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Governor’s Policy Staff Offers Advocates Open Door, Gives Us Opportunity to Move Needle for Kids
This week, Voices sponsored its annual post-legislative session gathering of the Georgia Children’s Advocacy Network (GA-CAN). Governor Deal’s health, education and public safety policy staff were kind enough to allow us an hour and a half of their time to take questions from about 80 or so...
Fact Sheet: How Are GA’s Children Doing? A Look at Early Childhood.
Early childhood, defined as birth to age five, is one of Voices for Georgia’s Children’s three main issue areas because it is a critical period in a child’s life when rapid brain development takes place. In our 2008 report, Compounding Interest: Why Zero to Five is Worth the Investment, we...
GA’s High School Graduation Rate Drops to a Dismal 67% Under New Calculation
Today the Georgia Department of Education (DOE) released the state’s new, four-year public high school graduation rate – a dismal 67.4 percent. This new calculation adheres to a 2008 federal education regulation that allows states to uniformly compare graduation rates across the nation. Under...
GA’s Top Quality Pre-K Rating May Be Short-lived Without New Approaches to Funding
News in Brief:
Georgia received good news today: The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) announced in its latest report that Georgia’s Pre-K is one of only five states to fully meet the organization’s 10 quality standard benchmarks for Pre-K. Unfortunately, The State of...
October 1-5, 2012 Proclaimed Second Annual Georgia Pre-K Week
108 state legislators participated in last year’s statewide event celebrating Georgia’s Pre-K, now in its 20th year
March 23, 2012 – It is only March, but many child advocates and state legislators are already looking forward to October and the second annual Georgia Pre-K Week (October 1-5,...
Georgia Improves in Family Childcare Regulations According to New NACCRRA Report
Georgia is making strides in becoming a state which ensures safe and quality childcare for children who attend family daycare centers. The National Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) has released the results of its 2012 “Leaving Children to Chance” report,...
First-ever Children’s Day at Capitol Includes 24 Partners, Draws Crowd
This past Tuesday, Voices for Georgia’s Children teamed up with 24 advocacy organizations to host the first-ever Children’s Day at the Capitol. (For a list of our partners, please see below.) The day was an opportunity for elected officials (decision makers) and the public to learn more...
Public Health Reception Celebrates New Dept. & Comr., Highlights Dept.’s Priorities for Children
Last night, Governor Deal addressed a crowd of nearly 100 people – child and health advocates, legislators, and agency heads – at Voices for Georgia’s Children’s reception to celebrate the new, executive-level Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and welcome Dr. Brenda...
Child Advocates Storm Capitol on JUSTGeorgia/CASA Day 2012
On Tuesday I had the privilege of spending the day with child advocates from all over the state at the JUSTGeorgia/CASA Day at the Capitol. Over 200 JUSTGeorgia coalition members, CASA volunteers, youth advocates, and others came together to tell their legislators that now is the time to pass the...
Report Spotlights Ways to Enhance Healthcare for Georgia’s Children
Atlanta, GA – Two of Georgia’s leading health care advocacy organizations issued a report saying the state could significantly expand medical care to more than 200,000 uninsured children with administrative practices, coverage policies and technologies already being used in other states.
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