maybe just last year. Maybe you’re not a parent...
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Lindsay Koshgarian
Food!

Tips on Healthy School Fundraisers

October 19, 2015
School fundraisers don't have to focus on junk food! Parents know: kids have just as much fun running, walking, dancing, doing service projects and more! Check out some ideas below. Concerned about fundraisers in your school? Get involved by talking to the principal and PTA. Indeed, many schools...
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Karen Showalter
Food!

Digital Marketing

October 19, 2015
Companies target our kids with apps, digital coupons and more, often when parents aren't around. This changes the game when it comes to parent ability to control what our kids see and eat, and is a powerful reminder of why companies need to back parents up when it comes to promoting the health of...
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Karen Showalter
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Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

#StopTheCuts Blog Carnival! Families & the Federal Budget

October 19, 2015
Our nation and our Congress have some momentous decisions to make in the coming weeks. Will we balance our nation’s budget on the backs of working families, which hurts our economy in the long-run, or will we instead end tax breaks for billionaires? Budget cuts proposed by the U.S. House of...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

Congress isn’t facing a crisis of resources but of priorities

October 19, 2015
Have you ever had to choose between medicine and gasoline? What about rent and car insurance? How about keeping your phone on and electricity? Every day, these are the sorts of decisions that far too many people living in the United States have to make. Poverty remains stubbornly and unacceptably...
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Linda Meric
Health Care

Ideas to Encourage Each Other to Use Preventive Care

October 18, 2015
3 John 1-2 (NIV) says, “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” Hum… in the household of faith, we recite that scripture so often. I think most of us truly believe the Word of God is true and we believe God to...
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Lottie Minor
Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

Are you one of the 56% American Mothers Who “Prefer” to Stay Home?

October 17, 2015
New data from Gallup suggests that 56% of moms would prefer to stay home with kids than work outside the home, and 39% of women without young children would like the role of a homemaker. This is down from recent years. According to Gallup, in the late 1990s to early 2000s, more than half of women...
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To-wen Tseng

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