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Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

10/20/15

Dear women nationwide, My name is Randi Schmidt. I am a child advocate who is writing to every woman who, as a child, lived through economic hardships such as hunger, a parent losing their job, falling ill or dying, or whose family struggled to get by paycheck-to-paycheck. I ask you to remember who...

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Randi Schmidt

Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

10/20/15

Since joining RESULTS earlier this year, I’ve learned to understand the power of my own voice. If I speak up and demand change — and if other ordinary people do the same — our elected representatives will listen. That’s why advocacy is such an incredible force. It has the capacity to transform...

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Ruth Innocent

Paid Family Leave

10/20/15

My eleven year old daughter Maeve is excited. She and I were at a debate watch party when former Maryland Governor (and Presidential candidate!) Martin O’Malley said with great pride that he had expanded parental leave in our state. I’m not going to lie, I screamed with joy. That’s my bill! My...

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Ariana Kelly

Food!

10/19/15

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

10/19/15

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!

10/19/15

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!

10/19/15

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

10/19/15

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

10/19/15

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

Blog Carnivals Families & The Federal Budget

10/19/15

Some of the most burdensome health conditions our communities and families face can be prevented. Yes, it is easier said than done, but we must take action when more than half of all adults in the U.S. have a chronic health disease and 7 in 10 adult deaths are caused by ones such as cancer, heart...

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