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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...
JUSTGeorgia Cheers Signing of Criminal Justice Reform Act, Hopes to See Same Opportunities for Kids
Statement from JUSTGeorgia, a statewide juvenile justice coalition, regarding the Criminal Justice Reform Act:
JUSTGeorgia applauds Governor Nathan Deal for today signing into law the Criminal Justice Reform Act (HB 1176), a bill that will keep nonviolent offenders out of our costly prisons and...
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...
End of 2012 Legislative Session Report: What Impacted Children Birth to Age Five?
Please see below for the bills that passed both the House and Senate in the 2012 legislative session. If the Governor does not veto the bills, they will become law.
Additionally included are bills where your advocacy help is still needed or that may require additional monitoring. While there...
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...
Juvenile Code Rewrite Status Update
It is with great disappointment that we convey this news: HB 641 – the Child Protection and Public Safety Act or the Juvenile Code Rewrite – did not move through the Senate and will not become law this year.
According to legislative rules, the bill needed to pass out of the Senate Rules...
First the Super Bowl, now the Olympics…more on measles and the importance of immunizations
Health officials are bracing for the possibility of a measles outbreak in the USA, fueled by unvaccinated American tourists returning home from this summer’s Olympic Games. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that the Olympics in London, as well as the Euro 2012 soccer...
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...
