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Children's Advocate Roundtable

Children's Advocates Roundtable

  • Proposition 55: School facilities bond act
  • Proposition 56: State budget, taxes & reserve
  • Propositions 57: California Economic Recovery Bond Act and 58: California Balanced Budget Act
  • Looking ahead to November: Improving Classroom Education Act

"Taking from kids who have so little"

Statewide coalition fights cuts to programs for low-income families

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Non-toxic preschools

You can find and eliminate environmental hazards in your early care and education program

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Heart-healthy traditional foods

Health-conscious cookbooks cut the fat from favorite ethnic foods

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Hunger in the nation's salad bowl

More than 1 million California children sometimes go without enough nutritious food-and hunger is worst in the Central Valley

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In my opinion

If you could change one thing about the foster care system........

  • More support for children and youth
  • More efforts toward family reunification
  • More help for foster parents
  • More accountability in court

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Multicultural calendar

2004 Multicultural Calendar

U.N. International Decade for a Culture of Peace

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The "No Child Left Behind" Act

Questions and opinions on the new federal education law

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