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Child Care 101: The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)

June 25, 2024
Holy acronym! If you hear the term “CCDBG” or even if you haven’t heard of it, it refers to the Child Care & Development Block Grant. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) provides federal funding to states for child care subsidies for low-income families with children under age 13. Families with children from birth to age 13 whose income is below 85% of the state median income are eligible on the federal level. States can set income eligibility anywhere below that ceiling, and many do.
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S. Nadia Hussain
Pride Month
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LGBTQ+ Families Fought and Won in Washington this Year

June 25, 2024
Happy Pride from the other Washington - or as we like to say, the better Washington. Washington State may be a small corner of the country, but the MomsRising community here is a mighty force for change. This Pride month, we’re celebrating two big wins that the Risers championed in the 2024 state...
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Maggie Humphreys
Podcast

Breaking Through: #PrideMonth #GunSafety #ChildCare #LGBTQRights

June 24, 2024
On the radio show this week, we cover Pride Month, why equality for all is essential, and how it’s past time to end gun violence; then we hear the latest from the Women’s March about the fights for our rights and how you can get involved; next we get the inside scoop about the current state of...
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Pride Month
5 Fabulous LGBTQ+ Books for Adults
Parenting & Families

Five Fabulous LGBTQ+ Books for Adults

June 20, 2024
House in the Cerulean Sea House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is an absolute gem of a novel! Linus Baker works as a type of social worker who examines orphanages for magical youth. When he is given a unique assignment that challenges his internal biases, he finds himself outgrowing the world he...
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Desirée Peterson
Pride Month
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Parenting & Families

The alchemy of gender

June 18, 2024
I'm an adolescent mental health provider, and I’d like to share an exercise with you. If you’re cisgender and heterosexual, take a moment and see if you can imagine the idea of being gay in your mind. If you’re cisgender and gay, see if you can imagine the idea of being straight in your mind. Could you do it?
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Alexis Bleich, LCSW, MA
Childcare & Early Education

Child care is a movement and this is our moment

June 17, 2024
There was a time not that long ago where child care was essentially ignored as a national crisis even though this system has been broken for decades. For too long child care has been unaffordable and unattainable for too many families with many paying a third of their take home pay to child care...
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S. Nadia Hussain
Pride Month
Five Amazing LGBTQ+ Books for Teens!
Parenting & Families

Five Amazing LGBTQ+ Books for Teens

June 13, 2024
Publishers, over the last decade, have increasingly invested in LGBTQ books for teens. There are so many stories out there now, and so many good ones. Choosing only five was almost impossible, until I decided to go with a few older books that have really stuck with me. So, here are five young LGBTQ books that live rent-free in my head and in my heart.
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Desirée Peterson
Pride Month
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Health Care Parenting & Families

I'm an adolescent mental health provider, here's what happens when a kid needs gender-affirming medical treatment

June 12, 2024
Part two in a series about LGBTQIA+ youth. How do I know if and when medical intervention is appropriate? Luckily, I have guidelines from trusted organizations. They have deep knowledge about the development, mental health, and medical well-being of adolescents. In my assessments, I’ll reference the specific criteria outlined for a diagnosis...
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Alexis Bleich, LCSW, MA
Pride Month
5 Picture Books to Help Parents Introduce LGBTQ Topics with Their Kids
Parenting & Families

Five Picture Books to Help Parents Introduce LGBTQ Topics with Their Kids

June 10, 2024
"My Shadow is Pink" by Scott Stuart is about a little boy who likes things he "isn't supposed" to like, like dressing up and princesses. But his dad shows him that everyone has a shadow they sometimes want to hide, and that it's okay to like what we like.
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Desirée Peterson
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Summer EBT 101: Instagram Live Debrief!

June 10, 2024
What is the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program (also known as SUN Bucks) and who qualifies for it? I had the pleasure of speaking with Kelsey Boone, the Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst at FRAC , on all things Summer EBT and how you can access this nutrition assistance program...
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