FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 2, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. PT Contact: Matt Roman, [email protected], 617-835-3167 Over 1,000 Organizations Demand Governor Newsom Prioritize Kids in 2025-26 Budget The Children’s Movement letter demonstrates widespread support for increased funding for kids OAKLAND, CA — Last week, through The Children’s Movement of California, over 1,000 organizations sent [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Contact: Matt Roman, [email protected], 617-835-3167 Opportunity Institute Will Continue on at Children Now Children Now to further organization’s work focused on whole-child equity OAKLAND, CA — The Opportunity Institute, a leader in promoting systemic change to address poverty, racial inequality, and social and economic mobility, will continue its [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2024 Contact: Matt Roman, [email protected], 617-835-3167 Children Now President Ted Lempert Honored with Florette Angel Memorial Child Advocacy Award Bestowed by The Partnership for America’s Children, the Award Honors Leadership in Championing Children OAKLAND, CA — Children Now’s President Ted Lempert is the recipient of the 2024 Florette Angel Memorial [...]
Children Now’s Statement on Governor Newsom’s 2024-25 State Budget May Revision OAKLAND, CA – Children Now President Ted Lempert issued the following statement today in response to Governor Newsom’s 2024-25 California state budget May Revision: “After already threatening the safety of California’s foster youth by proposing the elimination of FURS (the 24/7, in-person helpline), the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. PT Contact: Matt Roman, [email protected], 617-835-3167 Over 1,000 Organizations Demand Governor Newsom Protect Foster Youth The Family Urgent Response System is Proposed to be Eliminated from California’s Budget OAKLAND, CA — One of the most alarming and significant proposed cuts in this year’s state budget [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. PT Contact: Matt Roman, [email protected] or 617-835-3167. Children Now President Ted Lempert issued the following statement in response to the Governor’s budget proposal released today (1/10/24): For decades, California has consistently underinvested in its kids. While we recognize the large deficit affecting the Administration’s budget [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. PT Contact: Alex Matias, 917.582.6996, [email protected] California Student Leaders Will Unite for October 2023 Summit Oakland, CA – The 2023 Summit for Student Leaders will take place on October 6th and 7th. Children Now is hosting The Summit, in partnership with student-led groups and student-facing [...]
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Carter Ashforth, [email protected], (510) 763-2444 x 108 Michelle Marciniak, MPH, [email protected], (310) 990-6720 Families, Medical Experts and Advocates Urge Policymakers to Let California Kids Hear WHAT: Presentation of the Let California Kids Hear Act, SB 635 (Menjivar & Portantino) WHEN: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 1:30PM, [...]
UNDER EMBARGO Until June 14, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. ET CONTACT: Carter Ashforth, [email protected], (510) 763-2444 x 108 California Ranks a Dismal 35th in Child Well-Being National Data Highlights that Working Parents and Caregivers Struggled More than Almost Every Other State to Secure Child Care OAKLAND, CA—California ranks 35th of all states in [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. PT CONTACT: Carter Ashforth, [email protected], (510) 763-2444 x 108 Over 1,100 organizations demand child care rate reform Diverse groups ask state leaders to make child care a top budget priority OAKLAND, CA—Today the Children’s Movement of California delivered this letter, signed by 1,164 diverse [...]
