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Florida’s Fight for Maternal Health

June 27, 2011

The annual fight over maternal health in Florida resembles the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day”. For those few who haven’t seen it at least once, Bill Murray plays an egotistic television weatherman from Pittsburgh assigned against his wishes to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney. Murray gets caught in a time warp and the [...]

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Dozier Closes! The Whole Story

June 10, 2011

IN the end, the state budget crisis did what advocacy alone couldn’t do for years. Close Dozier. More precisely, advocates resorted to budget manipulations when all other reason, facts, best practices, and arguments about protecting children from maltreatment and abuse fell short. For years, and especially the last three, The Children’s Campaign called for the [...]

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The New Revenue Source – Govt. Employees!

March 25, 2011

Florida may have a new revenue source to balance its budget and it’s arriving just in time as the size of the projected state deficit has grown by $215 million to more than $3.7 billion. If you think that relief is coming from collecting money on luxury items like spectator boxes at sporting events or [...]

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Governor’s Budget: More Failure and Slower Economic Recovery

March 14, 2011

Only a cave dweller wouldn’t know by now that Florida Governor Rick Scott released his proposed state budget, his first, in a small town in front of a throng of drumbeating, flag waving Tea Party enthusiasts. Had the Governor presented his budget in front of children and working families in some of the state’s large [...]

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Dangers Abound for Children

February 9, 2011

Most of us are familiar with the saying, “life is all about the choices you make.” Our society seems fixated on choice as being either day or night. The diehard Super Bowl fan who watched Sunday’s contest believes, in sport, you win or you lose, and it really isn’t about how you played the game. [...]

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The Florida Budget: Both Sides of the Coin

February 8, 2011

One tax policy group issued a report recently asserting that Florida’s $3.6-billion budget deficit could be balanced without cuts to core human services through governmental efficiencies, targeted cuts and changes in policy. It’s a wonderful thought in theory and it brought enormous hope to the thousands of employees and committed volunteers who serve as first [...]

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Campaign Members Appointed To Top Posts

January 29, 2011

The Children’s Campaign’s Step Up for Kids membership campaign ended 2010 and kicked off anew in 2011 with a flourish. Organizations and citizens are responding to the growing dangers facing programs and service providers, entrusting advocacy in the most reliable and consistent children’s advocacy organization in the state. Donations and pledges topped $100,000 for the first [...]

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