Action Alerts! 1. Child Care: Congress is back in session and Democrats and Republicans are beginning to negotiate the final year –end federal spending bill. Democratic Senators have proposed an increase of $2.9 billion which would double the discretionary funding for CCDBG (Child Care Development Block Grant) . […]
P.E.A.C.E. News for December 2017
Action Alerts! We need to get in touch with our Senators to get them to pass the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Bill, S.1827, as soon as possible. The CHIP program expired at the end of September, and many States are running out of money to help young children […]
November – P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alert Two important laws supporting young children expired on September 30, but their extension is being actively considered by Congress. CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, has been marked up by the relevant House and Senate Committees, but the larger bodies have not yet acted on the Committees’ recommendations. […]
September – P.E.A.C.E. News
Action Alerts Congress! Now that Congress is back at work, please do call or email (preferably through the Senator’s or Representative’s website) about these action messages for legislators: Please work to keep the Government open at least for the rest of 2017. In your Budget decisions, please increase domestic discretionary […]
July – P.E.A.C.E News
Here’s the latest from Peace Educators Allied for Children Everywhere: You are receiving this P.E.A.C.E. News because you are a member of our organization. We decided recently, at our 2017 Retreat at SOKA University in California, that we should be in touch with you more frequently, so we are putting […]