| By: Committee for Children Take Action: Utah, Encourage Increased Investment in CAPTA Utahns, please encourage Senator Lee to support federal investment in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) at the House funding levels.… Read More Take Action
| By: Committee for Children Take Action: Missouri, Advocate Investment in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Research Missourians, please urge Senator Blunt to prioritize funding for child sexual abuse prevention research.… Read More Take Action
| By: Committee for Children Take Action: Federal Funding for Social-Emotional Learning Needs Your Help! Tell the US Congress to prioritize social-emotional learning (SEL) appropriations for FY2020… Read More Take Action
| By: Kenneth Piekarski Speak Up Now to Support Federal Investment in Social-Emotional Learning The US House Appropriations Committee has planned an unprecedented investment: $260 million for social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of the 2020 federal education funding bill.… Read More Take Action
| By: Committee for Children Unprecedented National Gains for Social-Emotional Learning for Both Teachers and Students Congress is in the thick of federal appropriations season, which means they’re deciding what they do and don’t deem important for our nation’s budget. Now more than ever before in US history, Congress is prioritizing social-emotional learnin… Read More Read More
| By: Kenneth Piekarski New York State Action Alert: Social and Emotional Learning The good news: New York has introduced beneficial SEL legislation. The bad news: It’s languishing in the state’s legislative committees, in part due to lack of support.… Read More Take Action
| By: Kenneth Piekarski National Action Alert: Child Sexual Abuse We’re asking Congress to provide $10 million in new funding to the Division of Violence Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—specifically for research, development, and evaluation of prevention programs for child sexual abuse.… Read More Take Action
| By: Committee for Children How We Help Amplify Voices Supporting SEL It’s no secret that talking about social-emotional learning (SEL) can be tricky, particularly with someone who’s unfamiliar with its concept and practice.… Read More Read More
| By: Committee for Children January Congressional Briefing Recap On January 29, Committee for Children (CFC) hosted a congressional briefing in Washington, DC, to educate policymakers about why federal funding for research on child sexual abuse prevention is essential and to request $10 million dollars in new funding for this research.… Read More Read More
| By: Sam McHaney Committee for Children’s 2018 Advocacy Day: A Success! On January 16, Committee for Children staff and educators from across Washington State took Olympia by storm to impress upon the legislature the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) in our schools. … Read More Read More