Blog Archive: March 2016

Local Budgets, Local Choices for School Readiness

The 2016 General Assembly session is over but the action is heating up locally in Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria! The localities have the task of implementing state policy and applying…

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General Assembly Approves Budget: Progress for Children’s Mental Health

We have some exciting news to report! The General Assembly included increased funding for children’s mental health services and took steps to address behavioral health workforce development challenges. This past…

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2016 General Assembly: How Did Court-Involved Kids Fare?

[For detail specifically on our “Fostering Futures” campaign for youth aging out of foster care, read this post.] While a great deal of my time & energy this General Assembly session…

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Starting Early and Working Together Works! Celebrating Progress from the 2016 GA Session

Even if there were not a lot of headlines, or committee hearings, on early childhood this session we are pleased to see that the groundswell of support from champions cultivated…

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“Fostering Futures” Has A Bright Future Of Its Own

Great news to report on our effort to extend transition-to-independence support to youth aging out of foster care in the Commonwealth: “Fostering Futures” was included by the General Assembly in…

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Margaret Receives 2016 YWCA Richmond’s Outstanding Woman Award

Congratulations to Margaret Nimmo Crowe, Voices for Virginia’s Children’s Executive Director, who is a recipient of the 2016 YWCA Woman Award! It is a remarkable honor, and one that is…

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