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Briefing: Children’s Right to Counsel
Gold Room, Washington, DC, US
Please join the American Bar Association, Children's Advocacy Institute, First Focus, National Association of Counsel for Children, and the National Juvenile Defender Center for a briefing on: Children’s Right to Counsel Sponsored by Congresswoman Karen Bass...
Children's Budget Summit 2016: Place, Race, and Economy - Closing the Gap for Kids
National Press Club, Washington, DC
Join national and state children's advocates, Congressional staff, members of the public, and keynote speaker and award-winning journalist Charles Blow for the 2016 Children's Budget Summit. Celebrating 10 years of making children and families the priority...
Congressional Briefing: State Strategies to Reduce Child Poverty
Senate Dirksen Room GD-11, Washington , D.C.
Congressional Briefing RSVP HERE One of the biggest challenges facing our nation today is the persistently high number of children living in poverty. Nearly 1 in 5 children are living in families with incomes below the...
Let's talk about childhood asthma
Wellness Wednesday Twitter Chat May is Asthma Awareness Month, an important opportunity for parents, advocates, and health professionals to discuss the effects of childhood asthma and what more needs to be done to help children who...
Wellness Wednesday Tweet Chat About Children's Health
Join MomsRising, Speak Now for Kids, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, Mental Health America, Community Catalyst and First Focus for this week's Wellness Wednesday Tweet chat on the state of children's health in...
Child Lead Poisoning: Preventable Harm
A Webinar co-sponsored by the Coalition on Human Needs, First Focus, Children’s Leadership Council, Partnership for America’s Children, and the National Head Start Association. The lead poisoning of children (and adults) in Flint, Michigan has focused...
El Día de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans
Hotel Monaco, Washingon, DC
As part of National Latino Children’s Institute's annual El Día de los Niños celebration, NLCI is hosting a luncheon briefing on the “Status of Latino Children in the US.” NLCI will recognize Senator Bob Melendez (D-NJ) for...
Institute for Justice in Journalism 2016 Fellowship Program
Georgia State University Department of Communication, Atlanta, GA
Nowhere is the U.S. demographic shift being felt sooner and more dramatically than in schools. By 2020, one in three children will be an immigrant or have an immigrant parent. How schools are responding to the...
Impact of ICE Raids & Deportations on U.S. Citizen Children, Unaccompanied Children, and Families
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
The influx of unaccompanied children that began in 2014 at the U.S. southern border which continues today is an international humanitarian and refugee crisis in desperate need of resolution. Thousands of young lives are in jeopardy...
Healthy Coverage, Healthy Kids: Exploring How Children Fit Into the Changing Health Coverage Landscape
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Join us for a lunch briefing that will provide insight into the dynamic world of kids’ health. Child health experts will share how coverage for children works, including covered pediatric benefits, out-of-pocket costs for families, and...