Slide 1: Your Priorities: Child poverty tops the list.
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Prevention of Child Abuse Education Foster Care Hunger Health Education Child Poverty
Slide 2: Here’s a few examples you gave of what YOU would say about why kids should be a priority in tough economic times.
Investment now pays for years to come. Failing kids is more expensive than funding them, in the long run. No other investment turns out well when kids are unsafe, unhealthy, and uneducated. Kids are our future! For every dollar invested early, there are great rewards. For every dollar taken away, the costs are huge. Taking care of kids -- all kids, regardless of their or their parents' immigrant status -- is fundamental to creating a fair, democratic, equal society. Children don't have a voting voice but they are impacted daily by legislative decisions. We need to assure children are represented and their needs are being met. They are our future and deserve an equal chance at a good life. 2008 Children’s Alliance Survey Results
Slide 3: 64% of you say hunger is a significant or very significant problem in your community.
Significant, 48%
Slightly Significant, 32%
Very Signficant, 16%
Not Significant, 3%
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Slide 4: You want a variety of supports for early learning in your communities.
Information regarding quality of care
Support for providers to improve care Increased access to home visiting programs Increased funding for child care subsidies
Increased slots for early learning programs
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Slide 5: You made commitments!
Here are just a few examples…
• 291 of you promise to contact your legislator with every action alert in the upcoming session. • 153 of you are coming to Olympia at least once in the 2009 session. • 81 of you will share a personal story about how policy is affecting you, your kids, or your community.
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Slide 6: Thanks for being a part of the Children’s Alliance and sharing your thoughts, time and opinions. Stay tuned for news about Children’s Alliance pre-legislative session meetings in your area.
Visit www.childrensalliance.org for the latest news.
2008 Children’s Alliance Survey Results
