CCDBG Reauthorization a Huge Win
November 19, 2014 – Today, President Obama signed the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 into law. First, I think it’s important for us to recognize…
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How to Improve Third Grade Reading? Think about Two-Generation Strategies
November 14, 2014 – Lame duck session of the Michigan Legislature is where legislation introduced over the last two years will either get enacted or go back to the drawing…
Children’s Advocates Need Political Leadership in 2015
Matt’s blog was published for our Sandbox Party site on 11/10/14. Nov. 12, 2014 — The mid-term elections are over and who isn’t glad for an end to nasty campaign…
Post-Election Work for Michigan’s Young Families
November 11, 2014 – Like many of you, I’m happy that the seemingly endless political ads are finally over. Now that voters have decided who will be representing us in…
Cast Your Vote for Children, Youth and Families
November 3, 2014 – I came away from our youth-led candidate forums this fall feeling pretty optimistic about our democratic process. The candidates who attended our four forums around the…
The Importance of Two-Generation Programming
October 24, 2014 – Last week, Michigan’s Children, in partnership with the Policy Committee of the Black Child Development Institute – Detroit, organized a FamilySpeak forum focusing on two-generation strategies. …
It IS About Changing the World
October 20, 2014 – My daughter Sarah is nine, and like many nine year olds, is not that interested in my job. It seems that I just sit around in…
Lights On Afterschool Advocacy
The following blog was originally posted by the Michigan After-School Partnership. 10/10/14 – Lights on Afterschool is a nationwide event on October 23rd to celebrate afterschool programs and all of…
The Questions No One Else is Asking
September 29, 2014 – The comment that struck me the most at the first of our series of youth-led candidate forums last week in Kalamazoo was echoed by all five…
A New Public Forum for Michigan’s Children
September 19, 2014 – For nearly two decades, Michigan’s Children has organized our trademark KidSpeak® forums in Lansing and around the state. These KidSpeak® forums provide an opportunity for young…