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Essay On Child Advocacy

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. Chairperson Report: Matt talks about the State and Federal levels, fairly amount of increase in federal advocacy with opportunity and needs around children’s issues since the elections, no decrease in state-level work. A lot of development around the state budget, plus federal work just beginning and expecting a lot of federal efforts through the summer. 2 things Matt would like to talk about from an organization standpoint of where we are going and how we work, also, Matt would like feedback.
a) Council for a Strong America, better known as “Fight Crime: Invest for Kids” is a group of members of Law Enforcement, Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, Prosecutors, etc. been very active in child advocacy here in Michigan for years. K.P. Pelleran …show more content…

e) Matt: I’m going to ask Rob we need at least $100,000. We can for a year to take on this role and serve this function, network. If we don’t get the resource then how are we going to help them stay engaged on their own? It will be bad for Michigan’s Children if this goes away.
f) Board Member: We don’t have funds or liability to merge with them.
g) Matt: the 2nd thing that Matt would like to talk about the work we are doing around ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) a grant that focuses on public awareness, public education, and approach to building awareness. We play a role in directing some public policy. Michele stated that Michigan’s Children have asked to co-chair statewide advisory committee for ACEs project and primarily training people around the state to better understand the impact of brain science, etc. The way Michigan’s Children look at our role has helped to notice people being trained.

5. Policy Update: State budget, we are right at the tail end of state budget process. The Governor Snyder’s proposal his budget and the legislatures have pushed for more cuts, plus lower budget numbers than what the Governor has proposed to lower-income taxes (that kind fell off) also, Legislature's leaders want to end the pension for new teachers. Look like it will be some conclusion on the

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