Are you ready for the 2025 legislative session?
Youth-led candidate forum, photo courtesy of Michigan’s Children The results of the 2024 election will bring a wave of changes to the child advocacy landscape, from a new federal administration, to shifting leadership in the US Senate, and many new officials in governor’s offices, state houses, and local governments across the nation. No matter who […]
Nest eggs for babies
Photo by Jomjakkapat Parrueng on Unsplash This blog is the second in a two-part series on Public Policy for Economic Mobility. Around the nation, families are grappling with rising costs of big-ticket items like housing, child care, and college tuition. Vital, yet, chronically underfunded direct cash assistance programs like TANF have lost buying power in […]
Be prepared for success!
Photo by Artem Kniaz via Unsplash “Chambers of commerce are a terrific source of leadership on children’s issues,” says Sara Watson, founder and former National and Global Director of the business group ReadyNation. Sara has years of experience building collaborations between early childhood and business leaders. She recently helped Under 3 DC, a coalition of DC Action for […]
Building work culture with intention and care
Photo by Mahmud Ahsan via Unsplash Building team culture and connection has gained so much importance for organizational success since remote work became the norm. Many organizations had to make a sudden leap in 2020 from a mostly in-office work culture to a whole new way of working – and most of us are still […]
Tune in this week: Podcasting for child advocates
Image by Lee Murry from Pixabay. Welcome to another episode of the Partnership for America’s Children blog! Today, we’re diving headfirst into a topic that’s music to our ears: how child advocacy organizations are using podcasts to build support for their work. Tune in for podcast profiles, hot tips, plus a fresh playlist of our […]
Using Proven Tools to Fight Child Poverty
Photo by Claudia Raya on Unsplash. This blog is the first in a two-part series on Public Policy for Economic Mobility. The Biden administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented public policy laboratory. One of the greatest success stories was the expanded Child Tax Credit, which lifted nearly 3 million American children out […]
2024 Legislative Preview: Hot Topics in Child Advocacy
Photo by Philip White via Unsplash As states roll into the 2024 legislative sessions, we took a look at our members’ legislative agendas to find out what issues child advocates will be focused on this year. While many Partnership members are fighting to make sure critical programs like SNAP and Medicaid are fully funded, they […]
Diversifying Revenue as an Advocacy Strategy
Photo by @PatrickPerkins via Unsplash Three Partnership members share creative strategies they’re using to build financial independence and weather the frequent storms of nonprofit funding cycles. One feature that all three members have in common: their revenue-generating strategies are also program strategies that further the advocacy agenda for kids and families. Hawai’i: Financial independence Hawai’i […]
Equitable Leadership Transitions in Child Advocacy
Photo by mauriciokell via Pixabay Each month the Partnership for America’s Children hosts “Partnership Peer Exchange” sessions, where seasoned leaders from our network get together with Partnership members from across the country. Members share wisdom and inspiration, and discuss pressing issues facing all our organizations. In November’s Peer Exchange, Jake Endres, Director of Network Organizational […]
Engaging Boards in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work
Partnership members come together quarterly to share strategies for advancing racial equity in their organizations. In September, Larry Marx of The Children’s Agenda (NY) and Paige Clausius-Parks of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT shared their organizations’ learnings, in a conversation focused on how to engage Boards of Directors in DEI work. A strong Board of Directors […]
